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 3

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

Answer 3

Brash (adj)

Question 4

encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

Answer 4

Confront (v)

Question 5

small, lilliputian, miniature, tiny, miniscule

Answer 5

Diminutive (adj)

Question 6

destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

Answer 6

Dismantle (v)

Question 7

devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

Answer 7

Havoc (n)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Horrify (v)

Question 9

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 9

Inordinate (adj)

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Insatiable (adj)

Question 11

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 11

Irrepressible (adj)

Question 12

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Answer 12

Irrevocable (adj)

Question 13

advisor, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor, counselor

Answer 13

Mentor (n)

Question 14

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 14

Myriad (adj)

Question 15

anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 15

Pandemonium (n)

Question 16

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 16

prerogative (n)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Quip (n)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Raucous (adj)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Sanguine (adj)