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Week 3 Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does capable mean?

a)

a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE; something that brings about an effect or a result

b)

having attributes (such as physical or mental power) required for performance or accomplishment; having or showing general efficiency and ability

c)

to describe the character or quality of; to be a characteristic of: DISTINGUISH

d)

of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time

2.

What does cause mean?

a)

to enter upon: BEGIN; to have or make a beginning: START

b)

to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly; to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

c)

marked by brevity of expression or statement: free from all elaboration and superfluous detail

d)

a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE; something that brings about an effect or a result

3.

What does characterize mean?

a)

to describe the character or quality of; to be a characteristic of: DISTINGUISH

b)

inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence; a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork

c)

to bring to an end especially in a particular way or with a particular action; to reach as a logically necessary end by reasoning: infer on the basis of evidence

d)

appropriated by the government: FORFEITED; deprived of property by confiscation

4.

What does chronological mean?

a)

inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence; a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork

b)

of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time

c)

having attributes (such as physical or mental power) required for performance or accomplishment; having or showing general efficiency and ability

d)

a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE; something that brings about an effect or a result

5.

What does commence mean?

a)

to describe the character or quality of; to be a characteristic of: DISTINGUISH

b)

of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time

c)

to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly; to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

d)

to enter upon: BEGIN; to have or make a beginning: START

6.

What does compels mean?

a)

marked by brevity of expression or statement: free from all elaboration and superfluous detail

b)

to bring to an end especially in a particular way or with a particular action; to reach as a logically necessary end by reasoning: infer on the basis of evidence

c)

to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly; to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

d)

appropriated by the government: FORFEITED; deprived of property by confiscation

7.

What does concise mean?

a)

marked by brevity of expression or statement: free from all elaboration and superfluous detail

b)

inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence; a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork

c)

having attributes (such as physical or mental power) required for performance or accomplishment; having or showing general efficiency and ability

d)

a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE; something that brings about an effect or a result

8.

What does conclude mean?

a)

to describe the character or quality of; to be a characteristic of: DISTINGUISH

b)

of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time

c)

to enter upon: BEGIN; to have or make a beginning: START

d)

to bring to an end especially in a particular way or with a particular action; to reach as a logically necessary end by reasoning: infer on the basis of evidence

9.

What does confiscate mean?

a)

to enter upon: BEGIN; to have or make a beginning: START

b)

to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly; to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure

c)

marked by brevity of expression or statement: free from all elaboration and superfluous detail

d)

appropriated by the government: FORFEITED; deprived of property by confiscation

10.

What does conjecture mean?

a)

having attributes (such as physical or mental power) required for performance or accomplishment; having or showing general efficiency and ability

b)

inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence; a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork

c)

a reason for an action or condition: MOTIVE; something that brings about an effect or a result

d)

to describe the character or quality of; to be a characteristic of: DISTINGUISH