Vocabulary Quiz

Grace and Ethan are having a debate. Can you help them out? What is the definition of "Conduit"?

• Respect due a superior or elder

• A natural or artificial channel through which something is conveyed

• To break up and drive off; to spend or use wastefully

• Moving from topic to topic without order

In a classroom debate, Noah asked, "What does 'Deference' mean?"

• Respect due a superior or elder

• To cause to exist or develop

• The study of human speech

• Indirect, elusive, or skillful

During a lively classroom debate, Avery asked, "Which word means 'moving from topic to topic without order'?"

• Draconian

• Discursive

• Engender

• Homogeneous

During a lively classroom debate, Luna asked, "What is the meaning of 'Dissipate'?"

• To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission

• To break up and drive off; to spend or use wastefully

• To press or urge with troublesome persistence

• To cause to exist or develop

During a lively debate in class, Noah asked, "What does 'Draconian' refer to?"

• European military personnel often heavily armed

• Laws that are especially harsh

• Something light, delicate, or insubstantial

• Presence in many places simultaneously

Charlotte and Michael are discussing historical military roles. Can you help them by identifying what a "Dragoon" is?

• A natural or artificial channel through which something is conveyed

• European military personnel often heavily armed

• The study of human speech

• To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission

Emma and David are having a debate. Can you help them out? What does "Engender" mean?

• To cause to exist or develop

• To press or urge with troublesome persistence

• To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission

• Indirect, elusive, or skillful

Emma and Noah are having a fun debate. Can you help them out? What is "Gossamer"?

• Something light, delicate, or insubstantial

• The study of human speech

• Presence in many places simultaneously

• Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of age or failing vitality

Samuel and Avery are discussing the term "Homogeneous". What does it mean?

• Of the same or a similar kind

• Marked by compact expression

• Perceptible by touch

• Constituting a class alone

During a lively debate, Samuel used the word "Importunate". What does it mean?

• To press or urge with troublesome persistence

• To cause to exist or develop

• To thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission

• Moving from topic to topic without order