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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 111

1Compatible

2What does "impress" mean?

3Recognize

4Candy, the old swamper, characterized Curley's new bride as

5Decreasing light; light on left

6Find the meaning of the highlighted word. The children got goo all over the table.

7Resent means:

8What does the word generated mean in the sentence below?The campfire generated a lot of heat that kept everyone warm.

9Don't play with a bee. It may ..... you

10Antisocial patterns of behavior:

11Match the words in Exercises 1 and 2 to the meanings. Which word matches "enjoying being with people" ?

12What does "solid" mean when describing a substance?

13..... reports news to people.

14Rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail

15To resist means to give in to peer pressure

16Quivering means:

17The football team had a minor ..... with their opponent over a loose ball.

18A 'piece' is a term used to describe:

19What is the role of "nuance" in rebuilding an argument?

20Pause

21Choose the sentence that uses the word "revive" correctly.

22Which of the following best describes a "cacophony"?

23Choose the best meaning of "visit".

24Some people listen to music and ..... to themselves while they work.

25What does WHEEDLE mean?

26Flounced through the hall

27What is a fairytale?

28Development of different kinds of jobs

29Which of the following items would not need to be doused?

30The snake slithered across the back porch when my mother chased it with a broom. What does slithered mean?

31What is the definition of 'capture'?

32Jaded

33Read these lines from "Ozymandias":Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fedIn these lines, what does the word "survive" most nearly mean?

34What is the meaning of "stretch"?

35Find the definition of the following statement: To ..... is to pass electricity through the body.

36Gunpowder was first used to make beautiful displays of ..... for celebrations in the 9th century by the Chinese.

37Consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else.

38Mr. Smith had never left Arizona. He was always too busy helping out the community and working hard to make ends meet. The neighborhood soon found out that Mr. Smith had never traveled anywhere and, together, they funded a trip for him to go to Milan, Italy. There, he would get to have all the fun and leisure that he couldn't do at home.

39Read the lines from the poem. I turn away, and my friend sings again. This sneaky, little cricket is such a big pain! What does the word pain mean as it is used in the poem?

40It is a set of graphics that generate an impression of motion.

41Compassion means to

42Balmy

43Which one means "a hole in the ground" ?

44The word rights means:

45What does "boot" mean?

46What is touch?

47To gesture for emphasis

48If someone is gorging themselves at Thanksgiving dinner, what are they doing?

49Things that follow one after the other are considered:

50BOUNTIFUL

51If workers "abort" a project, they

52Based on the following sentence what is the definition of the word ascertaining? " ..... Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes" (Lee).

53What does the word announced mean in the sentence below? Ms. Redler announced that she will play in the volleyball game.

54What doe the word polite mean in the sentence below?The polite girl held the door open for her grandfather.

55What does prototype mean?

56Look at the sentence, "Crow scratched in the dirt."In this sentence, the word scratched means

57What does "close" mean in "Please close the door"?

58C-What does the word Foreshadow mean?

59Well-implemented bilingual programs can promote literacy ..... The phrase "well-implemented" is closest to:

60What does Bob say is a "nice upgrade" that humans have that animals don't?

61"The city skyline" refers to .....