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