Vocabulary Skills exam review for Grade 6 2025

What is the meaning of the word "gullible"?

• Easily angered

• Easily fooled

• Very intelligent

• Always happy

Which word means "to tell, reveal; to make public"?

• Dissuade

• Diverge

• Divulge

• Nurture

Choose the word that best fits the sentence: The scientist needed to _______ the results of the experiment before publishing them.

• Sabotage

• Verify

• Accumulate

• Deteriorate

What does "malevolent" mean?

• Wishing to do good to others

• Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

• Being very generous

• Always telling the truth

Which word means "extremely important; vital in resolving something"?

• Crucial

• Inferior

• Tentative

• Miscellaneous

Select the sentence that correctly uses the word "nurture."

• The loud noise nurtured the glass.

• She tried to nurture the young plants by watering them daily.

• He nurture his shoes every morning.

• The nurture was very cold.

If something is "authentic," it is:

• Fake

• Genuine; true

• Broken

• Unfinished

Which word best completes the sentence? The teacher asked the student to _______ on his answer to provide more details.

• Sabotage

• Elaborate

• Dissuade

• Perceive

What does it mean to "dissuade" someone?

• To encourage someone to do something

• To persuade someone not to do something

• To ignore someone

• To make someone laugh

Which word means "to separate"?

• Diverge

• Accumulate

• Commence

• Persistant