Smart Course B2 - Week 17 - Class 33 - Confusing verbs/synonyms

What are the meanings of the following verbs?

• Invoke

• 1. To keep away from or refrain from encountering something or someone. It implies a conscious effort to steer clear of a situation, person, or thing.

• Evoke

• To stop something from happening or from someone doing something. It involves taking action to hinder or obstruct a potential occurrence before it happens

• Prevent

• To call upon or appeal to a higher power, authority, or principle for support, help, or inspiration

• Avoid

• To bring forth or summon a memory, feeling, or reaction in someone's mind or emotions, often through stimuli or triggers

What is the meaning of imply

• To suggest or indicate something indirectly or without explicitly stating it.

• to state or declare something openly.

• To deduce or infer.

• 1. To mislead or deceive.

What is the meaning of Infer

• To deduce or conclude something based on evidence, reasoning, or context.

• To imply or suggest.

• To state or assert.

• To doubt or question.

Write two sentences by using the following verbs and making the correct distinction between them:

imply and infer

To take for granted or suppose something to be true without proof or confirmation.

• Presume

• Confirm

• Assume

• Doubt

Presume

• To doubt or question.

• To take for granted or suppose something to be true without proof or confirmation.

• To suppose or assume something to be true based on reasonable grounds or probability.

• To assert or declare.

What is the synonym of this verb: Complement?

• Supplement

• Detract

• Enhance

• Diminish

Join the verbs with the synonyms:

• Free

• Extricate

• Call upon

• Ban

• Plead

• Invoke

• Negotiate

• Beseech

• Prohibit

• Compromise

Choose the correct synonym for each of the following verbs:

1. 1. Constitute - ​ (a)  

2. 2.Depict - ​ (b)  

3. 3. Belie - ​ (c)  

4. 4.Conceal - ​ (d)  

5. 5. Comprise - ​ (e)  

• Establish
• Portray
• Hide
• Include
• Contradict

Peruse

• To ignore or neglect.

• to quickly glance over something.

• to examine or read something carefully.

• To memorize without understanding.