We Beat the Street Vocabulary 1

The man ignored the homeless person on the curb, showing apathy or a ______________.

• lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

• intense interest

• love

• desire to hurt someone.

Many students thought that the test would be a daunting experience. Daunting means:

• easy and enjoyable

• frozen

• seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating.

• ancient

I thought about the offer in retrospect and realized that it was a great deal! Retrospect means:

• looking forward

• on the near future

• a month from now

• review of a past course of events

The TikTok stars swaggered across the stage and prepared for the dance-off. Swaggered means:

• tripped

• crawled

• walked with confidence

• meandered

An antonym for intensify is ___________.

• weaken

• strengthen

• happen

• multiply

They used a rope and pulley to _____________ the piano to the fifth floor of the building.

• retrospect

• hoist

• shoot

• swagger

The huge, dark cloud ________________ over the farmhouse, causing the horses to run to the barn.

• daunting

• swaggered

• loomed

• debris

The poet ____________ about beauty and life while the barista made him a cappucino.

• warily

• swaggered

• mused

• hoisted

An antonym for lanky is

• Short and stout

• brave and courageous

• hungry and thirsty

• mean and irritable

A synonym of warily is

• easily

• cautiously

• excitedly

• quickly