Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 7

Question 1

accelerate

Answer 1

hasten, speed up, quicken, hurry, rush

Question 2

aftermath

Answer 2

result, consequence, outcome

Question 3

amicable

Answer 3

friendly, peaceable, harmonious

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

laborious, difficult, strenuous, tough

Question 5

exemplary

Answer 5

commendable, honorable, superior, blameless

Question 6

flout

Answer 6

mock, scorn, insult, disregard

Question 7

foible

Answer 7

fault, frailty, shortcoming, weakness

Question 8

generate

Answer 8

create, beget, produce, make, engender

Question 9

indefatigable

Answer 9

untiring, tireless unflagging, relentless

Question 10

inkling

Answer 10

hint clue, suggestion, intimation,

Question 11

malady

Answer 11

disease, sickness, illness, disorder

Question 12

notion

Answer 12

impression, conception, idea, opinion,

Question 13

novel

Answer 13

new unusual, strange, interesting

Question 14

option

Answer 14

choice, alternative, substitution

Question 15

persevere

Answer 15

perist, continue, maintain, endure

Question 16

protract

Answer 16

draw out, extend, prolong, lengthen

Question 17

rural

Answer 17

rustic, country, pastoral

Question 18

supplant

Answer 18

replace, supersede, usurp, depose

Question 19

vendor

Answer 19

seller, retailer, merchant, dealer

Question 20

withhold

Answer 20

retain, keep, deny, refuse, suppress