Which response correctly uses the word ambivalent?

I feel ambivalent about school.

What does the word "ambivalent" mean?

Having mixed or contradictory feelings

Which sentence correctly uses the words ambivalent and compute?

I feel ambivalent about your assertions and computations.

Which response correctly uses one of the vocabulary words?

The play had an ambiguous ending. Everything was unclear.

What does ambiguous mean?

open to interpretation; having many possible meanings

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1
Which response correctly uses the word ambivalent?
Johnny just seems so ambivalent. He's always crying.
Sandra's dress is so ambivalent.
I feel ambivalent about school.
I feel ambivalent about Justin Bieber. I just hate him.
2
What does the word "ambivalent" mean?
Having mixed or contradictory feelings
Being on both land and water
both sides; both kinds
Being confusing or open ended
3
As a class we _____________ part of the JHMS student body.
detect
prerequisite
have
constitute
4
I hope today's test in LA isn't ___________. I really want to do well.
ambivalent
constituted
ambiguous
detected
5
Which answer is a list of synonyms of the word "ambiguous"?
Puzzling, confident, absolute
Puzzling, cryptic, vague
Mixed, unsure, artistic
Address, assert, enable
6
Which response is a list of antonyms of the word ambivalent?
Sure, confident, decided, unsure
Sure, confident, decided
Ambiguous, vague, definite
Sure, different, assert
7
What does the root "ambi-/amphi-" mean?
both sides; both kinds
having two hands
without meaning
on land and water
8
Prerequisite: unnecessary; __________:separate
constitutes
detect
ambiguous
ambivalent
9
Which sentence correctly uses the words ambivalent and compute?
I felt compute about his ambivalence.
I feel ambivalent about your assertions and computations.
I asserted my computations.
I feel like asserting my ambivalence.
10
What is the part of speech for the word ambiguous?
adjective
adverb
noun
verb
11
Which response correctly uses one of the vocabulary words?
I was ambivalenting with my friend. We were being weird.
The play had an ambiguous ending. Everything was unclear.
I was ambiguousing with my friend. We were being weird.
The play had an ambivalent ending. Everything was unclear.
12
I __________ blood under the killer's footprint.
constituted
detected
crawdad
seen
13
Which word is a synonym of the word ambivalent?
decided
sure
somnabulate
unsure
14
What does ambiguous mean?
both sides; both kinds
being ambivalent; having ambivalent measures
closed to interpretation; having one meaning
open to interpretation; having many possible meanings
15
The word clear is an antonym of which word?
ambiguous
ambivalent
compute
assert

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