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The word 'sanction' can mean which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides a dog's sound, what else can 'bark' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The word 'skate' can mean to glide on ice. Which animal can it also name?Read the answer and worked solution →The word 'stalk' names part of a plant. What else can it mean as a verb?Read the answer and worked solution →Which meaning fits the month-name 'March' spelled with a capital M?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike 'polish' that makes shoes shine, what does 'Polish' with a capital P tell us?Read the answer and worked solution →Words that change meaning when written with a capital letter are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is spelled the same but said differently, meaning 'to abandon' or 'a dry region'?Read the answer and worked solution →Words like 'mouth of a river' and 'mouth of an animal' share spelling and related meanings. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word names the broader group that includes car, bus and bike?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a specific kind of the broader word 'fruit'?Read the answer and worked solution →'Buy' and 'sell' describe the same deal from opposite sides. What kind of opposites are they?Read the answer and worked solution →If a number is even, which fact must be true about it?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can 'long' not replace 'extended' in 'extended family'?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can 'my passport has expired' not become 'my passport has died'?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The pupil of the eye grows larger in dim light', what does 'pupil' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a more formal word than 'cat'?Read the answer and worked solution →What is 'elegant variation' in writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Glad, joyful, cheerful, gloomy: which one does not belong with the rest?Read the answer and worked solution →Tiny, small, little, huge: which word is the odd one out?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair does not show a pair of opposites?Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the pair that means almost the same thing.Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these word pairs fails to share a meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →Glass is transparent, but a wooden door is the reverse. Which word describes the door?Read the answer and worked solution →Sita was reluctant to go. Which word keeps the meaning of that sentence?Read the answer and worked solution →Water is scarce in a desert but what near a river?Read the answer and worked solution →A cautious driver takes care; which word describes one who pays little attention?Read the answer and worked solution →A glass vase is fragile. Which word could describe it too?Read the answer and worked solution →A temporary job lasts a short time. Which word names a job that lasts for good?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group holds Old English words matching people, liberty, archer?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word 'sanction' can mean which of these?

  1. Only a kind reward
  2. Permission or penalty
  3. Only a friendly gift
  4. Only a written rule
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Correct answer: B. Permission or penalty

Sanction is an auto-antonym that can mean punishment or permission depending on use.

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Besides a dog's sound, what else can 'bark' mean?

  1. A root's tip
  2. A leaf's colour
  3. A branch's tip
  4. The skin of a tree
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Correct answer: D. The skin of a tree

Bark is spelled and sounds the same for a dog's noise and for a tree's outer covering.

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The word 'skate' can mean to glide on ice. Which animal can it also name?

  1. A fish
  2. A bird
  3. A snake
  4. An insect
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Correct answer: A. A fish

Skate is a homonym that also names a type of fish.

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