Week 29 practice

Match the following definitions with their correct terms.

• Abandon

• To get rid of something you don't need anymore.

• Dispose

• To leave something or someone behind and not take care of them anymore.

• Genuine

• Truly what something is said to be; authentic

• Salvage

• To rescue or save (goods or property) from loss or destruction

Distinct

• Clearly different or separate
• Things or people that are alike in some ways but not exactly the same.
• When two things look so much alike that you can't tell them apart.
• To announce or proclaim something officially

Stifle

• To restrain or stop oneself from acting on (an emotion)
• To give someone support or confidence to do something, or to make them feel better about themselves.
• To help something grow or develop, like nurturing a plant or a friendship.
• To become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution

Obedient

• Complying or willing to comply with orders or requests made by someone in authority
• When someone refuses to obey a rule or authority, showing they won't do what they're told.
• Someone who likes to go against rules or authority.
• To move from one place to another

Parody

• A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
• Something that is real or true, not fake or pretending to be something it's not.
• Showing respect or honor, like when you give credit to someone or something you admire.
• To use up the supply or resources of something

Mimic

• To imitate someone or something
• The first or earliest version of something, not a copy or imitation.
• Being the only one of its kind, special and different.
• The total or partial blocking of one object in space by another

Significant

• Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention
• When something is not important or doesn't have much effect on a situation.
• Something that isn't important or serious, like small talk or little problems.
• To fall or drop straight down at high speed

Tentative

• Not certain or fixed; provisional
• When something is sure to happen or known without any doubt.
• Something that can't happen or be done, like flying without wings.
• To discuss something formally in order to reach an agreement

Deteriorate

• To become worse or less valuable, or to make something do this
• To make something better or to become better at something.
• To make something stronger or more powerful.
• An advantage or profit gained from something

Massive

• Very large, heavy, or solid
• Very small in size, almost too small to notice.
• When there's only a little bit of something, not a lot.
• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state