AVID Vocabulary List One

What does it mean to abhor?

• surround so as to force to give up

• escape, either physically or mentally

• to feel hatred or disgust toward

• struck with dread, shock, or dismay

What does it mean to elude?

• surround so as to force to give up

• escape, either physically or mentally

• to feel hatred or disgust toward

• struck with dread, shock, or dismay

What does it mean to beseige?

• surround so as to force to give up

• escape, either physically or mentally

• to feel hatred or disgust toward

• struck with dread, shock, or dismay

What is the part of speech for abhor?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

What is the part of speech for edify?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

What word means an unshakable belief in something without need for proof

• comprehensive

• conviction

• demeaor

• aesthetic

Which word means concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

• ambiguous

• abhor

• comprehensive

• aesthetic

Which word means all inclusive or covering everything?

• ambiguous

• abhor

• comprehensive

• aesthetic

If a poem has many possible interpretations, it might be described as ___________.

• aesthetic

• elusive

• ambigouous

• appalling

Complete the sentence: The robber ran as fast as he could in order to _______ authorities.

• besiege

• abhor

• elude

• convict