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Words With Multiple Meanings PolysemySet 76

1Ominous

2Foresight

3No one remembers the reason for the two families' rupture. In this sentence, rupture means

4What does "flail" mean?

5Someone who devours Count Basie CDs:

6What is the meaning of bore as used in the sentence below?I don't like doing homework, I know that it will bore me.

7What does the word 'flowing' mean IN THE TEXT?

8What is the meaning of "engaging" in the context of this vocabulary list?

9What is the correct definition to the next word?"Shed"

10To despise

11What is the definition of the word surcharge?

12Choose the best definition for the wordDrifted

13The guide is pointing and bellowing facts on the tour. "You don't have to shout," I tell him, "I speak French perfectly."What does the word bellowing mean?

14Which of the following words best describes "recreational?"

15Knowing that Poseidon (The Sea God) is angry with Odysseus, what does tempest mean in the following sentence? "It was plain that this tempest had been sent by Poseidon," pg. 39

16What does the verb demolish mean?

17What does reopen mean?

18What does the word unique mean in: "Every sound was unique" ?

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

20What does 'ball' mean as a toy?

21Mark Twain once said: "If you tell the ....., you don't have to remember anything."

22Pitcher means .....

23Read the passage again (if you have to), then answer the question. When Ellen wakes up on Saturday, there is snow on the ground. Ellen races through her breakfast. Then she pulls on a hat, jacket, and gloves. Her boots are not in the closet, so she runs outside in her sneakers. She joins her friends to go sledding. Q3: In this paragraph, the word "races" means

24Arranging one below the other means

25The climbers were awestruck to see the peak ..... up before them.

26Which is a microcosm example?

27What is "sustainable"?

28What is the meaning of Apprehensive?

29Cameron Russell says that she became a model by winning a genetic lottery and being the recipient of a legacy. What is the legacy she is referring to?

30What's the meaning of Wilt?

31C26. What is a secondary effect?

32The word goods means

33The ..... in hand preference, with the majority of people being right-handed, is a striking example of lateralization in human behavior.

34What is the meaning of "flag"?

35Which of these is true of a bell preceding a fire drill?

36In "The Red Fox Fur Coat," what does the word predator most closely mean?

37What is the positive connotation of the word 'stubborn'?

38A dispute means that there are at least .....

39Define violate

40A person who is to the "left" is more .....

41(n.) Something that divides (such as a wall); the act of dividing something into parts or sections(v.) To divide into parts or shares

42"Ephemeral" describes something that is:

43She can pick up a single peanut with elegant precision, tickle a passing mouse, tap the shoulder of a dozing keeper.What does precision mean?

44Which sentence correctly represents tentative?

45What does partition mean?

46Incompatible

47Select the correct meaning for the word: Too.

48Read the following sentenceHe seized this food with his talons tore off a choice piece with his curved beak and gulped it down.What does gulped mean as it is used in the sentence

49Choose the correct variant: This animal is a long, thin reptile, and many people are scared of them.

50What does associate mean in language usage?

51Proof that the bad things won't happen in the status quo

52What does the word gushed mean in this sentence?He screamed when he flushed the toilet and water gushed out onto the floor!

53To culminate means to end, but it also means .....

54What does flabbergasted mean?

55To get involved in and try to influence a situation that should not really involve you, in a way that annoys other people

56Which of the following means to "making twisting or squirming movements"?

57Select the word that best completes the sentence: "Everett was so ..... that his messy fraternity brothers refused to room with him."

58Define the word: hinder.

59What does dim mean?

60What does 'effects' mean in the context of online learning?

61'Inaction' Meaning