Sadlier Unit 13

Question 1

(v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

Answer 1

abet

Question 2

ant: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

Answer 2

abet

Question 3

(v.) to affirm, declare confidently

Answer 3

aver

Question 4

syn: assert, asseverate, avouoch

Answer 4

aver

Question 5

ant: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

Answer 5

aver

Question 6

(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous especially in an unfavorable sense

Answer 6

blatant

Question 7

syn: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeable loud

Answer 7

blatant

Question 8

ant: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

Answer 8

blatant

Question 9

(v. ) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject)l to announce introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid
(n. ) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

Answer 9

broach

Question 10

(v. ) to support, prop up, strengthen

(n. ) a supporting structure

Answer 10

buttress

Question 11

syn: bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up

Answer 11

buttress

Question 12

ant: undermine, weaken, impair

Answer 12

buttress

Question 13

(n.) a noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)

Answer 13

carousal

Question 14

(v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some purpose

Answer 14

collate

Question 15

syn: drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

Answer 15

carousal

Question 16

syn: sort out, cross-check, rearrange

Answer 16

collate

Question 17

(n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts

Answer 17

connoisseur

Question 18

syn: authority, savant, pundit

Answer 18

connoisseur

Question 19

ant: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

Answer 19

connoisseur

Question 20

(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Answer 20

disconsolate

Question 21

syn: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless

Answer 21

disconsolate

Question 22

ant: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

Answer 22

disconsolate

Question 23

(v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, lock up, hinder

Answer 23

encumber

Question 24

syyn: overload, saddle, hamper, clog

Answer 24

encumber

Question 25

ant: unburden, unload, relieve

Answer 25

encumber

Question 26

(v.) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm

Answer 26

forment

Question 27

syn: instigate, incite, stir up

Answer 27

forment

Question 28

ant: quell, quash, squelch, suppress

Answer 28

foment

Question 29

(adj.) frightful, horrible, ghastly

Answer 29

grisly

Question 30

syn: gruesome, gory, hideous

Answer 30

grisly

Question 31

ant: pleasant, delightful, attractive

Answer 31

grisly

Question 32

(adj.) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Answer 32

herculean

Question 33

syn: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal

Answer 33

herculean

Question 34

ant: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

Answer 34

herculean

Question 35

(adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

Answer 35

impassive

Question 36

syn: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible, dispassionate

Answer 36

impassive

Question 37

ant: emotional, passionate, excitable

Answer 37

impassive

Question 38

(adj.) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

Answer 38

inauspicious

Question 39

syn: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely

Answer 39

inauspicious

Question 40

ant: propitious, favorable

Answer 40

inauspicious

Question 41

(adj.) unquestionable, beyond dispute

Answer 41

incontrovertible

Question 42

syn: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable

Answer 42

incontrovertible

Question 43

ant: debatable, dubious, open to question

Answer 43

incontrovertible

Question 44

(adj. part.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

Answer 44

nonplussed

Question 45

syn: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted

Answer 45

nonplussed

Question 46

ant: poised, confident, assured

Answer 46

nonplussed

Question 47

(adj.) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time

Answer 47

opportune

Question 48

syn: timely, appropriate, felicitous

Answer 48

opportune

Question 49

ant: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate

Answer 49

opportune

Question 50

(adj.) abundantly productive; abundant profuse

Answer 50

prolific

Question 51

syn: fruitful fecund proliferous

Answer 51

prolific

Question 52

ant: barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse

Answer 52

prolific

Question 53

(n.) a reply to reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit

Answer 53

rejoinder

Question 54

syn: answer, reply, reponse, riposte, retort

Answer 54

rejoinder