Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 7 Flashcards
abrogate
abolish, annual, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal
allay
alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify
bizarre
freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd
brash
bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude
confront
encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout
diminutive
small, Lilliputian, miniature, tiny, miniscule
dismantle
destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest
havoc
devastation, catastrophe cataclysm, ruin
horrify
alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate
inordinate
disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarrented
insatiable
unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeasable
irrepressible
ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, insuppresible
irrevocable
unchangeable, permanent
mentor
advisor, guide, coach
myriad
infinite, countless