Sadlier Unit 4 (11.06.2020)

Question 1

(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

Answer 1

Affable

Question 2

S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

Answer 2

Affable

Question 3

A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

Answer 3

Affable

Question 4

(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

Answer 4

Aggrandize

Question 5

S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

Answer 5

Aggrandize

Question 6

A: reduce, decrease, diminish

Answer 6

Aggrandize

Question 7

(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character;
without organization, unity, or cohesion

Answer 7

Amorphous

Question 8

S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

Answer 8

Amorphous

Question 9

A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

Answer 9

Amorphous

Question 10

(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

Answer 10

Aura

Question 11

S: ambience, atmosphere

Answer 11

Aura

Question 12

(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited

Answer 12

Contraband

Question 13

S: (adj.) illicit, bootleg, unlawful

Answer 13

Contraband

Question 14

A: (adj.) legal, lawful, licit

Answer 14

Contraband

Question 15

(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

Answer 15

Erudite

Question 16

S: profoundly educated, well-read

Answer 16

Erudite

Question 17

A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

Answer 17

Erudite

Question 18

(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth

Answer 18

Gossamer

Question 19

S: (adj.) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

Answer 19

Gossamer

Question 20

A: (adj.) thick, dense, solid, massive

Answer 20

Gossamer

Question 21

(v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

Answer 21

Infer

Question 22

S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

Answer 22

Infer

Question 23

(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through

Answer 23

Inscrutable

Question 24

S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

Answer 24

Inscrutable

Question 25

A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

Answer 25

Inscrutable

Question 26

(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

Answer 26

Insular

Question 27

S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

Answer 27

Insular

Question 28

A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Answer 28

Insular

Question 29

(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back

Answer 29

Irrevocable

Question 30

S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

Answer 30

Irrevocable

Question 31

A: reversible, changeable

Answer 31

Irrevocable

Question 32

(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward

Answer 32

Propensity

Question 33

S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant

Answer 33

Propensity

Question 34

A: natural incapacity or inability

Answer 34

Propensity

Question 35

(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

Answer 35

Querulous

Question 36

S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

Answer 36

Querulous

Question 37

A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

Answer 37

Querulous

Question 38

(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

Answer 38

Remonstrate

Question 39

S: reason against, expostulate

Answer 39

Remonstrate

Question 40

(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

Answer 40

Repudiate

Question 41

S: disavow, abjure, renounce

Answer 41

Repudiate

Question 42

A: avow affirm, aver, avouch

Answer 42

Repudiate

Question 43

(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

Answer 43

Resilient

Question 44

S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

Answer 44

Resilient

Question 45

A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

Answer 45

Resilient

Question 46

(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

Answer 46

Reverberate

Question 47

S: rumble, thunder, boom echo

Answer 47

Reverberate

Question 48

(adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

Answer 48

Scurrilous

Question 49

S: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

Answer 49

Scurrilous

Question 50

A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

Answer 50

Scurrilous

Question 51

(adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination

Answer 51

Sedulous

Question 52

S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

Answer 52

Sedulous

Question 53

A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

Answer 53

Sedulous

Question 54

(adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable

Answer 54

Sleazy

Question 55

S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

Answer 55

Sleazy

Question 56

A: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy

Answer 56

Sleazy