Question

1. The rocky terrain daunted the hiker.

Answer 1

Answer:

intimidated

inconstancy

meeting

scolded

noun

Explanation:

To be "intimidated" is to find something scary, or difficult to do. "Inconstancy" refers to the quality of changing constantly, and never staying the same. This is the same meaning of fickleness. "Meeting" is a synonym of the French word "rendezvous." To be rebuked means to be "scolded" for doing something wrong. Finally, in question 5, the infinitive is "to work" and it is being used as a noun.

Answer 2

1.

The correct answer is A, intimidated.

The verb "daunt" is used when you feel frightened about not being able to accomplish something. You can replace it in this sentence with the word "intimidated", The rocky terrain intimidated the hiker.

• Exhausted means to be really, really tired.
• Inspired is when you make somebody feel like they can do anything they want successfully.
• Confused means ideas mixed up or confusion about something.

Therefore, the only possible option for this sentence is intimidated, which means you feel nervous about doing something because you're not confident in that situation.

2.

The correct answer is D, inconstancy.

Fickleness means that somebody/something is likely to change suddenly and without warning. Inconstancy is something that does not stay the same, that is not constant.

• Inflexibility is the opposite of flexibility, therefore meaning unable to change.
• Frivolity is about behavior. It's about things being unimportant or silly.
• Predictability is about knowing what and when something will happen.

This leads now to the obvious choice of inconstancy.

3.

The correct answer is B, meeting.

A rendezvous (a French word used for when meeting friends or having an appointment at the doctor's, for example) is an arrangement to meet someone. Meeting is a synonym of rendezvous.

When answering to this question, one needs to understand the meaning of rendezvous and all the other options, in comparison, will seem foolish.

4.

The correct answer is B, scolded.

The verb "to rebuke" means to speak angrily to somebody because you disapprove of what they have said or done. "To scold" someone is exactly the same thing as "to rebuke". The definitions, if you check them in the dictionary, are almost exactly the same.

• Praise is something positive. It's to show approval, therefore it can't be the right choice for this sentence.
• Insult is something more negative and even rude. It's something offensive.
• Discharge is when a patient (at a hospital, for example) is allowed to leave.

5.

The correct answer is C, noun.

This week Jon plans to work. If you look at this sentence and you ask the question "What does Jon plan to do?" the answer is to work. This shows us that to work is a direct object, making it a noun.

When using infinitives as adjectives, they tell us which thing about the main action. When using infinitives as adverbs, they tell us why something is the way it is. An example of an infinitive as an adjective and an adverb, respectively:

• I have some jeans to wash.
• I bought paint to finish the painting for my sister.