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Plantinga AVID Vocabulary #1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define: DISCREPANCY

a)
A perfect agreement between two or more things.
b)
A method of measuring consistency.
c)

Inconsistency between two or more things.

d)

Uncertainty about upcoming events or plans.

2.

Define: PARADOX

a)

A statement that contradicts itself.

b)
A question that has no answer.
c)
A phrase that is universally accepted.
d)
A statement that is always true.
3.

Define: TENUOUS

a)

Abundant and Plentiful

b)

Weak or Insubstantial

c)

Permanent and Unchanging

d)

Strong and Substantial

4.

Define: EXACERBATE

a)
To improve a situation.
b)
To make a situation worse.
c)
To ignore a situation.
d)
To analyze a situation.
5.

Define: INCREMENTAL

a)
Incremental refers to a sudden change.
b)
Incremental means occurring in small, gradual steps.
c)
Incremental means a large, immediate increase.
d)
Incremental is synonymous with static or unchanging.
6.

Define: AMBIGUOUS

a)

Impossible to know or understand.

b)
Confusing and misleading; difficult to understand.
c)

Open to more than one interpretation.

d)
Easily defined; having a single interpretation.
7.

Define: PROLIFERATE

a)
To spread slowly and steadily.
b)
To increase rapidly in numbers or to multiply.
c)
To remain constant without change.
d)
To decrease in numbers or to diminish.
8.

Define: UNANIMITY

a)

Majority

agreement

b)

Complete agreement

c)

Partial

Agreement

d)

Singular

Agreement

9.

Define: PERPETUAL

a)

Temporary

Short-Lived

b)

Continuing Indefinitely

c)

Occasionally Recurring.

d)

Limited

Specifically

10.

Define: IMMINENT

a)
Imminent refers to something that has already happened.
b)
Imminent means about to happen or impending.
c)
Imminent means a distant event.
d)
Imminent is a synonym for irrelevant.
11.

Define: EMINENT

a)

Respected within a particular sphere.

b)

A low-ranking official or unknown.

c)

Obscure and unrecognized.

d)

About to happen or guaranteed.

12.

Define: PRECIPITATE

a)

To cause or come before something

b)

To result or follow from something

c)

To fall or fail to cause something

d)

To succeed or see something happen

13.

Define: OBSOLETE

a)

To make something unclear or confusing.

b)
Frequently used in modern technology.
c)
No longer in use or outdated.
d)
Currently in high demand.
14.

Define: OBFUSCATE

a)

To make something detailed or known.

b)

No longer in use or outdated.

c)
To make something unclear or confusing.
d)
To clarify and simplify information.
15.

Define: DIGRESS

a)
To summarize the main subject in speech or writing.
b)

To discuss the main subject in detail.

c)
To conclude the discussion on the main subject.
d)
To deviate from the main subject in speech or writing.