Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 4

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

cleverly skillful in coping with difficulty or danger, SHREWD, RESOURCEFUL,DEXTEROUS

Question 2

adversary

Answer 2

person or group that opposes another, OPPONENT, FOE, ENEMY

Question 3

avert

Answer 3

turn away or aside, ward off, PREVENT FORESTALL OBVIATE

Question 4

cogent

Answer 4

appealing forcibly to the mind or reason CONVINCING SOUND

Question 5

demolish

Answer 5

tear down DESTROY RAZE SMASH

Question 6

evaporate

Answer 6

pass off as vapor or in invisible minute particles DISAPPEAR VANISH

Question 7

fiscal

Answer 7

pertaining to money or finance FINANCIAL MONETARY PECUNIARY

Question 8

hamper

Answer 8

hold back, interfere with, HINDER IMPEDE OBSTRUCT

Question 9

humid

Answer 9

containing a perceptable amount of moisture DAMP MOIST WET

Question 10

Inundate

Answer 10

overspread with water FLOOD DELUGE OVERWHELM SWAMP

Question 11

mammoth

Answer 11

a very great size GIGANTIC GIANT HUGE ENORMOUS

Question 12

manifest

Answer 12

make clear show plainly EVINCE DEMONSTRATE REVEAL

Question 13

Obnoxious

Answer 13

deserving of censure REPREHENSIBLE OBJECTIONABLE OFFENSIVE

Question 14

Plight

Answer 14

dangerous or complicated situation PREDICAMENT DILEMMA

Question 15

Replenish

Answer 15

make full or complete again REFILL RENEW RESTORE

Question 16

Reprimand

Answer 16

severe rebuke CONDEMNATION CENSURE REPROOF

Question 17

Rescind

Answer 17

take away, make void, ANNUL CANCEL REPEAL ABOLISH

Question 18

reticent

Answer 18

disinclined to speak readily CLOSE MOUTHED, SILENT TACITURN UNCOMMUNICATIVE

Question 19

revere

Answer 19

regard as worthy of great honor VENERATE, WORSHIP, ADORE

Question 20

Sinister

Answer 20

threatening or foreshadowing harm or trouble MALEVOLENT OMINOUS