Hardest Vocabulary 2

1. What does "narrow" mean?

Broad in shape

Slight, limited

Dark, scary

Bright, open

2. What does "comparatively" mean?

Having to do with things being alike or different

Having to do with things being common or strange

Having to do with things being animal, vegetable or mineral

Having to do with generations

3. What does "enhance" mean?

To add light

To make better

To offer services

To add humor

4. What does "determined" mean?

Having sharp eyes

Doing hard work

Wanting to accomplish something

Being mean

5. What does "cultivate" mean?

To help something grow

To push something forward

To create something original

To cull fruits

6. In which sentence is "encourage" used correctly?

Thanks for encouraging me. You said I would fail the test, and I did.

She encourages her dog to learn new tricks. She yells at the dog and the dog growls back.

7. What does "routinely" mean?

Happening every day

Happening on a regular schedule

Happening every week

Annual

8. What does "theoretically" mean?

Having to do with science only

Having to do with an idea that has not been proved

Having to do with the difference between true and false

Having uncertainty

9. What does "vigorous" mean?

Having a lot of life and strength

Having the qualities of a viper

Being vicious or mean

Being happy most of the time

10. What does "exclusively" mean?

Exceptionally

Only for now

Related to a select few

Lonely

11. What does "robust" mean?

Weak, sad

Wrong by nature

Strong, healthy

Like a robot

12. What does "determine" mean?

To decide based on facts

To decide slowly

To think over

To think something through

13. In which sentence is "haphazard" used correctly?

We stopped in front of the haphazard sign.

You better read that haphazard label.

I wash dishes, but I do it haphazard.

His cleaning methods are haphazard, but I have to admit his room is clean.

14. What does "tempt" mean?

To cause depression

To encourage the eating of bad foods

To invite unhealthy behavior

To make a person lose friends

15. Which sentence uses the word "abroad" correctly?

I will be abroad for three weeks. I am leaving Washington state and going to Oregon.

Migrating birds, such as Canadian geese, are constantly abroad.

My grandmother is abroad minded person.

We will be abroad over the summer. We're taking a tour of Europe.

16. In which sentence is "shed" correctly used as a verb?

The cat's shed fur was all over the sofa.

Our dog sheds all year, but mostly in the summer.

The senator said that he would shed his corrupt ways and serve the people.

Both B and C

17. Which sentence does NOT use "forbid" correctly?

My parents forbid me to stay up late, so I have to go to sleep now.

Her knee injury forbids her from riding her bike.

I was really glad that my dad forbid me from watching movies. I said, "Great. What's playing?"

The teacher forbid me from talking at all during the last twenty minutes of class.

18. What does "dictate" mean?

To have power

To be intelligent

To speak while another records what is said

To be powerless

19. What does "conventional" mean?

Relating to wealth

Relating to normalcy

Having to do with common objects

Having a lack of imagination

20. What does "haphazardly" mean?

Being very dangerous

Having no organization

Related to warnings

Having a strong plan

21. Which sentence does NOT use "sufficiently" correctly?

Disney World was a little expensive, but we were sufficiently pleased with the shows.

I was sufficiently amused by that comedy. I was smiling through the whole movie.

We are sufficiently pleased with our budget. We tend to have enough money most of the time.

22. Which sentence uses BOTH "resilient" and "slovenly" correctly?

His slovenly lifestyle caused him to get sick, but he was resilient. He got even more sick.

My resilient mother always picks on me for being slovenly. She thinks I am too neat for my own good.

23. In which sentence is "contemporary" NOT used correctly?

That movie was very contemporary. The way they spoke and acted was typical of modern times.

He really likes contemporary music, especially Elvis and the Beatles.

He is not a contemporary person. He loves swing dancing and everything about the 1920's.

She likes contemporary novels much more so than old fashioned ones.

24. What does "disruptive" mean?

Creating a rupture

Destroying all things

Talking too much

Creating difficulty

25. What does the verb "harvest" mean?

To collect food that is ripe and ready to eat

To symbolically collect something that you put effort into creating

To disseminate young plants across a large tract of land

Both A and B

26. What does "exceedingly" mean?

Too many

Very necessary

Very successful

Very much so

27. In which sentence is the verb "mirror" NOT used correctly?

The actors mirrored each other's movements during the final scene.

The thieves ran with exactly the same motion. One guy seemed to mirror the other.

28. What does "elicit" mean?

To advertise

To scam someone

To take with violent force

To get from someone