Feb 18, 2016
- Choose the correct definition for each word.
- Someone’s . . . is their enemy.
- faux
- foe
- If something is . . . by people in authority, the use of that is forbidden.
- proscribed
- prescribed
- If you describe a crowd of people as a . . . , you mean that the crowd is very large and, often, rather unpleasant.
- hoard
- horde
- A . . . is a device that receives and responds to a stimulus such as
light, smoke, etc.- sensor
- censor
- If you . . . to something, you agree to it or agree with it.
- ascent
- assent
- A . . . is a store of things that you have saved.
- horde
- hoard
- . . . is expression of strong criticism or disapproval.
- Censure
- Censor
- Something that is . . . is very clever and involves new ideas or methods.
- ingenious
- ingenuous
- When you . . . something, it separates or scatters in different directions.
- disburse
- disperse
- If you . . . , you express disagreement with a decision or opinion.
- decent
- dissent
- descent
- If something . . . , it loses some of its original value.
- deprecates
- depreciates
- If something is . . . , it is still in existence, in spite of being very old.
- extent
- extant
- If the authorities . . . someone, they charge them with a crime and put them on trial.
- persecute
- prosecute
- A . . . is a raised mass of water on the surface of water, which is caused by the wind making the surface of the water rise and fall.
- waive
- wave
- . . . is something made in imitation, artificial.
- Foe
- Faux
- If someone . . . a particular feeling or physical condition, they try to make other people think they have it, although this is not true.
- fains
- feigns
- . . . means to be full of, or to be present in large numbers.
- Team
- Teem
- If you . . . to something, you mention it in an indirect way.
- allude
- elude
- An . . . activity is not allowed by law or the social customs.
- elicit
- illicit
- . . . is a signal, given to remind someone of something.
- queue
- cue
- If you say that someone . . . in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence it without being asked.
- meddles
- mettles
- The . . . level or value of something is its highest level or value.
- peak
- peek
- pique
- If you . . . your right to something, you choose not to have it or do it.
- waive
- wave
- If something . . . from somewhere, it comes from there.
- eminent
- imminent
- emanate
- If buildings or towns are . . . , they are completely destroyed.
- raised
- razed
- If someone gives their . . . to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- assent
- ascent
- If you say that something is . . . , you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon.
- imminent
- eminent
- emanate
- You can refer to any group of people who work or play together as a . . . .
- team
- teem
- A . . . is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- dissent
- descent
- decent
- If a fact or idea . . . you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.
- alludes
- eludes
- A . . . is a person who reviews books, films, etc. to remove what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.
- censure
- censor
- If you . . . someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- censure
- censor
- . . . is used to describe something which is socially or morally suitable or correct.
- Dissent
- Descent
- Decent
- If you describe someone as . . . , you mean that they are trusting and honest.
- ingenious
- ingenuous
- If someone is . . . , they are treated unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs.
- persecuted
- prosecuted
- If someone in authority . . . letters, films, or media, they officially examine them and cut out inappropriate parts.
- censors
- censures
- An . . . is an upward, vertical movement.
- ascent
- assent
- If you . . . someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.
- allude
- elude
- If you . . . something, you criticize it or protest against it.
- deprecate
- depreciate
- Someone’s . . . is their ability to do something well in difficult circumstances.
- meddle
- mettle
- If you . . . at something or someone, you have a quick look at them, often secretly.
- peek
- pique
- peak
- If a doctor . . . medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have.
- proscribes
- prescribes
- When you are . . . of something, someone tells you about it.
- appraised
- apprised
- To . . . an amount of money means to pay it out, usually from a fund.
- disburse
- disperse
- If you . . . something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- apprise
- appraise
- If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a situation is, you can refer to the . . . of it.
- extant
- extent
- A . . . is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.
- cue
- queue
- If you . . . a piece of information, you get it by asking the right questions.
- illicit
- elicit
- If you . . . the level of something, you increase it.
- raze
- raise
- An . . . person is famous and respected within a particular profession.
- emanate
- eminent
- imminent
- If you are weary, you would . . . get a little rest.
- feign
- fain
- . . . is the feeling of annoyance you have when you think someone has not treated you properly.
- Peek
- Peak
- Pique
- Someone’s . . . is their enemy.
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