M5 Critical Reading Unit 4 Vocab

M5 Unit 4 Vocab

The examples in the article are relevant to the topic.

Please ask only relevant questions during the interview.

This research is relevant to my university project.

Multiple Choice

Relevant to

• Not important to a specific topic or context.

• Related to, connect to

Scientists worked hard to disprove the old theory.

She brought facts to disprove his argument.

The experiment helped to disprove the myth.

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Disprove

• To show that something is not true or correct

• To confirm that something is true.

You must determine which course you want to study.

The doctor will determine the cause of your illness.

The team met to determine the winner of the contest.

Multiple Choice

Determine

• To decide or settle something conclusively

• To guess or speculate without evidence.

The storm displaced many families from their homes.

The early settlers displaced Native American tribes.

Flooding displaced thousands of people in the region.

Multiple Choice

Displaced

• Displaced means to be placed in a new position without any movement.
• Displaced means moved from a usual or original place.

Darwin’s theory explains how species change over time.

His theory was tested in several experiments.

She shared a new theory about why people dream.

Multiple Choice

Theory

• A theory is a random guess

• A theory is a well-thought explanation

The fog was so dense that I couldn’t see the road.

The forest was too dense to walk through easily.

His notes were dense with information.

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Dense

• Closely packed together

• Widely spaced

The tree was hollow, and birds were nesting inside.

The chocolate bunny was hollow, not solid.

The sound echoed inside the hollow cave.

Multiple Choice

Hollow

• Solid

• Empty

The raft stayed afloat due to its buoyancy.

Cork has natural buoyancy, which helps it float.

The ball’s buoyancy kept it above water.

Multiple Choice

Buoyancy

• The ability of something to float in water or air

• The loudness of a sound

They made a perilous journey through the mountains.

Climbing without gear is perilous.

Crossing the river during the storm was perilous.

Multiple Choice

Perilous

• safe and secure

• full of danger or risk

Sailors used the stars to navigate the sea.

She used GPS to navigate through the city.

In the past, people learned to navigate using maps.

Multiple Choice

Navigate

• To sail; to control the course of a ship or a plane

• To travel without a specific destination in mind.

Nok is very ambitious—she wants to be a doctor and help many people

Even when it's difficult, an ambitious person keeps trying

He studies hard every night because he is ambitious.

Multiple Choice

Ambitious

• Having a casual interest in hobbies

• Having a strong desire for success or achievement

They built a crude shelter from sticks and leaves.

His drawing was crude, but it showed the idea.

Early tools were crude but effective.

Multiple Choice

Crude

• Highly sophisticated and refined

• Rough, basic, primitive