Quiz 18

to decrease in size, extent, or range

• Diminish

• Dire

• Disheartened

urgent, crucial to prevent disaster. 

• Dire

• Disheartened

• Dismal

loss of enthusiasm and/or excitement

• Disheartened

• Dismal

• Distress

causing gloom or dejected, dreary, cheerless.

• Dismal

• Distress

• Diminish

sorrow, agony, grief.

• Distress

• Diminish

• Dire

The medicine helped to ____________her pain after the surgery.

• diminish

• dire

• disheartened

The team was in ________need of a win to stay in the playoffs.

• dire

• disheartened

• dismal

She felt ____________after receiving a low score on her exam.

• disheartened

• dismal

• distress

The weather was ____________, with gray skies and constant rain.

• dismal

• distress

• diminish

The news of the accident caused her great _______________and worry.

• distress

• diminish

• dire