Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 11

Question 1

belligerent, bitter, petulant, caustic, acerbic, stinging, cranky

Answer 1

Acrimonious

Question 2

alter, enhance, reform, change, modify, rephrase, edit, rectify

Answer 2

Amend

Question 3

favoritism, partiality, preference, one-sided, prejudice, intolerance

Answer 3

Biased

Question 4

conscious, judicious, observant, acquainted, informed, mindful

Answer 4

Cognizant

Question 5

allocate, maintain, designate, label, set-aside, name, identify

Answer 5

Earmark

Question 6

castigate, chastise, reproach, berate, condemn, lambaste, rebuke, flay

Answer 6

Excoriate

Question 7

falsify, concoct, forge, misrepresent, invent, fake, prevaricate, pretend

Answer 7

Fabricate

Question 8

amaze, astonish, dumbfounded, overcome, overwhelmed

Answer 8

Flabbergast

Question 9

dubious, unconvincing, incredible, improbable, obscure

Answer 9

Implausible

Question 10

inaudible, speechless, incomprehensible, indistinct, mute, dumb

Answer 10

Inarticulate

Question 11

aggression, offense, assault, incursion, invasion, offensive, blitz

Answer 11

Onslaught

Question 12

assured, hopeful, expectant, confident, sanguine, positive

Answer 12

Optimistic

Question 13

elixir, cure-all, remedy, relief, nostrum

Answer 13

Panacea

Question 14

foreshadow, presage, herald, betoken, predict, foretell, prognosticate

Answer 14

Portend

Question 15

astigmatic, careless, foolish, ill-advised, myopic, near-sighted

Answer 15

Short-sighted

Question 16

hamper, hinder, halt, interrupt, prevaricate, procrastinate, arrest, suspend

Answer 16

Stall

Question 17

overrule, abandon, supplant, displace, annul, forsake

Answer 17

Supersede

Question 18

exceptional, unique, unequaled

Answer 18

Unparalleled

Question 19

indefensible, illogical, useless, flawed, unsupportable, unjustifiable

Answer 19

Untenable

Question 20

absolve, disprove, corroborate, exonerate, refute, exculpate

Answer 20

Vindicate