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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 56

1The huge boulder teetered on the edge of the cliff, before it ..... to earth.

2What does 'patient' mean?

3"Antagonizing" someone might include:

4To ..... is to insert something into a conversation.

5What is the meaning of 'To stock to something'?

6What does 'Gently tell us how we're doing' mean? Fill in the blank: To provide ..... in a kind and constructive way (e.g., "Millennials expect people to tell them-gently-how they're doing").

7Commotion

8The wind is blowing and causing objects such as large trees to fall. What type of wind would this be classified as?

9Which word from the text means a slow run?

10Something that brings about an effect or a result

11What is the Favorable Outcome

12What is the meaning of Cycle?

13A tart might be found

14Mark 1 word that completes BOTH sentences.In science class, we learned about ..... Floss the ..... between your teeth.

15To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior

16A Totalitarian is:

17What do barges carry?

18What goes around and around the wood but never go inside the wood

19What is the meaning of the word "nuance"?

20Grace

21Those two have a strange .....: they seem to need each other to be happy.

22Close relationships and people under stress increase the likelihood of .....

23Which is the best definition of connotation?

24In this bog I've long been known, For my splendid baritone.' What does the word 'baritone' mean here?<br />

25What does "rethinking" mean?

26Pick the sentence where head means the top part of the human body.

27That play was great. It was an older piece which I read at school but a much more modern ..... than I had seen before.

28This plan decides "what is to be done"

29Start to exist and experience. Grow and become more advanced or elaborate.

30Profoundly

31Which word means a path or direction?

32Which sentence uses "picture" correctly?

33What does 'appear' mean?

34What is the meaning of the word 'scrap' in the context of a story?

35I ..... the notice-board quickly, looking for secondhand cars for sale.

36Atrophy means .....

37What does the word sod mean in this sentence? People used to build houses made of sod.

38What does the word sparkled mean in the sentence below?The bright dress sparkled in the sunlight.

39In the sentence, "After finishing the project, she felt a deep sense of content, " what does content mean?

40Choose the correct definition for the word:ambiguous

41What looses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

42What is the denotative meaning of meandered in this sentence? Tucking himself further into the screen of pine trees, he watched as the bear meandered toward the lake.

43What does the word checking mean in the sentence below?Checking the wandering ways of sheep is the job of many farm dogs.

44What does "Defeated" mean?

45Mason: I take passengers from one country to another. What am I?

46DEFLATE

47Being a voluble person is a necessary skill for a politician because it means you are/can .....

48The soldier promised he would not desert his post. What does desert mean here?

49Match the word with correct meaning."operation"

50The two roads that ..... at the intersection meet again in about 35 miles.

51Suddenly the discordant voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ears and jarred me out of my daydream. Based on context, discordant most likely means .....

52What is the fear of clowns called?

53PERK

54The worst part of high school was when my "friends" would ..... me in their conflict. I was stuck in the middle of fights that lasted for weeks.

55The soup was a strange ..... of leftovers and spices.

56Oscillate

57An animal that consumes both plants and other animals is called a(n)

58"Environment" refers to a ..... setting such as a greenhouse.

59To remake something means to-

60Why might labeling skin tones with food terms be thematically significant?

61We like to hike through the forest in the fall when the trees' foliage turns red and yellow.