Scholarship test no.3 part 2

Question 1

Fortify (2 similar meanings)

Answer 1

• to strengthen (a place) by building military defenses (such as walls, trenches, etc.)
• to make (someone or something) stronger

Question 2

Requisition

Answer 2

to ask for or demand and take (something) for your use

Question 3

Innovative

Answer 3

introducing/having or using new ideas or methods

Question 4

Conservative

Answer 4

• not liking or accepting changes or new ideas

Question 5

Uncontested

Answer 5

not contested

Question 6

Contest

Answer 6

engage in competition to attain (a position of power)
(You already know this lol)

Question 7

Dismantle (2 main meanings)

Answer 7

• to take (something, such as a machine or structure) apart so that it’s in separate pieces
• to destroy (something) in an orderly way: to gradually cause (something) to come to an end

Question 8

Mutiny

Answer 8

a situation in which group of people (such as sailors or soldiers) refuse to obey orders and try to take control away from the person who commands them

Question 9

Aqueducts

Answer 9

a structure that looks like a bridge and that is used to carry water over a valley

Question 10

Cultivate (2 similar meanigns)

Answer 10

• to prepare and use (soil) for growing plants
• to grow or raise (something) under conditions that you can control

Question 11

Emulate

Answer 11

to try to be like (someone or something you admire)

Question 12

Curb (2 meanings)

Answer 12

• to control or limit (something)
• a short border along the edge of a street that is usually made of stone or concrete where childish people like me walks

Question 13

Carbon neutral

Answer 13

when the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by the amount absorbed