lesson 7

Question 0

praise, an award

Answer 0

accolade

Question 1

to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe

Answer 1

abhor

Question 2

one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury

Answer 2

ascetic

Question 3

to hand down, to give or to leave in a will

Answer 3

bequeath

Question 4

one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack

Answer 4

charlatan

Question 5

a large fire

Answer 5

conflagration

Question 6

a lack, a scarcity

Answer 6

dearth

Question 7

shyness, reserve , unassertiveness

Answer 7

diffidence

Question 8

showing high spirits

Answer 8

effervescent

Question 9

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible

Answer 9

ethereal

Question 10

to remove, to erase

Answer 10

expunge

Question 11

deceitfulness, duplicity

Answer 11

guile

Question 12

not believable

Answer 12

implausible

Question 13

nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility

Answer 13

incongruity

Question 14

qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion

Answer 14

insularity

Question 15

being sullen or gloomy

Answer 15

morose

Question 16

to appease or to pacify by making concessions

Answer 16

placate

Question 17

piercing, incisive, and keen

Answer 17

poignant

Question 18

lacking sophistication, narrow-minded

Answer 18

provincial

Question 19

to repeat

Answer 19

reiterate

Question 20

having no external cause, acting on impulse

Answer 20

spontaneous

Question 21

combining parts into a whole

Answer 21

synthesis

Question 22

poisonous

Answer 22

toxic

Question 23

very alert, watchful

Answer 23

vigilant

Question 24

ability to use words readily, fluent and glib

Answer 24

voluble