Lesson 1

Question 1

Altruistic

Answer 1

My mom is a very altruistic person since she always puts me before herself.

Question 2

Ambivalent

Answer 2

The action towards tolerance of mentally ill people is ambivalent; nobody knows what approach to take.

Question 3

Angular

Answer 3

After her 2 month long juice cleanse, she had lost so much weight that her face was gauntly angular.

Question 4

Arrogant

Answer 4

You tried to tell me that I should’ve studied for the test, but i was too arrogant and I thought I would ace the test.

Question 5

Aversion

Answer 5

I have an aversion to potatoes because once I ate too many and was sick.

Question 6

Discern

Answer 6

I can never discern between whether or not she is telling the truth or lying

Question 7

Disdain

Answer 7

Criminals have disdain for the law as they constantly reject it as unworthy.

Question 8

Disparage

Answer 8

The news anchor made some disparaging comments about women’s bodies.

Question 9

Disparity

Answer 9

The disparity between races in America is shown between the inequality in job prospects.

Question 10

Embellish

Answer 10

She embellished her walls with pictures and lights.

Question 11

Engender

Answer 11

His invention was engendered with hard work, creativity, and iron.

Question 12

Innocuous

Answer 12

The witch told the girl that the special potion was innocuous and would not cause any harm.

Question 13

Insipid

Answer 13

The teacher insipidly droned on with his boring words.

Question 14

Lament

Answer 14

I will forever lament the untimely death of my child.

Question 15

Laud

Answer 15

The teacher lauded any child who did well

Question 16

Obscure

Answer 16

The three boys thought the definition of the word was to obscure and vague.

Question 17

Ostentatious

Answer 17

The woman’s shoes were too ostentatious for the conference, so she was asked to change into less-showy shoes.

Question 18

Prodigal

Answer 18

The prodigal son wasted his money on materialistic items.

Question 19

Repudiate

Answer 19

The father angrily repudiated his son, telling him to leave immediately and to never come back.

Question 20

Reticence

Answer 20

Reticence must be adopted when you are keeping a secret and cannot discuss it with anyone.

Question 21

Revere

Answer 21

General Andrew Jackson was revered and as a true hero of the Battle of New Orleans.

Question 22

Serene

Answer 22

The lake water was very peaceful and serene at 5am.

Question 23

Subtle

Answer 23

The wife was being subtle in whether or not she was throwing her husband a surprise birthday party that he didn’t even know about it.

Question 24

Superfluous

Answer 24

The 4 extra chairs in the 21 chair classroom we’re superfluous because there we’re only 21 students in the class.

Question 25

Taciturn

Answer 25

The shy little girl was taciturn and never spoke up in class.