Vocabulary Workshop - Level C - Unit 4

What does the word "annul" mean?

• To reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative

• To decorate elaborately

• To support or give a boost to

• To feel or express regret

Which of the following is a synonym for "bolster"?

• Weaken

• Strengthen

• Ignore

• Remove

If someone is described as "blasé," how do they feel?

• Excited and passionate

• Indifferent and bored

• Angry and hostile

• Supportive and caring

What is an antonym for "oust"?

• Expel

• Welcome

• Remove

• Dismiss

Which word means "to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind"?

• Muster

• Obsess

• Qualm

• Prone

What does "porous" mean?

• Unable to be penetrated by air or water

• Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

• High point of land

• Showing concern or care

Which of the following is a synonym for "solicitous"?

• Indifferent

• Concerned

• Careless

• Unconcerned

What does "staid" mean?

• Showy and flamboyant

• Serious and dignified

• Indifferent and apathetic

• Easily influenced

If someone is "prone" to something, they are:

• Unlikely to do it

• Lying face down; inclined or likely

• Always standing upright

• Unable to be influenced

Which word means "a high point of land extending into water"?

• Promontory

• Qualm

• Muster

• Annul