Quiz 2

Match the following

• to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen

• Exert

• to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem

• Surmount

• to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone

• Deprive

Match the following

• to imagine something

• Surpass

• to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way

• Conceive

• to do or be better than

• Confine

Match the following

• the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it

• Propensity

• the fact that someone is likely to behave in a particular way, especially a bad way

• Resentment

• feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like

• Scrutiny

Match the following

• the ability to think quickly and effectively or do something difficult extremely well

• Predicament

• the state of being likely to happen very soon, or coming very soon

• Imminence

• an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of

• Dexterity

Match the following

• extremely steep; almost vertical

• Contagious

• (of a disease) able to be caught by touching someone with the disease or something the person used

• Sheer

• basic, not very well developed

• Rudimentary

Match the following

• not certain or confident

• Apprehensive

• feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen

• Indignant

• angry because of something that is wrong or not fair

• Tentative

Match the following

• certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented

• Profoundly

• deeply or extremely

• Inevitably

• sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant

• Abruptly

Match the following

• in an unfriendly way that shows no emotion

• Prudently

• in a way that is careful and avoids risks

• Icily

• intentionally, on purpose

• Deliberately