12th Grade Vocabulary Quiz

Which word means "to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger"?

• Contract

• Shrink

• Expand

• Diminish

A business that is __________ is making money, not losing it.

• Bankrupt

• Profitable

• Stagnant

• Insolvent

The process of gradually becoming bigger, better, stronger or more advanced is called:

• Regression

• Stasis

• Decline

• Development

What term describes an increase in amount, number or size?

• Reduction

• Depletion

• Growth

• Contraction

When something involves a possibility that something bad will happen, it is considered:

• Safe

• Secure

• Risky

• Guaranteed

To __________ means to obtain something by buying it or being given it.

• Dispose

• Relinquish

• Forfeit

• Acquire

When you do what you tried or wanted to do, you:

• Fail

• Succeed

• Abandon

• Hesitate

The joining together of two or more companies or organizations to form one larger one is called a:

• Separation

• Division

• Merger

• Spinoff

A lack of success in achieving or doing something is termed:

• Triumph

• Victory

• Achievement

• Failure

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for "expand"?

• Enlarge

• Extend

• Broaden

• Condense