scholarship vocabulary lesson 1

Question 1

acquit

Answer 1

free from accusation; declare innocent; absolve; exonerate

Ex: the attorney urged the jury not to acquit the accused

Question 2

alternate

Answer 2

offering a choice; substitute; alternative

Question 3

condone

Answer 3

treat as trivial, harmless, or unimportant; over look

Question 4

congested

Answer 4

filled to excess; clogged; over crowded

Question 5

crucial

Answer 5

of highest importance; decisive; critical

Question 6

drowsy

Answer 6

half asleep; sleepy; lethargic

Question 7

encumber

Answer 7

weigh down; burden; tax

Question 8

impair

Answer 8

makes worse; weaken; diminish; damage; mar

Question 9

inane

Answer 9

lacking in sense ; empty headed; silly; foolish; asinine

Question 10

infraction

Answer 10

breaking of a law; violation; breach; infrigement

Question 11

nominal

Answer 11

very small; trifling; insighificant

Question 12

objective

Answer 12

something toward which effots are directed; aim; goal

Question 13

offend

Answer 13

hurt the feelings of; insult affront; provoke

Question 14

rectify

Answer 14

set right; correct; remedy.; amend

Question 15

remorseful

Answer 15

full of remorse; contrite; penitent

Question 16

restive

Answer 16

impatient of control or restraint; restless; uneasy edgy

Question 17

sanctuary

Answer 17

asylum, shelter

Question 18

scope

Answer 18

range, extent

Question 19

sever

Answer 19

cut

Question 20

tepid

Answer 20

luke warm