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Enhance your vocabulary with this informative vocabulary program. Learn the meanings and usage of alert, candid, chide, counterfeit, culprit, defraud, flaw, and maul. Improve your language skills today!
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A Scholarship Vocabulary Program Course I (set 1 A)
Alert (adj.) • :Wide-awake and ready to act quickly; watchful.
Alert (adj.) Be alert; remove the pot from the stove (afterbefore- pick one answer) it boils over.
Candid (adj.) • : open and honest in what one says or does; frank; outspoken.
Candid (adj.) Candid people tell the truth (except, even- pick one answer) when it hurts.
Chide (v.) • : express mild disapproval of; scold; reprove; reproach.
Chide (v.) We use (gentle, harsh- pick one answer) tones when we chide someone.
Counterfeit (adj.) • :made to resemble something genuine with intent to deceive; forged; bogus; sham.
Counterfeit (adj.) I was (heartbroken, pretending- pick one answer) I shed counterfeit tears.
Culprit (n.) • : person guilty of any offense or crime; offender.
Culprit (n.) Don’t (accuse, trust- pick one answer) her; she is not the culprit.
Defraud (v.) • : deprive (someone) of something by deception or fraud; cheat.
Defraud (v.) If you were paid in (real, bogus - pick one answer) money, you were defrauded.
Flaw (n.) • : something faulty or missing; defect; imperfect
Flaw (n.) (Selfishness, Money - pick one answer) is a serious character flaw.
Maul (v.) • : handle roughly; injure by beating; batter.
Maul (v.) The child’s new doll was mauled by her (jealous, gentle- pick one answer) friends.