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

persist, continue, maintain, endure

Question 16

protract:

Answer 16

drawn 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