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"?

• Defer

• Elude

• Preclude

• Exacerbate

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

• Provoke

• Constitute

• Appease

• Sanction

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

• Profess

• Dissuade

• Sidetrack

• Compel

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

• Compliment

• Incongruence

• Complement

• Illusion

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

• Qualitative

• Precarious

• Anesthetic

• Antiseptic

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

• Impartiality

• Admonishment

• Allegiance

• Equity

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

• Foolhardy

• Precipitate

• Astute

• Demeanor

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

• Indigenous

• Throng

• Propensity

• Deluge

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

• Preposterous

• Coalition

• Derogatory

• Ambiguous

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

• Prelude

• Conspire

• Sanction

• Confer

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

• Illicit

• Precipitate

• Concise

• Tactful

Can you find the word that means "simultaneously"?

• Concurrently

• Separately

• Consecutively

• Hypothetically

Which of these words means "a rattling noise"?

• Warbler

• Resonance

• Contingent

• Clatter

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

• Deplete

• Replenish

• Equate

• Preclude

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

• Nonchalant

• Appal

• Elusive

• Subordinate

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

• Concurrent

• Illicit

• Docile

• Arid

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

• Indigenously

• Omnipotently

• Hypothetically

• Boisterously

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

• Ferocity

• Blitz

• Kamikaze

• Obscurity

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

• Vindicate

• Pacify

• Alleviate

• Impetuous

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

• Outlook

• Impropriety

• Attitude

• Demeanor