Vocabulary Review - Week 18

What does 'abate' mean?

• become less in amount or intensity

• slide without control

• go together

• extend over and cover a part of.

'Assimilate' means to ______.

• to make similar

• remove or force out from a position

• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

• think about carefully

Choose the correct meaning of 'concede':

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

• decide upon or fix definitely

• to relinquish grudgingly or hesitantly

'Dissipate' means to ______.

• go away, scatter, or disappear

• make bright or brighter

• hang around; stay in a place

• fall from a great height

What does 'flourish' mean?

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• an official report

• an acknowledgment of the truth of something

• to achieve success : prosper

'Erratic' means ______.

• liable to sudden unpredictable change

• without fault or error

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli.

Choose the correct meaning of 'transgression':

• the periodic passage of groups of animals

• the act of appealing for help

• the speech act of arguing

• the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

'Tarry' means to ______.

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• be driven or carried along, as by the air

• call upon in supplication

• grow worse.