scholarship vocab lesson 3

Question 1

abrogate

Answer 1

abolish, annul, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Question 2

allay

Answer 2

alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

Question 3

bizarre

Answer 3

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Question 4

brash

Answer 4

bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude

Question 5

confront

Answer 5

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Question 6

diminutive

Answer 6

small, lilliputian, miniature, tiny, miniscule

Question 7

dismantle

Answer 7

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Question 8

havoc

Answer 8

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Question 9

horrify

Answer 9

alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate

Question 10

inordinate

Answer 10

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Question 11

insatiable

Answer 11

unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeasable

Question 12

irrepressible

Answer 12

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Question 13

irrevocable

Answer 13

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Question 14

mentor

Answer 14

adviser, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor, counsellor

Question 15

myriad

Answer 15

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Question 16

pandemonium

Answer 16

anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

Question 17

prerogative

Answer 17

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Question 18

quip

Answer 18

retort, pleasantry, mockery, joke, repartee, witticism, insult

Question 19

raucous

Answer 19

discordant, harsh, strident, cacophonous, hoarse, loud, dissonant

Question 20

sanguine

Answer 20

buoyant, cheerful, assured, confident, enthusiastic, secure, self-assured