Lesson 3

Question 1

abolish, annual, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Answer 1

abrogate (v)

Question 2

alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

Answer 2

allay (v)

Question 3

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Answer 3

bizarre (adj)

Question 4

bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude

Answer 4

brash (adj)

Question 5

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Answer 5

confront (v)

Question 6

small, lilliputian, miniature, tiny, minuscule

Answer 6

diminutive (adj)

Question 7

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Answer 7

dismantle (v)

Question 8

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Answer 8

havoc (n)

Question 9

alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate

Answer 9

horrify (v)

Question 10

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 10

inordinate (adj)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

insatiable (adj)

Question 12

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 12

irrepressible (adj)

Question 13

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Answer 13

irrevocable (adj)

Question 14

anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 14

pandemonium (n)

Question 14

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

Answer 14

mentor (n)

Question 15

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 15

myriad (adj)

Question 16

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 16

prerogative (n)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

quip (n)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

raucous (adj)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

sanguine (adj)