Confusing Verbs 1
Match the verbs on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- connote
- denote
- adopt
- adapt
- evade
- avoid
- deprecate
- depreciate
- precede
- proceed
- legally take something as your own, begin to use something
- become less valuable over a period of time
- stay away from someone or something, or not use something
- used to suggest or imply an additional meaning
- continue to do something that has already been planned
- strongly disapprove of or criticize something
- change something to make it suitable for a different purpose
- used to refer to an actual, primary, and specific meaning
- happen before something or come before something
- escape from someone who is trying to catch you
