Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 3

Question 1

abolish, annul, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

Answer 1

abrogate (v)

Question 2

alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

Answer 2

allay (v)

Question 3

freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

Answer 3

bizarre (adj)

Question 4

bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude

Answer 4

brash (adj)

Question 5

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Answer 5

confront (v)

Question 6

small, Lilliputian, miniature, tiny, minuscule

Answer 6

diminutive

Question 7

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Answer 7

dismantle (v)

Question 8

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Answer 8

havoc (n)

Question 9

alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate

Answer 9

horrify (v)

Question 9

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 9

irrepressible (adj)

Question 9

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 9

inordinate (adj)

Question 9

unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeasable

Answer 9

insatiable (adj)

Question 9

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 9

myriad (adj)

Question 9

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Answer 9

irrevocable (adj)

Question 9

adviser, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor counselor

Answer 9

mentor (n)

Question 9

anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 9

pandemonium (n)

Question 10

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 10

prerogative (n)

Question 11

retort, pleasantry, mockery, joke, repartee, Witticism, insult

Answer 11

quip (n)

Question 12

discordant, harsh, strident, cacophonous, hoarse, loud, dissonant

Answer 12

raucous (adj)

Question 13

buoyant, cheerful, assured, confident, enthusiastic, secure, self-assured

Answer 13

sanguine (adj)