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, minuscule

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

Advisor, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor, counselor

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