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W4 PL PROGRESS VOCAB

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Improbable - Unlikely

a)

not the same (as something or someone was formerly).

b)

used to mean that one thinks that the way something appears suggests something bad or unpleasant.

c)

not probable or likely to happen.

d)

likely to be true or likely to happen.

2.

Forecast

a)

to foretell especially from omens.

b)

to calculate or predict (some future event or condition) usually as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent data.

c)

a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means.

d)

an occurrence or phenomenon believed to portend a future event.

3.

Devise

a)

the covering or outside part of a fruit or seed.

b)

to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles.

c)

to maintain a firm position.

d)

a person who prepares food for eating.

4.

Compel

a)

a crowd or crowded condition.

b)

to achieve by force or threat.

c)

to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure.

d)

a machine that produces printed copies.

5.

Verify

a)

a small often mischievous fairy.

b)

a card game the object of which is to be dealt cards having a higher count than those of the dealer up to but not exceeding 21.

c)

having the form of an animal.

d)

to establish the truth, accuracy, or reality of.

6.

Bizarre

a)

a breakdown of self-control.

b)

strikingly out of the ordinary.

c)

having or showing a lack of good sense, judgment, or discretion.

d)

having, containing, or indicative of good sense of reason.

7.

Predictive

a)

having, containing, or indicative of good sense or reason.

b)

of, relating to, or usable or valuable for prediction.

c)

habitat or environment.

d)

the proximal end of a nerve.

8.

Deja vu

a)

the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time.

b)

something that is carried.

c)

a subject under consideration.

d)

to be a sign of.

9.

Mundane

a)

passing swiftly.

b)

of brief duration.

c)

of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.

d)

running away or intending flight.

10.

Instinct

a)

a violent physical or verbal attack.

b)

growing, developing, or spreading rapidly.

c)

to press against with force in order to drive or impel.

d)

a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity.

11.

Obsolete

a)

a current style or preference.

b)

no longer in use or no longer useful.

c)

one of the classical authors.

d)

having had an existence of many years.

12.

Paradox

a)

easily discovered, seen, or understood.

b)

lacking a natural or usual covering (as of hair, vegetation,..)

c)

one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases.

d)

to strip off an outer layer of.

13.

Premonition - prediction

a)

having a smooth glossy surface

b)

bathed in or exposed to steady light.

c)

previous notice or warning.

d)

to move with urgency or panic.

14.

Hunch

a)

Suspicion.

b)

to arrange carelessly or hurriedly.

c)

to lower the body stance especially by bending the legs.

d)

to draw or squeeze together tightly.

15.

Flicker

a)

infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard.

b)

to move irregularly or unsteadily.

c)

a small missile usually with a pointed shaft at one end and feathers at the other.

d)

something that outrages the moral or physical senses.

16.

Profound

a)

having intellectual depth and insight.

b)

of, relating to, or located near a surface.

c)

difficult to comprehend.

d)

the exterior or upper boundary of an object or body.

17.

Paranomal

a)

of, relating to, characterized by, or producing magic.

b)

ability to act or produce an effect

c)

based on an common sense of right and wrong.

d)

not scientifically explainable.

18.

Restrain

a)

to exercise restraining or directing influence over.

b)

to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or expressing something.

c)

cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

d)

cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.