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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 12

1Nonchalant

2If you mislead someone, you .....

3What does gauge mean?

4What does rehearse mean?

5What does exhaust mean in this sentence?Mrs. Peterson's repair shop on the outskirts of town always smells like exhaust.

6What is an instinct?

7The word 'worlds' refers to:

8What does 'market' refer to in business?

9"Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!" What is the meaning of the word "imitation"?

10Polar bears hunt on multiple occasions to build fat reserves. The phrase multiple occasions means:

11A "task" is:

12The term that refers to an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to itsliteral meaning.

13What does "ring" mean in this sentence?My grandmother gave me a ring for my birthday.

14"Influence" means:

15A hospital faces a "complication" during a surgery. Using reasoning, explain what this means and how it might affect the outcome.

16What does "spring" mean in this sentence: "We love planting flowers in the spring"?

17To engender

18What does the word 'bank' mean in the context of finance?

19ConnotationGaunt

20What does plant-eaters mean?

21As the building began to buckle, loud rumbling and screeching could be heard on each of the 30 floors.

22If your clothes become SOAKED WITH WATER, they will .....

23Identify the correct meaning of the word "cruise"

24What does amendment mean?

25Half of a three-dimensional circular, or ball, shape

26Canvas

27The two masked men made their getaway in a stolen van after robbing the store.What does "getaway" mean" ?

28Machination

29To entangle means:

30A situation that cannot be maintained is:

31What word means to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil

32The sound of the alarm was incessant throughout the night. Why was the alarm so difficult to ignore?

33Framework means:

34What does the word "evacuation" mean in the context of the book?

35What is the meaning of 'nuance'? Fill in the blank: Nuance means .....

36Which word means slightly salty?

37Which of the following is most likely to scuttle?

38Read the sentence: "The enigma baffled the detectives for weeks." What is the likely meaning of "enigma" based on the context?

39True or False:In the sentence, 'The unknown is often frightening, ' the word 'unknown' refers to a group of people.

40What does "pygmy" mean?

41Phenomenon

42The state or position of being placed close together or side by side, so as to permit comparison or contrast

43Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, has its ..... at nearly 20,000 feet.

44Intrigue

45How is Competition defined in the provided text?

46Which of the following words most closely matches the following definition: subtle shades of meaning that a word evokes

47Which word describes someone who is polite and sensitive in a social situation?

48Choose the best definition for: trends

49What are "jobs"?

50Choose the English derivative for the following definition.to compare unlike things

51What is the definition of stark?

52In the sentence "We were best friends in elementary school, but now our interests are too divergent, and we have nothing in common, " what does the word "divergent" imply about the friends' interests?

53Overgrow means .....

54Mystify(v)

55What does 'heighten' mean?

56The periphery of the concept is .....

57Which of the following things might an "omnivore" eat?

58The ..... meaning of words is what the words actually say.It can be denotation or the dictionary meaning.

59What does the word introduce mean in the sentence below?The teacher will introduce Ethan as the guest speaker.

60Gait

61Which connotation is more negative?I didn't like the ..... on the jester's face.