10th-Grade Verbs Quiz

Question: to make more violent, bitter, or severe

Answer: To make more violent, bitter, or severe is to exacerbate. Usage example: “The new law only exacerbates the problem.”

Question: to give a boost to

Answer: To give a boost to is to bolster. Usage example: “News that bolstered his spirits.”

Question: to make impossible by necessary consequence

Answer: To make impossible by necessary consequence is to preclude. Usage example: “Bad weather precluded any further attempts to reach the summit.”

Question: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

Answer: To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense is to augment. Usage example: “The impact of the report was augmented by its timing.”

Question: to accelerate the process or progress of

Answer: To accelerate the process or progress of is to expedite. Usage example: “During the fire season they wear a semblance of uniform intended to expedite the rush when the siren howls…” (Tom Harpole).

Question: support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)

Answer: To support or argue for something is to advocate for it. Usage example: “They advocated a return to traditional teaching methods.”

Question: to take into the mind and thoroughly understand

Answer: To take into the mind and thoroughly understand is one meaning of the verb assimilate. Usage example: “Students need to assimilate new concepts.”

Question: to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots

Answer: To do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots is to eradicate. Usage example: “programs to eradicate illiteracy.”

Question: to conform, submit, or adapt (as to a regulation or to another’s wishes) as required or requested

Answer: To conform, submit, or adapt as required or requested is to comply. Usage example: “The devices comply with industry standards.”

Question: to get or win back

Answer: To get or win back is to redeem. Usage example: “You can redeem this coupon at any store.”

Question: to feel or express grief for

Answer: To feel or express grief for is to deplore. Usage example: They “deplore the death of a friend.”

Question: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor

Answer: To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor is to collaborate. Usage example: “An international team of scientists collaborated on the study.”

Question: to make up for the purpose of deception

Answer: To make up for the purpose of deception is to fabricate. Usage example: They were “accused of fabricating evidence.”

Question: to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

Answer: To arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness is to estrange. Usage example: “She became estranged from her family.”

Question: to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion

Answer: To assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion is to relegate. Usage example: “Courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor’s disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire.”

Question: to place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast

Answer: To place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast is to oppose. Usage example: “One military force opposed to another.”

Question: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner

Answer: To express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner is to admonish. Usage example: “They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity.”

Question: to make subject or subservient

Answer: To make subject or subservient is to subordinate. Usage example: “stylist…whose crystalline prose subordinates content to form” (Susan Heath).

Question: to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of

Answer: To recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of is to validate. Usage example: They cannot “validate his concerns.”

Question: to turn from one course or use to another

Answer: To turn from one course or use to another is to divert. Usage example: “divert traffic to a side street.”

Question: to strive to equal or excel

Answer: To strive to equal or excel is to emulate. Usage example: “Artists emulating the style of their teachers.”

Question: to free from allegation or blame

Answer: To free from allegation or blame is to vindicate. Usage example: “She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.”

Question: to bring about especially abruptly

Answer: To bring about especially abruptly is to precipitate. Usage example: “precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion” (John Cheever).

Question: to make young or youthful again

Answer: To make young or youthful again is to rejuvenate. Usage example: “The spa treatment rejuvenated me.”

Question: to make easier: help bring about

Answer: To make easier or to help bring about is to facilitate. Usage example: These projects “facilitate growth.”