Week 5

Question 1

dependable

Answer 1

(adj. )
- able to be trusted
- loyal; staunch; trustworthy
- [ant.] unreliable; untrustworthy

ex. The dependable car never failed to start in the winter.

Question 2

dependent

Answer 2

(adj. )
- needing someone or something else for support
- needy; attached
- [ant.] independent; mature; unreliable

ex. The dependent child needed his mother to put him to sleep.

Question 3

dispense

Answer 3

(v. )
- to give or provide something
- distribute; give away
- [ant.] conceal; hoard; hide

ex. The vendor dispensed free samples to anyone who walked by.

Question 4

expendable

Answer 4

(adj. )
- easily replaced
- disposable
- [ant.] indispensable; necessary

ex. Water is not an expandable resource as our supply is diminishing.

Question 5

pendulum

Answer 5

(n. )
- a stick with a weight at the bottom that swings back and forth

ex. the pendulum swung back and forth inside the old clock.

Question 6

pension

Answer 6

(n. )
- amount of money that the government pays to a person who is old or sick
- grant; payment; allowance

ex. The retired politician received a 40k pension annually from the government.

Question 7

perpendicular

Answer 7

(adj. )
- intersecting another line at a 90 degree angle

ex. The perpendicular line on the graph formed a right angle with the edge of a square.

Question 8

suspend

Answer 8

(v. )
- to force someone to leave a job or position
- reject; eject
- [ant.] accept; allow

ex. The man was suspended from his job after stealing the boss’ pen.

Question 9

access

Answer 9

(v. )
- to be able to use/ enter
- enter
- [ant.] to exit

ex. He accessed the vault by hacking the wireless vault locks.

Question 10

ancestor

Answer 10

(n. )
- a person who was someone’s family in past times
- ascendant; forefather; founder
- [ant.] descendant

ex. His ancestor was a civil war veteran that died many many years ago.

Question 11

antecedent

Answer 11

(n. )
- something that comes before something else
- ancestor; preceder
- [ant.]proceeder

ex. The antecedent of that animal is the wolf.

Question 12

concede

Answer 12

(v. )
- to admit that you have been defeated
- accept; admit
- [ant.] deny; refuse; reject

ex. The man conceded that he lost the game after only a minute was left.

Question 13

contradict

Answer 13

(v. )
- to say the opposite of something that someone else has said
- counter; differ; negate
- [ant.] agree; approve; admit

ex. She contradicted his opinion by showing him that dogs are not magical unicorns without horns.

Question 14

dictator

Answer 14

(n. )
- a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel way
- autocrat; tyrant
- [ant.] follower; disciple

ex. The dictator ruled over his country with an iron fist.

Question 15

predecessor

Answer 15

(n. )
- someone who came before someone else
- ancestor
- [ant.] successor; descendant

ex. His predecessor was a famous war general in WW2.

Question 16

edict

Answer 16

(v. )
- an official order given by a person with power or by a government
- commandment; decree
- [ant.] request; plea; suggestion

ex. The edict from the king stated that all people must follow his religion.

Question 17

indicate

Answer 17

(v. )
- to direct someone’s attention to something
- announce; reveal; show
- [ant.] conceal; hide

ex. He indicated that he was hurt by pointing to the gaping hole in his leg.

Question 18

intercede

Answer 18

(v. )
- to try to help solve an argument or dispute
- arbitrate; intercede
- [ant.] leave alone

ex. He interceded in the argument between the two groups before things got ugly.

Question 19

appendix

Answer 19

(n. )
- a section of extra information at the end of a book
- index; addition

ex. The appendix contained additional definitions of the hard vocab words.