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Then, at the apex, the grass was thick again because no one sat there.

William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

The underlined word means:

• the highest point of something

• the recovery area

• the turnaround point

• the corner of two things meeting

As the Red Boar rounded the rocky spit of land, a white beach was revealed at the apex of the cove, upon which were assembled the refugees from Palancar Valley.

Christopher Paolini -- Eldest

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

There’s a disturbing, monkey-like glint of canines off to the sides when he grins.

Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

The underlined word is defined as:

• conical-shaped teeth found in dogs and many other mammals

• the innate qualities of a dog, like loyalty

• the pointed end or tip of something

Have these precautions been put in place because of the recent influx of immigrants?

Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

Their noses were snoutlike, and their teeth were all pointed canines. Rick Riordan The Sea of Monsters

The underlined word is what part of speech?

• Noun

• Adverb

• Verb

• Adjective

Inside Amity Harbor’s courthouse, opposite the courtroom’s four tall windows, a table had been set up to accommodate the influx of newspapermen to the island.

David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars

There are multiple definitions of the underlined word -- which one makes the most sense as used in this sentence.

• arrival of many people or other things

• the place at which one stream flows into another or into the sea

• the mouth of a stream

• act of flowing in

They have wives, children, occupations, and interests, they have a background which is so strong that the war cannot obliterate it.

Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

The definition of the underlined word is:

• to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely

• reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade

• develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment

• direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.

His stars are different from the ones in the Bible: they’re wordless, they flame in an obliterating silence.

Margaret Atwood -- Cat’s Eye

What part of speech is the underlined word?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

In his agony he perceived the word "fire" and felt flames licking at the torn bone and flesh.

Lois Lowry -- The Giver

A SYNONYM for the underlined word could be:

• Sensed

• Read

• Judged

• Ignored

If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too.

William P. Young -- The Shack

The underline verb,, a form of "perceive" is what part of speech?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb