Worksheets301-400
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
To decide what the cause or result of something is; to discover the facts.
Determine
Manipulate
Dislodge
Discourage
To use something that you do not want to use because nothing else is available.
Resort to
Proceed with
Supplement
Attribute
To clarify or explain a confusing situation (Idiom).
Shed light on
Thread through
Hunch over
Keep at bay
Not enough; inadequate for a specific purpose.
Insufficient
Excessive
Significant
Widespread
To experience a process or change (usually unpleasant).
Undergo
Overlook
Outlive
Undermine
A situation involving two opposite facts that seems impossible.
Paradox
Paradigm
Panache
Predecessor
Important, large, or noticeable enough to have an effect.
Significant
Anecdotal
Temporary
Unintended
Stories told by people rather than reliable facts.
Anecdotal evidence
Empirical data
Genetic structure
Excavated material
Done on purpose; intentional.
Deliberate
Random
Unbeknown
Susceptible
Moving quickly and lightly.
Agile
Obese
Sedentary
Static
A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
Breakthrough
Breakdown
Breakout
Breakup
An act of showing respect and admiration.
Tribute
Attribute
Contribution
Distribution
To invent a plan or an idea.
Conceive of
Perceive as
Receive from
Deceive by
To say that something is caused by something else.
Attribute (v)
Contribute
Distribute
Tribute
A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information.
Experimentation
Conservation
Transformation
Argumentation
To make someone less confident or enthusiastic.
Discourage
Encourage
Facilitate
Incentivize
Very complicated and detailed.
Intricate
Gigantic
Majestic
Rustic
An original model on which something is patterned.
Archetype
Architecture
Archive
Archway
To rub a surface hard to clean it; or to search an area thoroughly.
Scour
Scout
Score
Scorn
Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact.
Testament
Sentiment
Element
Experiment
To exist or continue for a long time.
Endure
Cure
Lure
Pure
Extremely attractive and holding your interest completely.
Enthralling
Appalling
Installing
Stalling
To prevent something harmful from affecting you.
Keep at bay
Shed light on
Dump into
Hunch over
Replaced by something strictly newer or better.
Superseded
Succeeded
Proceeded
Conceded
Something that happens that is unusual or difficult to understand.
Phenomena
Criteria
Agenda
Data
"The study ______ light on the mystery of the bears' survival."
Sheds
Casts
Throws
Beams
"The bones are constantly being ______." (Changed in structure)
Remodelled
Removed
Reviewed
Replaced
"We need to ______ the genes responsible for this trait."
Determine
Deter
Defer
Demolish
"The bears have a huge ______ for storing fat."
Capacity
Capability
Cap
Capital
"This building is a ______ to the architect's skill."
Testament
Test
Testimony
Testing
"The culture has ______ for millennia." (Continued to exist)
Endured
Ensured
Entered
Ended
"Bacteria help to ______ toxins from the body."
Eliminate
Estimate
Elevate
Emit
We are facing ______ rates of obesity.
Soaring
Souring
Sorting
Snoring
The ship was ______ by a larger vessel.
Superseded
Supervised
Superimposed
Supercharged
Contrary ______ popular belief, the workers were not slaves.
To
With
For
By
They used the stars for ______.
Navigation
Irrigation
Mitigation
Litigation
The ice patches are ______ due to climate change.
Shrinking
Sinking
Thinking
Linking
Hunters were ______ into the high mountains.
Venturing
Adventuring
Inventing
Preventing
The tunnel was equipped ______ handholds.
With
By
For
In
They encountered ______ problems.
Geological
Biological
Chemical
Physical
This skill ______ our ability to read.
Underlies
Underlines
Undermines
Understands
We must not let these bad habits become ______.
Entrenched
Entrance
Enchanted
Enriched
Reading requires ______ reasoning.
Analogical
Logical
Magical
Surgical
The ______ of the Roman Empire.
Reign
Rain
Rein
Ruin
A ______ of emails.
Flotilla
Float
Flora
Floor
Which word describes a person who cannot leave their bed?
Bedded
Ridden
Hidden
Forbidden
Which word describes a body part (like a bone) getting weaker from lack of use?
Atrophy
Trophy
Entropy
Catastrophe
Which word describes damage that is accidental to non-targets?
Collateral
Lateral
Bilateral
Unilateral
Which word describes something that gives off light?
Luminescent
Magnificent
Efficient
Sufficient
Which word means "without anyone knowing"?
Unbeknown to
Unknown by
Unknowing of
Unknowingly
Which word describes the process of checking land to make a map or build?
Surveying
Conveying
Purveying
Obeying
Which word means "to act against" or "to fight"?
