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

Bias

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, dumbfound, 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