A “psychic” is a person who makes predictions. “Predicting” something is to say that something will happen in the future. To provide further help, “antiquated” means old and out of date; “elected” means chosen or selected; “beleaguered” means under pressure; “characterized” means defined as. 

If the sled was hard to steer, it makes sense that Tim might nearly hit or crash into a tree, so you need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "hit." "Collided" is a verb that means impacted while moving, so "collided" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices make sense in the blank: "veered" means turned sharply while moving, and while one might talk about someone on a sled "veering away" from a tree, one would not "veer with" a tree. "Crashed" may look like a good answer, but one does not "crash with" a thing; one "crashes into" a thing. Neither "jumped" (hopped or leapt off of the ground) nor "slid" (glided or skated) make sense in the sentence's blank either.

The word "incite" means stir up angry or unlawful behavior. It makes sense within the context of this sentence, because if a person is already short-tempered, one would not want to encourage, or "incite," him to violent behavior. "Dispel," which means make something go away or disperse, means almost the opposite of what we need. "Presume," which means assume without evidence, and "assert," which means state something confidently, do not make sense in this sentence, and are therefore incorrect.

Kelly appears to be offering her children a reward in order to convince or encourage them to finish their chores, so we need to pick out a verb for the blank that means something like "offer a reward in order to convince or encourage." "Entice" means tempt or convince and makes the most sense in the blank of all the available answer choices, so it is the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, "ask" means request or put a question to, "invite" means extend an invitation to something; and "demand" means command.

We know from the sentence that the animals appeared to change into one another, so we need to pick out a verb for the blank that means something like changing. While "vanishing" might look like a potentially correct answer because magician's tricks often have to do with making things "vanish," or disappear, that is not the case in this sentence, so "vanishing" cannot be the correct answer. Similarly, while "becoming" is similar in meaning to "changing," "becoming" cannot be used with "into" following it—you don't "become into" something. So, "becoming" cannot be the correct answer either. "Transform," however, means change the form of. Because "transform" best fits the context and grammatical structure of the sentence, it is the correct answer.

Although every word is grammatically correct, saying "meow" fits best with the youngster attempting to "mimic" (copy) the cat, as saying "meow" would not represent an attempt to "bathe," "pet," "nourish," or comb the cat.

We can infer that because "[t]he traveler's family [was waiting] for her to show up at the baggage claim area," they must have expected her to reach her destination and show up soon. So, we need to pick out a verb to describe the plane that means something like show up. While "boarded" and "disembarked" may each look like potentially correct answers, neither can be used to describe the plane, only the passengers getting on and off of it, so neither can be the correct answer. Similarly, "left" cannot be the correct answer because it would not make sense for the traveler's family to be expecting her to show up if she was on a plane that just left. Plus, "left" would not make grammatical sense in the sentence—a plane would not "leave at" a destination. "Arrived," however, is a verb that means reached a destination, and because "arrived" best fits the context of the sentence, "arrived" is the correct answer.

The correct answer choice is one that means practice saying something out loud from memory, or "recite." "Express" means state; "examine" means thoroughly look at something; and "review" means look over something again.

We can infer that the teacher probably removed Ted from the classroom setting because whatever she did she did "in order to teach the other children without distractions." Therefore, it was likely that she "dismissed" Ted, as "dismissed" in this context means sent away. "Retain" means keep and "detain" means forcibly hold back or in a particular location.

When musicians create songs, they "compose" songs. "Develop" also means create, but it does not fit the sentence's context as well as "compose" does, as "develop" is not used to talk about creating music, but "compose" is. "Construct" means build; "bargain" means agreement or good deal; and "foster" means promote.