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 of 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 (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

sever rebuke (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, uncommunicative)

Question 18

revere

Answer 18

regard as worthy of great honor (venerate, worship, adore)

Question 19

sinister

Answer 19

threatening or foreshadowing harm or trouble (malevolent, ominous)