Because the action of the other girl was “kind” and Martha “fell down,” we can assume that the other girl was “helping” Martha. This means that the correct answer is “assist,” which means to help someone. To provide further help, the word “compel” means to force someone to do something; “despise” means to hate; and to “repel” means to sicken or to physically force to move away, like the way in which two positive or negative poles of a magnet interact with each other.

Because the author uses the word “until,” we know that the treasure was no longer hidden after the massive storm. This means the correct answer is “revealed,” which means made something that was previously hidden or undetected overtly noticeable. The word “depicted” means represented in visual art or words. When used as a verb, word “withdrawn” means taken back; when used as an adjective to describe a person, it means shy and quiet. The word “underwhelmed” means not impressed by something. The word “disposed” means threw away.

To complete this sentence, we first need to look at the initial conjunction, "although." This term means in spite of or even though. So, even though Nathan tried to open his locker, he was not able to do so. This means that we are looking for a word that shares a meaning with "open," since "opening" is the action that Nathan could not force his locker to do. "Budge," which means make a small movement, could be our choice. "Shut" is incorrect; if Nathan is attempting to open his locker, it must already be shut. Finally, "reverberate" means echo and "submerge" refers to the act of sinking an object underwater. We are left with "budge" as the most relevant answer.

The context of the sentence tells us that the passengers needed to travel from one side of the river to the other. The answer choice “ferried” means transported across water from one point to another. To provide further help, “criticized” means expressed disapproval; “bungled” means messed up; “deprived” means had something taken away from or kept from; “endangered” means in danger, in trouble.

Email is something that people use to talk to each other, so the correct answer must mean something like "talk." This should lead you to the correct answer, which is “communicate.” To communicate is to exchange ideas with another person in a situation where each person understands what the other is saying. Other examples of communication would be talking on the phone, texting, and sending letters in the mail.

From the context of the sentence, you know that the speaker has not done well on his or her test and has decided to study harder for the next one. In this context, the word “resolved” means decided to do something, so this is the correct answer. 

The word “despite” means even though, in spite of and the word “commendable” means praiseworthy. The guide was unable to communicate through language but was still able to direct the author in the right direction. The guide would have accomplished this by showing or “indicating” which way the author needed to go. To provide further help, “edifying” means teaching or building up; “loosening” means making loose; “lauding” means praising.

This sentence tells us that some students misunderstood a writing prompt and focused their essays on the wrong topic, so it would make sense for the teacher to suggest that they make significant changes to their work before turning it in. We thus need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "make significant revisions to a piece of written work." In this context, "revise" means make changes to something based on feedback or learning new information, so "revise" is the correct answer. While one might "write" or "finish" a draft, the sentence doesn't give us any reason to think that these drafts are unwritten or unfinished, so neither of these answer choices can be correct. "Scribble" means scrawl or write in a messy manner, so it doesn't make sense in the blank and cannot be the correct answer either. "Omit" means remove, so while one might omit information, sentences, or paragraphs from a draft of an essay, one would not omit the entire essay; that doesn't make sense. So, "omit" cannot be the correct answer either.

As we know that many viewers are "surprised" by the gymnasts' flexibility, the people in the sentence are most likely "awed," or amazed, by the flexibility of the gymnasts. The other answer choices don't make sense in the context of the sentence—"confused" means perplexed because one is unable to understand something; "considerate" means thoughtful and polite; "perturbed" means annoyed, and "elated" means extremely happy.

We can infer that because Rita “couldn’t eat [the fruit]” after “[leaving] it on her counter for a week;” the fruit must have gone bad. So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “go bad” or “become rotten.” While “spoiled” and “ripened” might each look like a potentially correct answer, “ripened,” when used to describe food, means “become ready to eat,” so “ripened” cannot be the correct answer because it would not make sense in the sentence. If the fruit were ready to eat at the end of the week, the sentence wouldn’t say “[Rita] couldn’t eat [the fruit].” “Spoiled,” however, is a verb that means “unfit for eating” when referring to food, and because “spoiled” best fits the context of the sentence, “spoiled” is the correct answer.