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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 118

1What does 'CONTENTION' mean?

2Does Across mean "al otro lado de" ?

3What does the word bond mean in the sentence below?The glue made a bond between the materials.

4What does "Mossy" mean?

5"He had to assess if she was okay." What does assess mean?

6To "detach" means:

7The word whinge means to

8What does "burrow" mean?

9Which of the following sentences illustrates the concept of polysemy?

10"Mitigate" most nearly means:

11A word that means "the state of being productive" or "getting a lot done"

12Separate parts of a series of events

13The word durian ..... refers to the fruit but it can also mean the durian pulp or flesh (technically called arils) that we eat, and also to the tree.

14Multiple meanings

15What does the word imitation mean in line 25 of the poem "Lost Treasure" ?

16Farmers sell desert crops.

17Define bedazzled

18Define renew

19Fill in the blank: ..... is to show the difference between two ideas.

20What is the meaning of "oppose"?

21Construction in a building/structureinvolving changes in the materials used, partitioning, location/ sizes of openings, structural parts, existing utilities & equipment but does not increase the overall area thereof.

22I am the world's most popular sport.I have 2 different names.I am a team sport.Men and women play me.Every 4 years there is the World Cup.There are many competitions-in each country, in Europe, Asia etc.

23Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?A barge can ..... dozens of new cars at one time.

24To make mistakes means to

25The subway was dense with people.What does the word dense mean?

26What does the verb separate mean?

27What's a common nickname for graduation caps?

28What does "tie" mean in this sentence: "They tied in the soccer game"?

29If Mr. Downs said that the weather looked unfavorable for recess, what does he mean?

30What is another meaning of the word 'tear'?

31She saw a large lake as she walked through the desert. She was so thirsty it must have been a .....

32What does run mean?

33As used in line 3, "forces" most nearly means

34What is the meaning of affliction?

35If the troops cross over the border, they will try to ..... the capital city.

36What does 'express' mean?

37What does it mean to "establish"?

38What does 'unplug' mean?

39What does civilize mean?

40What does John learn to do that gives him a feeling of superiority to the other boys at the Reservation?

41Bill's father and my father are brothers. Bill is my .....

42What does it mean for an object to be brittle?

43Choose the best definition for: influence

44The sisters ran away in cowardice

45The person who leads and guides a group of Vietnamese people to a foreign country is:

46A large area of ocean that is partly surrounded by land-often used in proper names?

47Savor

48In the sentence, "My dog's lead got tangled around the park bench, " what does the word lead mean?

49What does weakness mean?

50The ideas or feelings evoked by a word in addition to its literal meaning.

51The dog Cower as the jaguar towered over him.What does Cower mean

52It is easy to become prey to dishonest people on the internet. In this sentence, prey means

53"Broods" in "Holy Ghost broods" best implies:

54What does the word mature mean?

55What does quarry mean in the following sentence: "By the nodding heads around me, I saw it would be hard to cheat Poseidon of his quarry."

56Which definition matches the word used in the sentence below.ELECTMarina elected to go to the movies instead of the beach.

57The Astros always warm-up during the pregame events at Minute Maid Park.What is the meaning of the word pregame in the sentence above?

58What is the meaning of "inspire"?

59What does it mean to visualize?

60What does "looking" refer to in the context of this vocabulary list?

61What does "nearby" mean?