Vocabulary Quiz

To support, argue for, or adopt (an idea or cause):

• Discern

• Advocate

• Orient

• Attribute

Acting or intended to overthrow or destroy something established:

• Subversive

• Nocturnal

• Flagrant

• Comprehensive

Corresponding in degree, number, or size; in proportion:

• Exemplify

• Concurrent

• Fluctuate

• Commensurate

To send off to a destination or for a purpose:

• Decode

• Orient

• Dispatch

• Venture

To waver between choices; to rise and fall irregularly:

• Contrive

• Default

• Degenerate

• Fluctuate

Open and obvious in a way that is offensive:

• Nominal

• Sinister

• Flagrant

• Implausible

Serious or significant distress or misfortune:

• Turmoil

• Blight

• Recession

• Calamity

Done at the same time; simultaneous:

• Concurrent

• Fluctuate

• Enhance

• Intercede

To take responsibility for or fail to do something required:

• Default

• Attribute

• Comprehend

• Intervene

To interpret or make sense of something unclear:

• Decipher

• Discern

• Contrive

• Dispatch