Vocabulary 9+10 Quiz

What does 'colleague' mean?

• an associate that one works with

• deplete

• increase the volume of

• without hope

What does 'amplify' mean?

• increase the volume of

• without hope

• become tight or as if tight

• expressing sorrow

What does 'constrict' mean?

• become tight or as if tight

• expressing sorrow

• render helpless or defenseless

• come to understand

What does 'prostrate' mean?

• render helpless or defenseless

• come to understand

• an associate that one works with

• deplete

What word makes sense in the sentence?

Running the marathon really ______ her energy.

sapped

amplified

constricted

prostrate

What word makes sense in the sentence?

They _______ considered how they got gotten themselves into this mess.

sapped

amplify

bleakly

plaintive

What word makes sense in the sentence?

His voice was a _________ cry as he watched in horror as his sister fell.

sapped

amplified

bleakly

plaintive

What word makes sense in the sentence?

He could not ______ how they could go on without any evidence.

amplify

constrict

prostrate

fathom

What does 'malevolent' mean?

• wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred

• to glue

• move by degrees in one direction only

• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

What does 'ratchet' mean?

• move by degrees in one direction only

• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

• unwilling or reluctant, of especially an attitude

• a loud, harsh, or strident noise