Vocabulary Unit 1

give up power

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

When someone abdicates, they give up beine king or queen.

say against

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

These two signs contradict one another.

order to stop previous order

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

Never mind, don't do it!

say go back to a person because they are good

• abdicate

• contradict

• countermand

• recommend

Answer explanation

When you recommend something, you are telling someone to try it out because it's good.

compare two things to explain

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

Here, life is being compared to a box of chocolates. The end of the analogy says, "you never know what you're going to get." This explains HOW life is like a box of chocolates.

what is said at the end of the book

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

long speech by one person

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

A monologue is when one character has a lot to say!!!!

words at the beginning of a book

• analogy

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

A prologue usually tells what happened before the story starts.

characters speaking

• dialogue

• monologue

• epilogue

• prologue

Answer explanation

Dialogue is when two or more people or characters are speaking.

order by superior

• command

• demand

• mandatory

• countermand

Answer explanation