It is often said that pride or arrogance comes before a fall. The word that most closely means comes before is “precedes.” To provide further help, “conclude” means to end; to “meander” is to move indirectly or from side-to-side; “improve” means make better. 

The mother wanted to show her displeasure and therefore she was "conveying" her displeasure. To "utter" would be to speak; "pronounce" is to describe verbally; "project" is to communicate; and "exude" is to emit.

The student wants to support her position and therefore wants to "justify" it. "Maintain" is to keep; "disrupt" is to intrude; and "condone" is to allow.

To solve this sentence you have to consider what two people who are denied their wishes might choose to do. “Barrage” means attack over and over again; “berate” means criticize or yell-at; “amuse” means entertain, make laugh, and “extol” means praise. None of these answer choices make sense as an action taken by two people together in such a circumstance. The correct answer is therefore “abscond,” which means run away. The prefix ab- means away from.

The quote in this sentence is a motivational one. Therefore, the sentence should be completed with a word that is similar in meaning to "motivate." "Motivate" means encourage people to work harder. "Inspire" means encourage people to believe in themselves, which is similar in meaning to "motivate." Therefore, it is the correct answer. 

"Criticize" and "undermine" have negative connotations, while the blank clearly has a positive connotation; therefore, neither word can be the correct answer. "Educate" means inform or teach something, so that is not the correct answer.

The context of this sentence make it logical that the sophomore is replacing the president of the debate team. Therefore, the word that should be in the blank should mean replace. This word is "supersede." The sentence doesn't give us any additional information that suggests that the old president of the debate team "rivaled" (was competitive with or was an enemy of) Bill, "encouraged" (bolstered the confidence of) him, or even that he had "seen" (visually observed) him, so none of those answer choices can be correct.

The sentence describes how the subject is trying to travel all the way around the world. This indicates that you need to choose one of the answer choices with the prefixes "circum-" because this means round or go around. Of the two possible answer choices, “circumnavigate” is the much better option. “Circumnavigate” means to travel around the world. To provide further help, “circumvent” means to get around doing something you do not want to do; “appropriate” means right, fitting; “transcend” means rise above, go beyond; “appall” means disgust, offend.

As hawks are known to eat field mice, it seems probable that the sound of an eagle would frighten the field mouse and cause it to go running very quickly for safety. The answer choice that most closely means running quickly is “scampered.” To provide further help, “enamored” means in love with; “prevailed” means defeated, succeeded over; “glowered” means looked angrily at someone; “fumbled” means dropped, or messed up. 

Based on the context of the sentence, we can infer that the answer choice must be a synonym for worry. The closest answer choice is “fret.” To provide further help, “dovetail” means merge, combine; “cram” means squeeze a lot into; “demonize” means to make something out as evil; “laud” means praise. 

Because of the sentence's parallel structure, we can infer that we are looking for a verb, so while "ductile" sounds like duck and "fowl" refers to birds, neither of them are the correct answer. From the sentence's context, we can tell that we are looking for a verb that means something like walked, since we know that the duck moved across the grass to follow the tourists, and ducks move across grass by walking. Of the answer choices remaining, only "waddled" and "stomped" describe movement. Since "stomp" means to make a lot of noise while walking, often to demonstrate one's anger, and "waddle" means to walk with small steps while swinging one's body back and forth, "waddle" is the better choice and the correct answer.