Powerful vocabulary lesson 8

Choose the correct definition for the underlined word.

My favorite channel only broadcasts sports.

• a TV or radio station

• a narrow stretch of water between two lands

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The ground is dry and firm.

• confident and strong

• a business or company

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My initial response to his confession was a total shock.

• the first letter of a name or word

• first or at the beginning

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The Korean War was a period when a lot of people died.

• a length of time

• the punctuation mark that ends a sentence (.)

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When you break a public item, you will be charged and has to pay for it.

• control or command of something

• to ask someone to pay a certain price

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It is rare to find a four-leaf clover.

• cooked very lightly

• not often found

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The table is shaking badly! It is not stable.

• solid and steady

• a building where houses or cows are kept

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He is the sole survivor from the war, as other people are all missing.

• bottom part of a foot, shoe or boot

• only or single

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I taught my dog how to be patient by holding the snack and making him wait.

• able to wait calmly

• a person treated by a doctor

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You cannot paint the wall unless you have a permit.

• to allow something

• a document giving someone the right to do something