Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 2

Question 1

alter

Answer 1

make different, change, modify

Question 2

apparel

Answer 2

outer clothing, attire,dress,garb

Question 3

distort

Answer 3

twist out of the true meaning, misrepresent,misstate,garble

Question 4

farce

Answer 4

ridiculous show, mockery, buresque

Question 5

fickle

Answer 5

changeable in ones affection, interests, or loyalties

Question 6

flimsy

Answer 6

without strength or solidity, of inferior materials and workmanship

Question 7

harbinger

Answer 7

anything that foreshadows a future event

Question 8

interpret

Answer 8

set forth the meaning of, explain, construe

Question 9

intimate

Answer 9

make known indirectly

Question 10

irrelevant

Answer 10

not relating to the subject

Question 11

lucrative

Answer 11

producing wealth

Question 12

malign

Answer 12

speak harmful truths about

Question 13

monumental

Answer 13

impressively large

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

so tiny that it may safely be disregarded

Question 15

ogre

Answer 15

hideous giant, person to be dreaded

Question 16

prestige

Answer 16

standing in the eyes of others

Question 17

quiver

Answer 17

shake with a sight, rapid, motion

Question 18

rout

Answer 18

defeat disastrously and put to disorderly flight

Question 19

sage

Answer 19

person distinguished for wisdom

Question 20

weird

Answer 20

strikingly odd, bizarre, fantastic, strange