Vocabulary List #2

What does the word 'inquisitive' mean?

• Stubbornly determined

• Routine; unvarying

• Eager for knowledge; curious; prying

• Impossible to understand; baffling; abstruse

What would be an example of someone 'pondering'?

• Training hard before a game

• Working together in a group

• Considering everything carefully

• Refusing to quit

What does the word 'collaborate' mean?

• Wonder about a subject

• Ask questions of

• Attempt to deal with

• Work together; team up; cooperate; assist

What is the OPPOSITE for the word 'monotonous'?

• Highly interesting and changing

• Boring; uninteresting; uttered in an unchanging tone

• Impossible to understand; baffling; abstruse

• Stubbornly determined

What does the word 'grapple' mean?

• Attempt to deal with; face; come to grips with

• Refuse to quit

• Consider carefully

• Study hard before a test

What is the synonym for the word 'persevere'?

• abandon
• give up
• persist
• quit

What does the word 'yearn' mean?

• To dislike or detest something
• To feel indifferent or apathetic towards something
• To have a strong desire or longing for something
• To have a mild interest in something

What is the antonym for the word 'cliché'?

• typical
• original
• common
• ordinary

What does the word 'ramble' mean?

• Attempt to deal with; face; come to grips with

• Refuse to quit

• Consider carefully

• Talking or writing without a clear purpose or point; wandering

What is the synonym for the word 'rational'?

• illogical
• irrational
• logical
• unreasonable