Lesson 3

Question 1

abrogate (v)

Answer 1

abolish, annul, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Question 2

allay (v)

Answer 2

alleviate, assuage, clam, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

Question 3

bizarre (adj)

Answer 3

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Question 4

brash (adj)

Answer 4

bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardly, impudent, presumptuous, rude

Question 5

confront (v)

Answer 5

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Question 6

diminutive (adj)

Answer 6

small, lilliputian, miniature, tiny, miniscule

Question 7

dismantle (v)

Answer 7

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Question 8

havoc (n)

Answer 8

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Question 9

horrify (v)

Answer 9

alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, divest

Question 10

inordinate (adj)

Answer 10

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarrented

Question 11

insatiable (adj)

Answer 11

unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeasable

Question 12

irrepressible (adj)

Answer 12

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Question 13

irrevocable (adj)

Answer 13

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Question 14

mentor (n)

Answer 14

adviser, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor, counsellor

Question 15

myraid (adj)

Answer 15

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Question 16

pandemonium (n)

Answer 16

anarchy, tumult, chaos, tumult, bedlam, ruckus

Question 17

prerogative (n)

Answer 17

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Question 18

quip (n)

Answer 18

retort, pleasantry, mockery, joke, repartee, witticism, insult

Question 19

raucous (adj)

Answer 19

discordant, harsh, strident, cacophonous, hoarse, loud, dissonant

Question 20

sanguine (adj)

Answer 20

buoyant, cheerful, assured, confident, enthusiastic, secure, self-assured