Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 9

Question 1

Detest, abhor, dislike, hate, execrate.

Answer 1

Abominate

Question 2

Illness, disease, trouble, hardship, infirmity, tribulation, adversity, difficulty.

Answer 2

Affliction

Question 3

Alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving.

Answer 3

Animate

Question 4

Continual, habitual, incurable, persistent, inveterate, recurrent, protracted.

Answer 4

Chronic

Question 5

Capitalize, manipulate, abuse, use, utilize, profit from, mine (v).

Answer 5

Exploit

Question 6

Visualize, create, conceive, think, conjecture, envision, fantasize.

Answer 6

Fancy

Question 7

Chop, drop, prostrate, level, slash, hew, down (v).

Answer 7

Fell

Question 8

Friendly, outgoing, extrovert, social, convivial, cordial, sociable.

Answer 8

Gregarious

Question 9

Harmless, inoffensive, bland, insipid, innocent, safe.

Answer 9

Innocuous

Question 10

Confine, detach, disengage, remove, quarantine, segregate, sequester.

Answer 10

Isolate

Question 11

Confident, assertive, absolute, certain, sure, decisive, firm.

Answer 11

Positive

Question 12

Expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch.

Answer 12

Precipitate

Question 13

Assumption, premise, supposition, suspicion, guess, posit.

Answer 13

Presumption

Question 14

Preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent.

Answer 14

Prior

Question 15

Opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable.

Answer 15

Propitious

Question 16

Excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded.

Answer 16

Redundant

Question 17

Blueprint, design, game plan, procedure, method, scheme, scenario.

Answer 17

Strategy

Question 18

Ad interim, provisional, contingent, dependent, conditional, indefinite.

Answer 18

Tentative

Question 19

Arrogance, pride, conceit, narcissism, ostentation, egotism, self-admiration.

Answer 19

Vanity

Question 20

Skilled, trained, experienced, steady, seasoned, disciplined, sophisticated.

Answer 20

Veteran