7G Hatchet List 1

Extensive most closely means:

• Limited

• Large in scope

• Temporary

• Accidental

To do something gingerly means to do it:

• With great care

• Quickly and recklessly

• Loudly and forcefully

• Secretly

Gratify means:

• To displease

• To satisfy or please

• To confuse

• To ignore

Merely is best defined as:

• Entirely

• Only or just

• Loudly

• Thoroughly

Painstaking describes something that is:

• Done with extreme care

• Done carelessly

• Inevitable

• Quick

Primitive most likely means:

• Modern

• Basic and undeveloped

• Extensive

• Fragile

Rigid means:

• Flexible

• Strict and unchanging

• Gradual

• Rough

Something staggering is:

• Extremely surprising

• Slightly disappointing

• Unremarkable

• Easily explained

To taper means to:

• Grow wider

• Gradually narrow

• Stay the same size

• Begin suddenly

To wither means to:

• Thrive

• Shrink and dry up

• Flourish

• Strengthen