10th-Grade Verbs Quiz

Question: to make young or youthful again

Answer: To make young or youthful again is torejuvenate. Usage example: “The spa treatmentrejuvenated me.”

Question: to make more violent, bitter, or severe

Answer: To make more violent, bitter, or severe is toexacerbate. Usage example: “The new law onlyexacerbates the problem.”

Question: to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots

Answer: To do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots is toeradicate. Usage example: “programs toeradicate illiteracy.”

Question: to conform, submit, or adapt (as to a regulation or to another’s wishes) as required or requested

Answer: To conform, submit, or adapt as required or requested is tocomply. Usage example: “The devicescomply with industry standards.”

Question: to accelerate the process or progress of

Answer: To accelerate the process or progress of is toexpedite. Usage example: “During the fire season they wear a semblance of uniform intended toexpedite the rush when the siren howls…” (Tom Harpole).

Question: to turn from one course or use to another

Answer: To turn from one course or use to another is todivert. Usage example: “divert traffic to a side street.”

Question: to bring about especially abruptly

Answer: To bring about especially abruptly is toprecipitate. Usage example: “precipitate a scandal that would end with his expulsion” (John Cheever).

Question: to make subject or subservient

Answer: To make subject or subservient is tosubordinate. Usage example: “stylist…whose crystalline prosesubordinates content to form” (Susan Heath).

Question: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor

Answer: To work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor is tocollaborate. Usage example: “An international team of scientistscollaborated on the study.”

Question: to give a boost to

Answer: To give a boost to is tobolster. Usage example: “News thatbolstered his spirits.”

Question: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

Answer: To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense is toaugment. Usage example: “The impact of the report wasaugmented by its timing.”

Question: to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion

Answer: To assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion is torelegate. Usage example: “Courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor’s disfavor were soonrelegated to the farther reaches of the empire.”

Question: to free from allegation or blame

Answer: To free from allegation or blame is tovindicate. Usage example: “She will be completelyvindicated by the evidence.”

Question: support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.)

Answer: To support or argue for something is toadvocate for it. Usage example: “Theyadvocated a return to traditional teaching methods.”

Question: to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

Answer: To arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness is toestrange. Usage example: “She becameestranged from her family.”

Question: to take into the mind and thoroughly understand

Answer: To take into the mind and thoroughly understand is one meaning of the verbassimilate. Usage example: “Students need toassimilate new concepts.”

Question: to strive to equal or excel

Answer: To strive to equal or excel is toemulate. Usage example: “Artistsemulating the style of their teachers.”

Question: to place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast

Answer: To place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast is tooppose. Usage example: “One military forceopposed to another.”

Question: to make up for the purpose of deception

Answer: To make up for the purpose of deception is tofabricate. Usage example: They were “accused offabricating evidence.”

Question: to get or win back

Answer: To get or win back is toredeem. Usage example: “You canredeem this coupon at any store.”

Question: to make impossible by necessary consequence

Answer: To make impossible by necessary consequence is topreclude. Usage example: “Bad weatherprecluded any further attempts to reach the summit.”

Question: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner

Answer: To express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner is toadmonish. Usage example: “They wereadmonished to take advantage of the opportunity.”

Question: to make easier: help bring about

Answer: To make easier or to help bring about is tofacilitate. Usage example: These projects “facilitate growth.”

Question: to feel or express grief for

Answer: To feel or express grief for is todeplore. Usage example: They “deplore the death of a friend.”

Question: to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of

Answer: To recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of is tovalidate. Usage example: They cannot “validate his concerns.”