Vocabulary Unit 14 Review

What is the definition of the word alibi?

• A type of dance
• A type of food
• A type of clothing
• a claim of having been elsewhere when a crime was

  committed

What is a confederate?

• A confederate is a type of dance popular in the 1950s.
• A confederate is a type of dessert made with chocolate and nuts.
• A confederate is a type of hat worn in the 1800s.
• A confederate is a person, state, or country that joins with another

  for a common purpose.

What is the definition of discharge?

• The method of reducing volume
• The process of storing energy
• to let go

• The act of increasing speed

What does it mean to be economical?

• Using resources efficiently and avoiding excess.
• Being frugal and saving money.
• careful about spending money or using resources

• Spending recklessly and wasting resources.

What does it mean if someone is frank?

• Being dishonest and indirect
• Being rude and disrespectful
• honest in expressing thoughts and feelings

• Being secretive and evasive

What does it mean to modify something?

• To keep something the same
• To change or alter something
• To delete something
• To multiply something

What does the word mutiny mean?

• Revolution against government
• Submission to authority
• Compliance with rules
• an open rebellion against authority

What does the word negative mean?

• Favorable
• Optimistic
• Positive
• Saying "No"

What does it mean to pursue something?

• to chase in order to catch

• To pursue means to retreat or give up
• To ignore or neglect a goal or desire
• To passively wait for something to happen

What is the definition of the word reign?

• A type of weather phenomenon
• the power or rule of a monarch;

• A type of musical instrument
• A type of food seasoning