chapter 2

Question 0

sharpness, severity, intensity, cleverness, intelligence

Answer 0

acuteness

Question 1

pacification, peace, settlement, agreement, adjustment

Answer 1

appeasement

Question 2

opponent, enemy, foe, adversary, contestant, challenger

Answer 2

antagonist

Question 3

difficult, hard, laborious, strenuous, burdensome, uphill

Answer 3

arduous

Question 4

forefather, grandparent, prodecessor, forerunner, precursor

Answer 4

ancestor

Question 5

rhythm, flow of sounds, song, beat meter, flow, measure

Answer 5

cadence

Question 6

urgent, necessary, compulsive, compelling, pressing, peremptory

Answer 6

imperative

Question 7

extrenelydejected, cheerless, gloomy, sad, melancholy, hopeless

Answer 7

disconsolate

Question 8

noticeable, showy, obvious, prominent, salient

Answer 8

conspicuous

Question 9

unreasonably quarrelsome, hostile, aggresive, defiant

Answer 9

belligerent

Question 10

shrinker, slacker, liar, idler, truant, loafer

Answer 10

malingerer

Question 11

indirect, second-hand, acting or serving in place of someone else

Answer 11

vicarious

Question 12

danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy

Answer 12

peril

Question 13

malicious, disposed to do evil, spiteful, vicious

Answer 13

malignant

Question 14

appeasingly, soothingly, peacefully

Answer 14

placatingly