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"?

• Exacerbate

• Preclude

• Defer

• Elude

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

• Sanction

• Provoke

• Appease

• Constitute

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

• Profess

• Compel

• Sidetrack

• Dissuade

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"?

• Antiseptic

• Precarious

• Qualitative

• Anesthetic

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

• Allegiance

• Impartiality

• Admonishment

• Equity

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

• Foolhardy

• Demeanor

• Precipitate

• Astute

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

• Deluge

• Throng

• Indigenous

• Propensity

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

• Coalition

• Preposterous

• Ambiguous

• Derogatory

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

• Sanction

• Confer

• Prelude

• Conspire

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

• Consecutively

• Hypothetically

• Separately

Which of these words means "a rattling noise"?

• Contingent

• Resonance

• Warbler

• Clatter

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

• Equate

• Preclude

• Replenish

• Deplete

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

• Appal

• Elusive

• Nonchalant

• Subordinate

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

• Illicit

• Concurrent

• Docile

• Arid

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

• Omnipotently

• Boisterously

• Indigenously

• Hypothetically

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

• Blitz

• Obscurity

• Ferocity

• Kamikaze

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

• Pacify

• Vindicate

• Impetuous

• Alleviate

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

• Impropriety

• Demeanor

• Outlook

• Attitude