"Retreat" means to withdraw or pull back.

Torment can be used as either a verb or a noun. When used as a verb, it means to make someone feel pain. When used as a noun, it means great suffering or pain. To further help you, preserve means save; pardon means forgive; petrify means scare.

“Prattle” is a word that can be used as a noun or a verb, but because all of the potential answer choices are verbs, we will need to consider “prattle” as a verb. When used as a verb, “prattle” means “talk at length in a foolish way,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “talk in a foolish way.” That means that “enunciate” cannot be the correct answer, because while “prattle” and “enunciate” both have to do with speech, “enunciate” means “say or pronounce clearly.” So, because “enunciate” is very distant in meaning from “prattle,” it cannot be the correct answer. “Jabber,” however, is a word that means “talk rapidly about nonsense” when used as a verb, and because “jabber” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “prattle,” “jabber” is the correct answer.

"Resolve," when used as a verb, means solve or f_ind a solution to a problem or issue_. So, "solve" is the correct answer. "Confuse" means baffle or perplex. "Exercise" means do some sort of physical activity, often for the purpose of improving or maintaining one's health. "Repair" means fix or make functional or correct. "Deny" means refuse or turn down.

The word "splinter" can be used either as a noun or as a verb. As a verb, it indicates the action of breaking something—as when you splinter a piece of wood into pieces. As a noun, it is used to describe the product of such breaking. Thus, a splinter of wood is a small piece of broken wood. It gets its name from the fact that it is such a small piece. The word "splinter" is not synonymous with "wooden." The word "shard" is synonymous with "splinter," however. A "shard of glass" is a kind of splinter of glass.

Torment can be used as either a verb or a noun. When used as a verb, it means to make someone feel pain. When used as a noun, it means great suffering or pain. To further help you, preserve means save; pardon means forgive; petrify means scare.

"Retreat" means to withdraw or pull back.

"Resolve," when used as a verb, means solve or f_ind a solution to a problem or issue_. So, "solve" is the correct answer. "Confuse" means baffle or perplex. "Exercise" means do some sort of physical activity, often for the purpose of improving or maintaining one's health. "Repair" means fix or make functional or correct. "Deny" means refuse or turn down.

The word "splinter" can be used either as a noun or as a verb. As a verb, it indicates the action of breaking something—as when you splinter a piece of wood into pieces. As a noun, it is used to describe the product of such breaking. Thus, a splinter of wood is a small piece of broken wood. It gets its name from the fact that it is such a small piece. The word "splinter" is not synonymous with "wooden." The word "shard" is synonymous with "splinter," however. A "shard of glass" is a kind of splinter of glass.

“Prattle” is a word that can be used as a noun or a verb, but because all of the potential answer choices are verbs, we will need to consider “prattle” as a verb. When used as a verb, “prattle” means “talk at length in a foolish way,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “talk in a foolish way.” That means that “enunciate” cannot be the correct answer, because while “prattle” and “enunciate” both have to do with speech, “enunciate” means “say or pronounce clearly.” So, because “enunciate” is very distant in meaning from “prattle,” it cannot be the correct answer. “Jabber,” however, is a word that means “talk rapidly about nonsense” when used as a verb, and because “jabber” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “prattle,” “jabber” is the correct answer.