lesson 11

Question 1

belligerent, bitter, petulant, caustic, acerbic, stinging, cranky

Answer 1

acrimonious

Question 2

alter, enhance, reform, change, modify, rephrase, edit, rectify

Answer 2

amend

Question 3

favoritism, partiality, preference, one-sided, prejudice, intolerance

Answer 3

bias

Question 4

conscious, judicious, observant, acquainted, informed, mindful

Answer 4

cognizant

Question 5

castigate, chastise, reproach, berate, condemn, lambaste, rebuke, flay

Answer 5

excoriate

Question 6

allocate, maintain, designate, label, set-aside, name, identify

Answer 6

earmark

Question 7

falsify, concoct, forge, misrepresent, invent, fake, prevaricate, pretend

Answer 7

fabricate

Question 7

amaze, astonish, dumbfound, overcome, overwhelmed

Answer 7

flabbergast

Question 8

dubious, unconvincing, incredible, improbable, obscure

Answer 8

implausible

Question 8

inaudible, speechless, incomprehensible, indistinct, mute, dumb

Answer 8

inarticulate

Question 9

aggression, offense, assault, incursion, invasion, offensive, blitz

Answer 9

onslaught

Question 10

assured, hopeful, expectant, confident, sanguine, positive

Answer 10

optimistic

Question 11

elixir, cure-all, remedy, relief, nostrum

Answer 11

panacea

Question 12

foreshadow, presage, herald, betoken, predict, foretell, prognosticate

Answer 12

portend

Question 13

hamper, hinder, halt, interrupt, prevaricate, procrastinate, arrest, suspend

Answer 13

stall

Question 13

astigmatic, careless, foolish, ill-advised, myopic, near-sighted

Answer 13

short-sighted

Question 14

overrule, abandon, supplant, displace, annul, displace, forsake

Answer 14

supersede

Question 14

exceptional, unique, unequaled,

Answer 14

unparalleled

Question 15

indefensible, illogical, useless, flawed unsupportable, unjustifiable

Answer 15

untenable

Question 16

absolve, disprove, corroborate, exonerate, refute, exculpate

Answer 16

vindicate