Combat
Combine
Comfort
Command
Which word means "full of living things"?
Teeming
Teaming
Taming
Timing
Which word describes a very strong, almost magical style?
Panache
Mustache
Ganache
Attaché
Which word describes something that is everywhere?
Ubiquitous
Unanimous
Anonymous
Ambiguous
Which word describes a religious group with strange beliefs?
Cult
Colt
Culture
Current
Which word means "made to look like art/not realistic"?
Stylised
Stylish
Stifled
Stilled
Which word means "to clean by rubbing hard"?
Scour
Sour
Scowl
Score
Which word means "to form an idea"?
Conceive
Deceive
Receive
Perceive
Which word means "gradually"?
Progressively
Aggressively
Passively
Massively
Synonym for "Extensive / Widespread":
Far-reaching
Insufficient
Bedridden
Disjointed
Synonym for "Establish / Ascertain":
Determine
Discourage
Disrupt
Dump
Synonym for "Nourishment":
Nutrient
Toxin
Dump
Disjointed
What is a synonym for "Exhausting / Using up"?
Depleting
Completing
Deleting
Competing
Which word is a synonym for "Notable / Substantial"?
Significant
Trivial
Minimal
Anecdotal
What is a synonym for "Turn to / Fall back on"?
Resort to
Report to
Retort to
Return to
Which word is a synonym for "Process / System"?
Mechanism
Organism
Prism
Schism
What is a synonym for "Regarded as / Seen as"?
Perceived as
Deceived as
Received as
Relieved as
Which word is a synonym for "Intentional / Calculated"?
Deliberate
Delicate
Desperate
Disparate
What is a synonym for "Nimble / Quick"?
Agile
Fragile
Senile
Docile
Which word is a synonym for "Memorials / Landmarks"?
Monuments
Documents
Sediment
Fragment
What is a synonym for "Credit / Ascribe"?
Attribute
Distribute
Contribute
Retribute
Which word is a synonym for "Ditch / Channel"?
Trench
Bench
Wrench
Stench
Select the synonym for "Integrated into":
Incorporated into
Separated from
Isolated from
Dedicated to
Which word means "Deter / Prevent"?
Discourage
Encourage
Courage
Engage
What is a synonym for "Labyrinth"?
Maze
Haze
Gaze
Graze
Choose the synonym for "Dug up / Unearthed":
Excavated
Evaluated
Elevated
Educated
Which word is a synonym for "Forebears / Ancestors"?
Predecessors
Processors
Professors
Possessors
Select the synonym for "Complex / Elaborate":
Intricate
Immediate
Imitate
Intimate
What is a synonym for "Landmark / Turning point"?
Milestone
Millstone
Tombstone
Rhinestone
What is the antonym of "Sufficient / Enough"?
Insufficient
Efficient
Proficient
Deficient
Which word is the antonym of "Safe / Harmless" in the context of weight?
Obese
Healthy
Fit
Slim
What is the antonym of "Scientific / Proven"?
Anecdotal
Empirical
Factual
Logical
Which word is the antonym of "Clumsy / Slow"?
Agile
Heavy
Large
Static
What is the antonym of "Tiny / Insignificant"?
Gigantic
Microscopic
Small
Minute
Which word is the antonym of "Simple / Basic"?
Sophisticated
Primitive
Easy
Plain
Antonym of "Connected / Joined":
Disjointed
United
Combined
Linked
Antonym of "Permanent":
Temporary
Eternal
Lasting
Stable
Antonym of "Boring / Dull":
Enthralling
Tiring
Annoying
Confusing
Antonym of "Weak / Ineffective":
Potent
Soft
Mild
Gentle
Antonym of "Create / Construct":
Eliminate
Build
Make
Form
Antonym of "Encourage":
Discourage
Support
Aid
Help
Antonym of "Modern / New":
Prehistoric
Current
Recent
Future
Antonym of "Expose / Reveal":
Block (or Hide/Bury implicit in other words)
Open
Show
Uncover
Antonym of "Decrease / Fall":
Soaring
Dropping
Declining
Failing
The architect decided to ______ the design to include a larger courtyard.
Remodel
Dismantle
Exclude
Suppress
Without proper nutrients, the body will begin ______ its own energy reserves.
Depleting
Completing
Repleting
Deleting
The discovery of the tomb was a ______ in understanding ancient burial rites.
Milestone
Millstone
Grindstone
Cornerstone
The chemical waste was ______ into the river, causing massive pollution.
Dumped
Jumped
Pumped
Bumped
He made a ______ attempt to hide the evidence, but he was caught.
Deliberate
Delicate
Desolate
Deviate
