Stanford Achievement Test Stanford Achievement Reading Vocabulary 3

Question 1

The word 'obscure' most nearly means:

Accepted Answer

unknown

Answer

'Obscure' means not well known or difficult to understand.

Question 2

Which word means the opposite of 'courageous'?

Accepted Answer

cowardly

Answer

The antonym of 'courageous' (brave) is 'cowardly' (lacking courage).

Question 3

Choose the word that means 'to make something worse':

Accepted Answer

aggravate

Answer

'Aggravate' means to make a problem or bad situation worse.

Question 4

The prefix 'mis-' in the word 'misunderstand' means:

Accepted Answer

wrongly

Answer

The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or badly, as in misunderstand.

Question 5

What does 'peculiar' mean?

Accepted Answer

strange

Answer

'Peculiar' means strange or unusual.

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