Lesson 9 Level III

Question 1

detest, abhor, dislike hate, execrate

Answer 1

abominate (v)
abomination (n)

Question 2

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

Answer 2

affliction (n)
afflict (v)

Question 3

alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving

Answer 3

animate (v)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

chronic (adj)
chronically (adv)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

exploit (v)
exploitation (n)

Question 6

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

Answer 6

fancy (v)
fancy (adj)
fancifully (adv)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

fell (v)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

gregarious (v)
gregariously (adv)

Question 9

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

Answer 9

innocuous (adj)
innocuously (adv)

Question 10

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

Answer 10

isolate (v)
isolation (n)
isolationist (n-person)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

positive (adj)
positively (adv)

Question 12

expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch

Answer 12

precipitate (v)

Question 13

assumption, premise, supposition suspicion, guess, posit

Answer 13

presumption (n)
presumptuously (adv/adj)

Question 14

preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent

Answer 14

prior (adj)
priority (n)
prioritize (v)

Question 15

opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable

Answer 15

propitious (adj)

Question 16

excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded

Answer 16

redundant (adj)
redundancy (n)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

strategy (n)
strategem (n)
strategize (v)
strategically (adj/adv)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

tentative (adj)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

vanity (n)
vain (v)
vainly (adv)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

veteran (adj)
veteran (n)

Question 21

narcissism, ostentation

Answer 21

vanity

Question 22

accelerate, dispatch

Answer 22

precipitate

Question 23

extrovert, convivial

Answer 23

gregarious

Question 24

to level or slash

Answer 24

fell

Question 25

blueprint, plan, scheme

Answer 25

strategy

Question 26

inoffensive, innocent

Answer 26

innocuous

Question 27

opportune, beneficial

Answer 27

propitious

Question 28

contingent, conditional

Answer 28

tentative

Question 29

dislike, hate, detest

Answer 29

abominate

Question 30

living moving, alive

Answer 30

animate

Question 31

recurrent, protracted

Answer 31

chronic

Question 32

manipulate, use, profit from

Answer 32

exploit

Question 33

adversity, difficulty

Answer 33

affliction

Question 34

conceive, envision, fantasize

Answer 34

fancy

Question 35

guess, suspicion, assumption

Answer 35

presumption

Question 36

narcissism

Answer 36

vanity

Question 37

fortunate

Answer 37

propitious

Question 38

antecedent, former

Answer 38

prior

Question 39

decisive, firm, absolute

Answer 39

positive

Question 40

persistent and annoying

Answer 40

chronic