English Vocabulary 1.2

Question 1

Spontaneous

Answer 1

(adj.) coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; unplanned
Syn.: impromptu, instinctive, offhand, unconstrained
Ant.: deliberate, planned, intended, expected

Question 2

Supposition

Answer 2

(n.) the act of supposing; guess; belief
Syn.: presumption, conjecture, hypothesis, thesis, hunch
Ant.: fact, proof, reality, truth, certainty

Question 3

Brooding

Answer 3

(v.) to agonize over, to think or worry persistently or moodily about
Syn.: meditate, mope, grieve, ruminate, sulk, ponder, dwell upon
Ant.: ignore, neglect, disregard, forget, be happy, not worry

Question 4

Anemic

Answer 4

(adj.) lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; weak, pale
Syn.: feeble, frail, sickly, pallid, wan
Ant.: healthy, strong, hearty, flushed

Question 5

Adulation

Answer 5

(n.) excessive devotion to someone; overenthusiastic praise
Syn.: applause, flattery, commendation, fawning, sycophancy
Ant.: abuse, criticism

Question 6

Denotation

Answer 6

(n.) explicit meaning; direct meaning of a word
Syn.: definition, literal
Ant.: connotation

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

(n.) meaning suggested or implied by a word or thing; implication
Syn.: significance, association, undertone, essence

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

(n.) style of speech; accent; articulation
Syn.: wording, pronunciation, intonation, inflection, phrasing
Ant.: conciseness

Question 9

Divergent

Answer 9

(adj.) differing; move, lie, or extend in different directions
Syn.: atypical, contrary, different, contradictory, various, conflicting
Ant.: alike, agreeing, conforming, similar, same, harmonious, correspondent

Question 10

Writ

Answer 10

(n.) court order

Syn.: summons, command, decree, document, mandate, subpoena