Vocabulary Quiz week 9

Except for a nominal registration fee, the camp for needy children is entirely free. Nominal means:

• enormous

• very little

• helpful

Rock is the predominant music on that radio station, but country music is also played. Predominant means:

• rare

• main

• temporary

You can’t take Spanish Literature I unless you’ve taken the prerequisite, Spanish III. Prerequisite means:

• a requirement

• a penalty

• a method

While seashore businesses in the North suffer a recession in the winter, they do very well from spring to fall. Recession means:

• a rapid growth

• a sale

• an economic setback

Having mistakenly registered for two concurrent classes, Joe had to drop on of them to choose a course that met at a different time. Concurrent means:

• occurring at the same time

• resulting

• noticeable

"Hand 'em over, " my father said. Just as we were really starting to have fun, he confiscated our entire supply of water balloons. Confiscated mean:

• to distribute widely

• to take possession of

• to overlook

In my opinion, a good movie, a pizza, and animated conversation constitute a prefect night out. Constitute means:

• to repeat

• to oppose

• to form

Why do contracts have t use language that's so difficult to decipher? Decipher means:

• to figure out

• to find

• to improve

We won our case against the appliance repairman because he defaulted by failing to appear in court. defaulted means?

• to act as expected

• no to do something required

• to begin

Imagine the hypothetical situation of going to live alone one an island. What books and CDs would you take along? Hypothetical means:

• sure to happen

• dangerous

• imaginary