Scholarship Vocabulary lesson 3

Question 1

abolish,annul,nullify,invalidate,renege,repeal

Answer 1

abrogate

Question 2

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

Answer 2

allay

Question 3

freakish,grotesque,strange,ridiculous,weird,odd

Answer 3

bizarre

Question 4

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

Answer 4

brash

Question 5

encounter,meet,defy,face,resist,flout

Answer 5

confront

Question 6

small,lilliputian,miniature,tiny,miniscule

Answer 6

diminutive

Question 7

destroy,disassemble,raze,demolish,decimate,divest

Answer 7

dismantle

Question 8

devastation,catastrophe,cataclysm,ruin

Answer 8

havoc

Question 9

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

Answer 9

horrify

Question 10

disproportionate,immoderate,unreasonable,excessive,unwarranted

Answer 10

inordinate

Question 11

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

Answer 11

insatiable

Question 12

ebullient,unstoppable,uncontrollable,enthusiastic,insuppressible

Answer 12

irrepressible

Question 13

unchangeable,unalterable,permanent,constant,irreversible

Answer 13

irrevocable

Question 14

adviser,guide,coach,teacher,trainer,tutor,counsellor

Answer 14

mentor

Question 15

infinite,countless,immeasurable,incalculable,variable

Answer 15

myriad

Question 16

anarchy,tumult,chaos,bedlam,ruckus

Answer 16

pandemonium

Question 17

privilege,exemption,advantage,immunity,sanction,claim

Answer 17

prerogative

Question 18

retort,pleasantry,mockery,joke,repartee,witticism,insult

Answer 18

quip

Question 19

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

Answer 19

raucous

Question 20

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

Answer 20

sanguine