Scholarship Vocab Lesson 3

Question 1

abolish, annual, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Answer 1

abrogate

Question 2

alleviate, assuage, calm, quiet, ease, pacify

Answer 2

allay

Question 3

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Answer 3

bizarre

Question 4

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Answer 4

havoc

Question 4

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Answer 4

confront

Question 4

small, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Answer 4

dismantle

Question 4

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

Answer 4

brash

Question 5

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

Answer 5

horrify

Question 6

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 6

inodinate

Question 7

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

Answer 7

insatiable

Question 8

ebullient, unstoppable, unalterable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 8

irrevocable

Question 9

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

Answer 9

mentor

Question 10

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 10

myriad

Question 11

anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 11

pandemonium

Question 12

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 12

prerogative

Question 13

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

Answer 13

quip

Question 14

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

Answer 14

raucous

Question 15

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

Answer 15

sanguine