Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 3

Question 1

abolish, annual, 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, miniscule

Answer 6

diminutive (adj)

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 10

disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

Answer 10

inordinate (adj)

Question 11

unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeaseable

Answer 11

insatiable (adj)

Question 12

ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppressible

Answer 12

irrepressible (adj)

Question 13

unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

Answer 13

irrevocable (adj)

Question 14

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

Answer 14

mentor (n)

Question 15

infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

Answer 15

myriad (adj)

Question 16

anarchy, tumult, chaos, tumult, bedlam, ruckus

Answer 16

pandemonium (n)

Question 17

privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

Answer 17

prerogative (n)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

quip (n)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

raucous (adj)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

sanguine (adj)