Lesson 3 Scholarship Vocabulary LEVEL III Senior Lit

Question 1

retort, pleasantry, mockery, joke, repartee. Witticism, insult

Answer 1

quip (n)

Question 2

guide, coach, teacher

Answer 2

mentor

Question 3

catastrophe, cataclysm

Answer 3

havoc

Question 4

disassemble, raze

Answer 4

dismantle

Question 5

petrify, appall, daunt

Answer 5

horrify

Question 6

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Answer 6

bizarre (adj)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

horrify (v)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

sanguine

Question 9

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 9

myriad (adj)

Question 10

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

Answer 10

insatiable (adj)

Question 11

mitigate, quiet, ease

Answer 11

allay

Question 12

immeasurable, incalculable

Answer 12

myriad

Question 13

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 13

irrepressible (adj)

Question 14

small, Lilliputian, miniature, tiny, minuscule

Answer 14

diminutive (adj)

Question 15

tumult, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 15

pandemonium

Question 16

nullify, invalidate

Answer 16

abrogate

Question 17

defy, face, resist

Answer 17

confront

Question 18

grotesque, strange

Answer 18

bizarre

Question 19

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 19

inordinate (adj)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

raucous (adj)

Question 21

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

Answer 21

allay (v)

Question 22

enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 22

irrepressible

Question 23

constant, irreversible

Answer 23

irrevocable

Question 24

abolish, annul, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Answer 24

abrogate (v)

Question 25

cheeky, audacious

Answer 25

brash

Question 26

immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 26

prerogative

Question 27

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Answer 27

havoc (n)

Question 28

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 28

prerogative (n)

Question 29

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

Answer 29

mentor (n)

Question 30

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Answer 30

irrevocable (adj)

Question 31

anarchy, tumult, chaos, tumult, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 31

pandemonium (n)

Question 32

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

Answer 32

brash (adj)

Question 33

rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous

Answer 33

insatiable

Question 34

unreasonable, excessive

Answer 34

inordinate

Question 35

repartee

Answer 35

quip

Question 36

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Answer 36

dismantle (v)

Question 37

cacophonous, hoarse, loud

Answer 37

raucous

Question 38

cheerful, assured, confident

Answer 38

sanguine

Question 39

Lilliputian

Answer 39

diminutive

Question 40

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Answer 40

confront (v)