Exercise I: Read the vocabulary words in column A. Then choose the definition from column B that best
matches each word in column A. Write the letter of your choice in the space provided.
Answer Vocab Word Definition Choice
con 28
1. Superfluous
(a) subject to change; uncertain
2. Surmount
(b) to rise above; to overcome (a difficulty); to be above or on top of
3. Surpass
(c) to happen; to occur
4. Susceptible
(d) easily influenced or affected; unresistant; sensitive and impressionable
5. Tantalizing
(e) to produce a written or typed copy from another form, such as oral speech
or shorthand notes
6. Tentative
(f) more than is needed; excessive; surplus
7. Tolerate
(g) a three-legged stand for a camera, anything that stands on three legs
8. Transcribe
(h) tormenting or teasing by keeping something in sight but out of reach;
tomatic