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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 30

1What does the word corps mean in the sentence below?Sacagawea led the Corps of Discovery on a great journey.
2Shift means
3What does it mean if you "agree with" someone?
4An arrangement or classification of things according to their relative importance
5Something that diverts your attention from what you are doing
6What does ponder mean?
7Garble
8What does the word "differentiate" mean in the context of the provided example?
9Which sentence uses story the same way as it does in this sentence?Did you like my story about the little girl that dreamed of playing ice hockey?
10Many scientists believe that life must exist elsewhere in the universe. Exist means:
11What does the word sniff mean in the sentence below? The skunk stopped to sniff, or smell, the flower. It had a nice scent.
12Read the following sentence and choose the correct meaning of the word in bold: I will present my report tomorrow.
13Exercise 4. Choose the correct meaning of the following words or phrases: road user.
14Choose the word or words that best fir the meaning of the sentence:Atsuko floated on his back in the cool country pond and ..... while watching a red-tailed hawk fly overhead.
15The word formidable means
16Define individualism
17What is the meaning of the following word: PERFORMANCE
18To do something well or badly; perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period of time.
19Choose the best meaning of ability.
20What is something that Bob does NOT mention his nose can smell?
21Disparity means
22Who is a "boss"?
23Two strands of soccer. The writer mentions "two strands of soccer" . This refers to:
24An idea that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning (slim, skinny, slender)
25It is the reconnaissance or surveillance of a building, place or area to include its immediate vicinity to determine its suitability for intel used or its vulnerabilities in an intel operation.
26Draw means
27Pick the sentence where clear means obvious and not mistaken.
28The common male housefly completes its entire life ..... in just 17 days.
29A relationship of "give and take" is called:
30It is not nice to judge people based off of how they look.
31Which word describes a situation that is not clearly defined and can have more than one interpretation?
32Mortars are designed by engineers to trigger a small ..... before enough snow builds up to cause a catastrophic .....
33What is the best meaning of express (v.) in academic writing?
34What does "conflation" refer to?
35What does "Revolving" mean?
36A novelty is best described as something:
37Explain why contextual embeddings are useful for polysemous words.
38Caustic means .....
39Which of the following words best complete the following sentence: The player only showed ..... when he was suspended from the game.
40Deport
41To "tackle" means:
42After the long hike, Liam needed a minute to catch his breath and rest on a fallen log. What does the word 'log' mean here?
43What does cheer someone up mean in everyday English?
44If something is done simultaneously, what does that mean?
45What is the meaning of "pomp" in "What are riches and pomp to us now"?
46What is an "imprint"?
47Cyclical
48The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except .....
49What does the word POLISH mean in the sentence below?She will polish the silverware before Thanksgiving dinner.
50To "assert" a fact means to:
51To change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean
52The DNA results ..... the innocent man.
53What does the word trade most likely mean in this sentence? The trade between countries makes jobs for lots of people.
54The word discount in an advertisement means.
55Which meaning of clear fits this? After a week of snow, the sky finally cleared.
56Define the word connotation.
57Irrelevant or inappropriate messages may be referred to as which of the following?
58Strolled means:
59What does the word 'enact' mean in the sentence:'The government decided to enact new traffic laws'?
60To tame; to bring plants or animals under human control.
61In which sentence does the word bat refer to an animal?