Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 2

Question 0

Apparel

Syn: attire, dress, garb

Answer 0

Ant: bareness, undress

Question 1

Alter

Syn: change, modify

Answer 1

Ant: leave alone, maintain

Question 2

Distort

Syn: misrepresent, misstate, garble

Answer 2

Ant: be honest, tell truth

Question 3

Farce

Syn: mockery, burlesque

Answer 3

Ant: seriousness, solemnity

Question 4

Fickle

Syn: inconstant, capricious

Answer 4

Ant: constant, stable

Question 5

Flimsy

Syn: weak, inadequate, unconvincing, thin

Answer 5

Ant: healthy, strong

Question 6

Harbinger

Syn: omen, forerunner, precursor, herald

Answer 6

Ant: hide, withhold

Question 7

Interpret

Syn: explain, construe

Answer 7

Ant: confuse, disbelieve

Question 8

Intimate

Syn: hint, suggest, imply

Answer 8

Ant: deny, conceal

Question 9

Irrelevant

Syn: inapplicable, extraneous

Answer 9

Ant: relevant, necessary

Question 10

Lucrative

Syn: moneymaking, profitable, gainful

Answer 10

Ant: poorly paid, unprofitable

Question 11

Malign

Syn: vilify, defame, slander

Answer 11

Ant: approve, cherish

Question 12

Monumental

Syn: huge, massive, immense

Answer 12

Ant: unimportant, insignificant

Question 13

Negligible

Syn: slight, trifling, inconsequential

Answer 13

Ant: important, worthwhile

Question 14

Ogre

Syn: monster, fiend, tyrant, despot

Answer 14

Ant: angel, god

Question 15

Prestige

Syn: influence, status, reputation

Answer 15

Ant: insignificance, unimportance

Question 16

Quiver

Syn: tremble, shiver, shudder

Answer 16

Ant: quiet, stillness

Question 17

Rout

Syn: overwhelm, conquer

Answer 17

Ant: triumph, win

Question 18

Sage

Syn: scholar, philosopher

Answer 18

Ant: unintelligent, slow

Question 19

Weird

Syn: strange, fantastic, bizarre

Answer 19

Ant: boring, common