lesson 9

Question 1

detest, abhor, dislike hate, execrate

Answer 1

abominate

Question 2

illness, disease, trouble, hardship, infirmity, tribulation, adversity, difficulty

Answer 2

affliction

Question 3

alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving

Answer 3

animate

Question 4

continual, habitual, incurable, persistent, inveterate, recurrent, protracted

Answer 4

chronic

Question 5

capitalize, manipulate, abuse, use, utilize, profit from, mine(v)

Answer 5

exploit

Question 6

visualize, create, conceive, think, conjecture, envision, fantasize

Answer 6

fancy

Question 7

chop, drop, prostrate, level, slash, hew, down

Answer 7

fell

Question 8

friendly, outgoing, extrovert, social, convivial, cordial, sociable

Answer 8

gregarious

Question 9

harmless, inoffensive, bland, insipid, inoffensive, innocent, safe

Answer 9

innocuous

Question 10

confine, detach, disengage, remove, quarantine, segregate, sequester

Answer 10

isolate

Question 11

confident, assertive, absolute, certain, sure, decisive, firm

Answer 11

positive

Question 12

expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch

Answer 12

precipitate

Question 13

assumption, premise, supposition suspicion, guess, posit

Answer 13

presumption

Question 14

preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent

Answer 14

prior

Question 15

opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable

Answer 15

propitious

Question 16

excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded

Answer 16

redundant

Question 17

blueprint, design, game plan, procedure, method, scheme, scenario

Answer 17

strategy

Question 18

ad interim, provisional, contingent, dependent, conditional, indefinite

Answer 18

tentative

Question 19

arrogance, pride, conceit, narcissism, ostentation, egotism, self-admiration

Answer 19

vanity

Question 20

skilled, trained experienced, steady, seasoned, disciplined, sophisticated

Answer 20

veteran