It makes sense that the refugees would feel hopeless if they could not find a home. The correct answer then is "despair" which means the complete lack of hope. Additionally, "liberated" means set free; "obsolete" means out-of-date, no longer useful; "joyful" means full of joy, very happy; "brash" means cocky, arrogant and bold.

You are told that the boy is small and that he cannot do something. Which of these answer choices is most likely to be difficult for a very small boy? The correct answer is " . . . see[ing] the movie."

To solve this problem you simply need to figure out which one of these answer choices matches with someone who was never in debt. "Debt" is money or favor owed to another person. So, if the subject was never in debt it makes sense that "He spent his money wisely . . . "

This pair of sentences use an intensification to make the point from the first to the second sentence. The bread in question is not merely firm, it is so solid that something cannot even be "poked" through it. This means that it cannot be penetrated. The adjective "impenetrable" means just this. An impenetrable barrier cannot be passed through at all.

This sentence indicates that the fire was decreasing in strength. It was becoming progressively less powerful and finally "went out" entirely. This means that it was totally extinguished. A fire extinguisher is a device that is used for completely putting out a fire. These words are related to the word "extinct". We most often use this word to describe species of animals that have totally died out. You can see how a fire that has "gone out" is "extinct" in its own way.

It seems that Brian is trying to manipulate the woman who is interviewing him by telling her these nice things. The sentence implies that he is doing it because he wants the job. When we tell someone kind and nice things so that we can get our way, we are said to "flatter" that person. (This option is better than "answered", which is really just a general word that would work for this sentence without being as good as "flatter.")

Pay close attention to the contrast being expressed in this sentence. Sarah didn't like going to stores that were found "throughout the entire country." Therefore, she wanted to go to stores that were much closer to home, so to speak. This describes something that is local. We do not know if she wanted to go so tiny or small businesses—even though many local stores may be smaller than national ones. All that we know is that she wanted to shop locally, not at national stores.

A sentence like this needs to be read carefully. The small child did not admit his guilt about the cookies. The first part of the sentence seems to indicate that he didn't lie and cover it up either. This is hinted at by the way the sentence starts ("While . . ."). Thus, the best option is "deny", which expresses this idea of trying to cover up the small crime that he committed.

The sentence states that the prisoners were surprised. In order to understand their surprise, you need to consider what they were thinking before this. According to the sentence, they thought that they would not be freed by the army. Therefore, the surprise that they experienced was that they actually were freed. The word "liberate" is a verb meaning to free. The word "liberty" means freedom and is clearly related to the verb "liberate."

Notice that the sentence states that the army killed every single one of its foes. This means that nobody was "left standing." The best answer is the word that describes an act of very thorough killing. The word "slaughter" means just this. The word "destroyed" does not express this complete killing as well as "slaughter." The other options are even more distant from this meaning.