Can You Match These Definitions to the Words That Every 12-Year-Old Already Knows?

Which of these words means "submit or yield to another's wish or opinion"?

• Elude

• Preclude

• Exacerbate

• Defer

Can you pick the word that refers to "make peace with"?

• Appease

• Sanction

• Constitute

• Provoke

Which of these words means "force or oblige (someone) to do something"?

• Sidetrack

• Profess

• Dissuade

• Compel

Can you pick the word that refers to "something added to complete or make perfect"?

• Complement

• Incongruence

• Illusion

• Compliment

Which of these words means "a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations"?

• Anesthetic

• Qualitative

• Antiseptic

• Precarious

Which of these words has the meaning of "the loyalty that citizens owe to their country"?

• Admonishment

• Equity

• Allegiance

• Impartiality

Can you pick the word that refers to "marked by practical hard-headed intelligence"?

• Demeanor

• Foolhardy

• Astute

• Precipitate

Can you find the word that means "the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land"?

• Throng

• Propensity

• Indigenous

• Deluge

Which of these words has the meaning of "having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally"?

• Ambiguous

• Derogatory

• Preposterous

• Coalition

Which of these words means "have a discussion in order to exchange opinions"?

• Conspire

• Sanction

• Prelude

• Confer

Can you find the word that means "expressing much in few words"?

• Illicit

• Tactful

• Concise

• Precipitate

Can you find the word that means "simultaneously"?

• Concurrently

• Hypothetically

• Separately

• Consecutively

Which of these words means "a rattling noise"?

• Contingent

• Warbler

• Resonance

• Clatter

Can you find the word that means "use up the supply or resources of"?

• Replenish

• Equate

• Deplete

• Preclude

Can you find the word that means "fill with apprehension or alarm"?

• Appal

• Elusive

• Subordinate

• Nonchalant

Can you pick the word that refers to "lacking vitality or spirit"?

• Arid

• Concurrent

• Illicit

• Docile

Can you find the word that means "in a carefree manner"?

• Boisterously

• Omnipotently

• Hypothetically

• Indigenously

Which of these words means "a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment"?

• Kamikaze

• Ferocity

• Obscurity

• Blitz

Which of these words has the meaning of "provide physical relief, as from pain"?

• Pacify

• Alleviate

• Vindicate

• Impetuous

Which of these words has the meaning of "the way a person behaves toward other people"?

• Attitude

• Demeanor

• Impropriety

• Outlook