Vocabulary Understanding and Application

What does the verb "beseech" mean?

• to praise formally

• to beg

• to prevent or discourage from action

• to drive away a thought, feeling, or idea

Which of the following best defines the verb "commend"?

• to set out on or begin something

• to act in a way that is unsteady; hesitate

• to praise formally

• to force someone to experience something unpleasant

What is the meaning of the verb "deter"?

• to beg

• to drive away a thought, feeling, or idea

• to prevent or discourage from action

• to set out on or begin something

The verb "dispel" means:

• to drive away a thought, feeling, or idea

• to act in a way that is unsteady; hesitate

• to praise formally

• to force someone to experience something unpleasant

What does the verb "embark" mean?

• to beg

• to set out on or begin something

• to prevent or discourage from action

• to praise formally

Which of the following best defines the verb "falter"?

• to act in a way that is unsteady; hesitate

• to drive away a thought, feeling, or idea

• to force someone to experience something unpleasant

• to beg

What is an "illusion"?

• something that is not real or a mistaken idea

• not likely

• governed in a cruel or unfair way; denied freedom

• to praise formally

The adjective "improbable" means:

• not likely

• to beg

• to set out on or begin something

• to act in a way that is unsteady; hesitate

What does the verb "inflict" mean?

• to force someone to experience something unpleasant

• to praise formally

• to prevent or discourage from action

• to drive away a thought, feeling, or idea

Which of the following best describes the adjective "oppressed"?

• governed in a cruel or unfair way; denied freedom

• not likely

• something that is not real or a mistaken idea

• to beg