4.3 Vocabulary

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

We will succeed if we keep trying.

• achieve

• fail

• practice

• struggle

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The determined girl was trying to learn how to ride a bicycle.

• angry

• committed

• overjoyed

• uncomfortable

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

He impressed the judges with his answer to the question.

• answered poorly

• refused to complete

• was not able to please

• affected in a favorable way

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

We will finish the puzzle eventually.

• not at all

• all at once

• immediately

• after a long time

Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word is a synonym for imagined in the sentence below?

The company was more successful than anyone could have imagined.

• believed

• feared

• tired

• understood