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Question 1

• A … is a serious or difficulty responsibility.
• Children who do not behave are a … to their parents.

Answer 1

burden

burden

Question 2

• To … is to agree to something that is not exactly what you want.
• We both … about the game we decided to play.

Answer 2

compromise

compromised

Question 3

• To … something is to make it using skill.
• She … the bookcase out of solid pine wood and then painted it.

Answer 3

craft

crafted

Question 4

• When you … into water, you go down head first into the water.
• Ilike sky-… from an airplane.

Answer 4

dive

diving

Question 5

• When people or things are … , they are not strong and can be damaged easily.
• The … glassware was carefully packed into boxes.

Answer 5

fragile

fragile

Question 6

• If you cut something into two parts that are the same size, you cut it … .
• The machine can divide the book in … .

Answer 6

half

half

Question 7

• … is a lack of experience of difficult or complex things in life.
• Everyone who met her found her … to be charming.

Answer 7

Innocence

innocence

Question 8

• When you … something, you go first and it follows you.
• I will … you to the right place.

Answer 8

lead

lead

Question 9

• When you have a … , you are with other people.
• We have lots of … at our school to plan what to do.

Answer 9

meeting

meetings

Question 10

• To … two things is to combine them into one whole thing.
• The storm clouds … into one large menacing cloud that filled the sky.

Answer 10

merge

merged

Question 11

• When something is … , it is not too big or too small in size or amount.
• It takes a … amount of patience to be around small children all day.

Answer 11

moderate

moderate

Question 12

• To … is to exist in such a large amount that someone cannot deal with it.
• The amount of homework her teacher assigned has … her.

Answer 12

overwhelm

overwhelmed

Question 13

• When you make a … , you give someone some money for what you get.
• I made the last … on my car yesterday. Now I am really the owner.

Answer 13

payment

payment

Question 14

• A … of a situation is a way of thinking about it or understanding it.
• Since he couldn’t see, his … of life was much different than mine.

Answer 14

perception

perception

Question 15

• When you … something, you reach an agreement.
• We … the argument by looking up the answer on the web.

Answer 15

settle

settled

Question 16

• A … is a shaking movement the body makes when someone is cold or scared.
• I got … on my way home, because it was so cold.

Answer 16

shiver

shivers

Question 17

• When someone is …, they, are friendly.
• Many of my good friends are … .

Answer 17

sociable

sociable

Question 18

• When you … , you go very fast.
• … is the cause of most car accidents.

Answer 18

speed

Speeding

Question 19

• When someone is … , he or she talks a lot.
• My aunt is very … whenever she is on the phone.

Answer 19

talkative

talkative

Question 20

• When something is … , it is what we expect.
• It was just the … people who came.

Answer 20

usual

usual