Vocabulary 10 Review

What is the definition of the word abolish?

• To do away completely with something; to put an end to

• To temporarily pause something
• To improve something
• To create something new

What is the definition of the word appeal?

• To make a serious or urgent request
• To cook something in the oven
• To run away from something
• To build something with bricks

What is the definition of the word brittle?

• Durable and resilient
• Easily broken or cracked
• Soft and malleable
• Flexible and strong

What is the definition of the word condemn?

• To remain neutral
• To praise and approve
• To ignore and overlook
• To criticize a person or action as wrong

What does the word descend mean?

• To rise or move upward
• To move to a lower place from a higher one

• To stay in the same position
• To disappear suddenly

What does the word dictator mean?

• A ruler with total power

• A peaceful negotiator
• A form of government with multiple leaders
• A type of dessert

What does it mean to expand something?

• To make something smaller
• To keep something the same size
• To reduce the scope of something
• To make something larger

What is a famine?

• A famine is a situation where food is easily accessible
• A famine is a temporary surplus of food
• A famine is a severe shortage of food over a large area

• A famine is an abundance of food

What does the word portable mean?

• Easily carried or moved

• Unable to be carried or moved
• Only able to be carried by two or more people
• Not capable of being transported

What does the word prey mean?

• A type of bird
• A type of plant
• A type of weather phenomenon
• An animal that is hunted as food by another