Vocabulary Worksheet - Multiple Choice Definitions

What is the correct definition of 'premeditate' (v.)?

• considered beforehand, deliberately planned

• growing without check; unrestrained or violent in behavior

• not relevant; not related to the point or issue

• unfavorable, threatening, as in 'bad omen'

What is the correct definition of 'abhor' (v.)?

• to regard with horror or loathing; to detest or to hate deeply

• to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• emotionally hardened (as in 'callus'); insensitive; unsympathetic

• acid like, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic

What is the correct definition of 'amend' (v.)?

• to regard with horror or loathing; to detest or to hate deeply

• to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• emotionally hardened (as in 'callus'); insensitive; unsympathetic

• acid like, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic

What is the correct definition of 'corrosive' (adj.)?

• to regard with horror or loathing; to detest or to hate deeply

• to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• emotionally hardened (as in 'callus'); insensitive; unsympathetic

• acid like, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic

What is the correct definition of 'endemic' (adj.)?

• lacking the necessities of life; lacking in ______ (often used with 'of')

• native or confined within a specific region or group of people

• definite, clearly stated; shown or stated in realistic detail

• to involve in, usually in a negative way; to connect with or to imply to be connected with

What is the correct definition of 'corrosive' (adj.)?

• to regard with horror or loathing; to detest or to hate deeply

• to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• emotionally hardened (as in 'callus'); insensitive; unsympathetic

• acid like, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic

What is the correct definition of 'destitute' (adj.)?

• lacking the necessities of life; lacking in ______ (often used with “of”)

• native or confined within a specific region or group of people

• definite, clearly stated; shown or stated in realistic detail

• to involve in, usually in a negative way; to connect with or to imply to be connected with

What is the correct definition of 'implicate' (v.)?

• lacking the necessities of life; lacking in ______ (often used with “of”)

• native or confined within a specific region or group of people

• definite, clearly stated; shown or stated in realistic detail

• to involve in, usually in a negative way; to connect with or to imply to be connected with

What is the correct definition of 'explicit' (adj.)?

• lacking the necessities of life; lacking in ______ (often used with “of”)

• native or confined within a specific region or group of people

• definite, clearly stated; shown or stated in realistic detail

• to involve in, usually in a negative way; to connect with or to imply to be connected with

What is the correct definition of 'callous' (adj.)?

• to regard with horror or loathing; to detest or to hate deeply

• to change in a formal way; to change for the better

• emotionally hardened (as in “callus”); insensitive; unsympathetic

• acid like, eating away gradually; bitterly sarcastic