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ISEE Middle Level Vocabulary Study
Guide Solutions
Abduct - ANSWER✔✔-To kidnap or carry off by force
Abound - ANSWER✔✔-To be plentiful
Acclaim - ANSWER✔✔-Enthusiastic public praise and approval
Adage - ANSWER✔✔-A short traditional saying; a proverb
Adjacent - ANSWER✔✔-Adjoining, next to; near or close
Afloat - ANSWER✔✔-A floating condition; awash, flooded
Aghast - ANSWER✔✔-Shocked; frightened, terrified; taken back
Agility - ANSWER✔✔-To move quickly and easily; nimbleness of body or mind
Allude - ANSWER✔✔-To refer to casually or indirectly
Amble - ANSWER✔✔-To walk slowly; walk with a leisurely gate
Anguish - ANSWER✔✔-Strong physical or mental pain
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Aqueduct - ANSWER✔✔-A large pipe or conduit for carrying water from a distant location
Armada - ANSWER✔✔-A big fleet of warships; also used to mean an overwhelming number of
something
Attract - ANSWER✔✔-To cause to draw near by some quality or action
Avert - ANSWER✔✔-To ward off; to turn away; to keep from happening
Awe - ANSWER✔✔-Wonder, respect, fear
Awry - ANSWER✔✔-Twisted or turned; wrong, amiss
Behoove - ANSWER✔✔-To be necessary or proper for
Belittle - ANSWER✔✔-To speak of or think of as unimportant; to put someone down
Bilk - ANSWER✔✔-To defraud, to cheat or swindle; escape paying one's debts
Bliss - ANSWER✔✔-Great happiness; joy
Buffoon - ANSWER✔✔-A joker who amuses with jokes and tricks, a bumbling or ridiculous person
Bulletin - ANSWER✔✔-A brief announcement of public interest; a small publication published regularly
Burden - ANSWER✔✔-To weigh down; an oppressive load; something to be endured
Calamity - ANSWER✔✔-An event that causes great misfortune; a disaster
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Capsize - ANSWER✔✔-To overturn; upset
Carp - ANSWER✔✔-To complain
Catamaran - ANSWER✔✔-A boat with two parallel hulls; a raft of logs tied together
Climate - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to weather conditions; a condition or attitude
Collapse - ANSWER✔✔-To fall down; to fail; the complete loss of strength
Collide - ANSWER✔✔-To come or strike together in a violent manner; to disagree forcefully
Colossal - ANSWER✔✔-Enormous, gigantic; huge in size, extent or degree
Commuter - ANSWER✔✔-A person who travels from home to work and back
Compatible - ANSWER✔✔-Suitable; capable of living or existing together in agreement and harmony
Compile - ANSWER✔✔-To gather together facts from different sources into a report or a book
Conceal - ANSWER✔✔-To keep from being seen; put out of sight; hidden
Cram - ANSWER✔✔-To force into a tight place; to study hastily
Crevice - ANSWER✔✔-A crack forming an opening
Culprit - ANSWER✔✔-A person guilty of doing something wrong
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ISEE Middle Level Vocabulary Study
Guide Solutions
Abduct - ANSWER✔✔-To kidnap or carry off by force
Abound - ANSWER✔✔-To be plentiful
Acclaim - ANSWER✔✔-Enthusiastic public praise and approval
Adage - ANSWER✔✔-A short traditional saying; a proverb
Adjacent - ANSWER✔✔-Adjoining, next to; near or close
Afloat - ANSWER✔✔-A floating condition; awash, flooded
Aghast - ANSWER✔✔-Shocked; frightened, terrified; taken back
Agility - ANSWER✔✔-To move quickly and easily; nimbleness of body or mind
Allude - ANSWER✔✔-To refer to casually or indirectly
Amble - ANSWER✔✔-To walk slowly; walk with a leisurely gate
Anguish - ANSWER✔✔-Strong physical or mental pain
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Aqueduct - ANSWER✔✔-A large pipe or conduit for carrying water from a distant location
Armada - ANSWER✔✔-A big fleet of warships; also used to mean an overwhelming number of
something
Attract - ANSWER✔✔-To cause to draw near by some quality or action
Avert - ANSWER✔✔-To ward off; to turn away; to keep from happening
Awe - ANSWER✔✔-Wonder, respect, fear
Awry - ANSWER✔✔-Twisted or turned; wrong, amiss
Behoove - ANSWER✔✔-To be necessary or proper for
Belittle - ANSWER✔✔-To speak of or think of as unimportant; to put someone down
Bilk - ANSWER✔✔-To defraud, to cheat or swindle; escape paying one's debts
Bliss - ANSWER✔✔-Great happiness; joy
Buffoon - ANSWER✔✔-A joker who amuses with jokes and tricks, a bumbling or ridiculous person
Bulletin - ANSWER✔✔-A brief announcement of public interest; a small publication published regularly
Burden - ANSWER✔✔-To weigh down; an oppressive load; something to be endured
Calamity - ANSWER✔✔-An event that causes great misfortune; a disaster
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Capsize - ANSWER✔✔-To overturn; upset
Carp - ANSWER✔✔-To complain
Catamaran - ANSWER✔✔-A boat with two parallel hulls; a raft of logs tied together
Climate - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to weather conditions; a condition or attitude
Collapse - ANSWER✔✔-To fall down; to fail; the complete loss of strength
Collide - ANSWER✔✔-To come or strike together in a violent manner; to disagree forcefully
Colossal - ANSWER✔✔-Enormous, gigantic; huge in size, extent or degree
Commuter - ANSWER✔✔-A person who travels from home to work and back
Compatible - ANSWER✔✔-Suitable; capable of living or existing together in agreement and harmony
Compile - ANSWER✔✔-To gather together facts from different sources into a report or a book
Conceal - ANSWER✔✔-To keep from being seen; put out of sight; hidden
Cram - ANSWER✔✔-To force into a tight place; to study hastily
Crevice - ANSWER✔✔-A crack forming an opening
Culprit - ANSWER✔✔-A person guilty of doing something wrong
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