Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 2(20)

Question 0

apparel

Answer 0

outer clothing, attire, dress, garb

Question 1

Alter

Answer 1

make different, change, modify

Question 2

distort

Answer 2

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

Question 3

farce

Answer 3

ridiculous show, mockery, burlesque

Question 4

fickle

Answer 4

changeable in ones affections, interests or loyalties, inconstant, capricious

Question 5

flimsy

Answer 5

without strength or solidity, of inferior materials and workmanship

Question 6

harbinger

Answer 6

anything that foreshadows a future event, omen, forerunner, precursor, herald

Question 7

interpret

Answer 7

set forth the meaning of explain, construe,

Question 8

intimate

Answer 8

make known indirectly, hint, suggest, imply

Question 9

irrelevant

Answer 9

not relating to the subject, inapplicable, extraneous

Question 10

luctrative

Answer 10

producing wealth, moneymaking, profitable, gainful

Question 11

malign

Answer 11

speak harmful untruths about, vilify, defame, slander

Question 12

monumental

Answer 12

impressively large, huge, massive, immense

Question 13

neglible

Answer 13

so tiny that it may safely be disregarded, slight, trifling, inconsequential

Question 14

ogre

Answer 14

hideous giant, person to be dreaded, monster, fiend, tyrant, inconsequential

Question 15

prestige

Answer 15

standing in the eyes of others, influence, status, reputation

Question 16

quiver

Answer 16

shake with a slight, rapid motion, tremble, quiver, shudder

Question 17

rout

Answer 17

defeat disastrously and put to disorderly flight, overwhelm, conquer

Question 18

sage

Answer 18

person distinguished for wisdom, scholar, philosopher

Question 19

weird

Answer 19

strikingly odd, strange, fantastic, bizarre