Vocabulary 3 Review 603

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a person who stands in for others 

(represents others)

• Representative

• Persistent

• Undermine

• Credibility

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the quality of being believable or trustworthy

• representation

• undermining

• credibility

• persistence

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not giving up, stubbornly unyielding

• raw

• persistent

• undermining

• credible

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having the surface exposed and painful (can be physical or emotional)

• persistent

• raw

• credible

• undermined

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lessen the effectiveness or ability of

(weaken, diminish)

• undermine

• persist

• represent

• credible

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You’d think a boy that has been president of the class and a student ______________ on the PTA would know how to walk into a room.

• undermine

• credibility

• representative

• persistent

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After the student cheated on the test, the teacher began to question the student's _______________.

• credibility

• representative

• persistence

• undermining

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I try to ignore my cat when she begs for more food, but she can be __________. She will meow for hours.

• representative

• credible

• persistent

• raw

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She scrubbed the dishes until her hands were ________ and sore.

• credible

• undermined

• representative

• raw

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The professor felt that the student was trying to __________ his authority by questioning his argument.

• undermine

• represent

• raw

• persist