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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acceptable | It’s ok |
| Accidentally | Not on purpose |
| Accommodate | Make arrangements to help someone in particular |
| Acquire | Gain or get |
| Acquit | Found innocent of a crime |
| Apparent | Clear or obvious |
| Argument | 1) a fight, 2) a reason. |
| Believe | Think or hope. |
| Calendar | A chart that shows days and months |
| Category | A group of one kind of thing |
| Changeable | Changes a lot |
| Committed | Loyal to a course of action |
| Conscience | An inner sense of right and wrong |
| Conscientious | Reliable |
| Conscious | Awake |
| Equipment | Tools |
| Exhilarate | Become excited or overjoyed |
| Exceed | To pass a certain limit |
| Existence | Actually being, life, reality |
| Experience | Practice doing something |
| Foreign | From another country |
| Fourth | 4th |
| Gauge | An instrument for measuring something |
| Generally | Usually |
| Grammar | Rules about how to use words and punctuation |
| Grateful | Thankful |
| Guarantee | Promise |
| Harass | Bother, bully |
| Height | How tall a thing is |
| Ignorance | Lack of knowledge |
| Immediate | Right now |
| Independent | Works without help |
| Indispensable | Can’t do without it |
| Maintenance | Keeping something in working order |
| Miniature | Tiny |
| Noticeable | Obvious, able to be seen |
| Occasion | Event |
| Occasionally | Now and then |
| Occurred | It happened |
| Parallel | To lines that never intersect |
| Possession | Something you own |
| Preferable | What you would like to see happen |
| Referred | Sent by someone’s recommendation, submitted |
| Reference | A person or thing that recommends something else |
| Relevant | Important, necessary |
| Restaurant | A place where people eat |
| Ridiculous | Silly, absurd |
| Rhythm | The beat |
| Schedule | A plan for the day |
| Scissors | An object used to cut paper, fabric, or string |
| Sensible | Smart, logical |
| Separate | To divide |
| Special | Not ordinary |
| Success | Reaching a goal |
| Tomorrow | The day after today |
| Twelfth | 12th |
| Definitely | For sure |
| Disappear | Make invisible |
| Discipline | Self-control gained by following rules or having rules enforced |
| Drunkenness | Had too much alcohol |
| Embarrass | Make self-conscious or uncomfortable |
| Intelligence | Brains, ability to pick up on ideas |
| Knowledge | What you know |
| Leisure | Free time |
| Privilege | A special advantage |
| Questionnaire | Survey |
| Receive | Get |
| Recommend | Say something is good and deserves to be chosen |
| Vacuum | 1) absence of objects or gases, 2) tool for cleaning carpets |
| Vicious | Mean, dangerous |
| Weather | Sunny, rainy, windy, etc. |
| Weird | Strange |