Scholarship Voc. Lesson 4

Question 0

Adversary

Answer 0

Person or group that opposes another; opponent; foe; enemy

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Cleverly skillful in coping with difficulty or danger; shrewd; resourceful; dexterous

Question 2

Avert

Answer 2

Turn away or aside; ward off; prevent; forestall; obviate

Question 3

Cogent

Answer 3

Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing; sound

Question 4

Demolish

Answer 4

Tear down; destroy; raze; smash

Question 5

Evaporate

Answer 5

Pass off as vapor (moisture in the air) or in invisible minute particles; disappear; vanish

Question 6

Fiscal

Answer 6

Pertaining to money or finance; financial; monetary; pecuniary

Question 7

Hamper

Answer 7

Hold back; interfere with; hinder; impede; obstruct

Question 8

Humid

Answer 8

Containing a perceptible amount of moisture; damp; moist; wet

Question 9

Inundate

Answer 9

Overspread with water; flood; deluge; overwhelm; swamp

Question 10

Mammoth

Answer 10

Of very great size; gigantic; giant; huge; enormous

Question 11

Manifest

Answer 11

Make clear; show plainly; evince; demonstrate; reveal

Question 12

Obnoxious

Answer 12

Deserving of censure (express of severe disapproval of something or/ someone); reprehensible; objectionable; offensive

Question 13

Plight

Answer 13

Dangerous or complicated situation; predicament; dilemma

Question 14

Replenish

Answer 14

Make full or complete again; refill; renew, restore

Question 15

Reprimand

Answer 15

Severe rebuke (express of disappoint or criticism); condemnation; censure; reproof

Question 16

Rescind

Answer 16

Take away; make void; annul; cancel; repeal; abolish

Question 17

Reticent

Answer 17

Disinclined to speak readily; closed-mouthed; silent; taciturn; uncommonunicative

Question 18

Revere

Answer 18

Regard as worthily of great honor; venerate; worship; adore

Question 19

Sinister

Answer 19

Threatening or foreshadowing harm or trouble; malevolent; ominous