Exam 17
Academic Vocabulary
compensate - v. to reimburse, reward
- The new job I have will compensate me at
$8.00 an hour if I work on weekends.
-- v. to offset, counterbalance
- The new little puppy was intended to
compensate the child's loss of his longtime pet and
companion, old Sparky
Which sentence below uses
the academic vocabulary
word compensate to mean
"to reimburse, to reward"?
A. Our teacher had to compensate for our
lack of preparedness by holding sessions
after school.
B. She made such a difference
volunteering at the fair that the officials
decided to compensate her.
C. When sending rockets into space,
scientists must compensate for the
rotation of the earth.
- v. to make up for
- A person who is blind often finds that the
sense
of hearing seems to compensate for the loss of sight
by becoming more acute.