Vocabulary

Meaning

Words can have more than one meaning. It is important to know which meaning is being used in the text you are reading. If you use the wrong meaning, you may not understand the text correctly.

Read the following sentences. Look at the underlined word. Read the two different meanings of the word below the sentence. Both are acceptable meanings for the underlined word. In the context of the sentence, only one meaning is correct. Choose the correct meaning of the word as it is used in the sentence.

1.

Building management will require a minimum of 24 hours to process the request.

In the sentence above, process means

  1. deal with something according to a procedure
  2. prepare in a factory before selling to a consumer

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2.

There are two loading docks in the mall.

In the sentence above, docks means

  1. a structure on the edge of a lake, river, or sea where people can tie up boats
  2. a place to load or unload things

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3.

Security will attend to the matter promptly.

In the sentence above, attend means

  1. be present at an event or a meeting
  2. deal with or take care of something

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4.

All airports have warnings about unattended baggage.

In the sentence above, unattended means

  1. not dealt with
  2. not looked after or supervised

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5.

I got the accident report form from the security personnel.

In the sentence above, form means

  1. a document with questions and spaces to fill in and complete
  2. a kind, a type, or a variety of something

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6.

The details must be entered in the log.

In the sentence above, log means

  1. a book or online document in which something is recorded
  2. a part of a tree that is cut up and used for making a fire

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