set-4 Flashcards
sumptuous
a. delirious
b. gorgeous
c. perilous
d. luxurious
d. luxurious
sumptuous means excessively costly, rich, or luxurious
reel
a. whirl
b. fish
c. hit
d. mistake
a. whirl
one meaning of reel is to move round and round, or to whirl
inscrutable
a. difficult
b. mysterious
c. inflexible
d. wary
b. mysterious
inscrutable means not easily interpreted or understood, or mysterious
appall
a. delirious
b. covered
c. dismay
d. confuse
c. dismay
to appall is to overcome with shock, or to dismay
upright
a. honorable
b. horizontal
c. humble
d. supine
a. honorable
upright can mean either honorable or vertical; horizontal and supine are both antonyms of upright
loot
a. destruction
b. waste
c. spoils
d. cavort
c. spoils
loot means goods seized in war, or spoils
loquacious
a. talkative
b. thirsty
c. beautiful
d. complicated
a. talkative
loquacious means excessively talkative, or garrulous
chimera
a. chimney
b. protest
c. illusion
d. panache
c. illusion
a chimera is a fabrication of the mind, or an illusion
temerity
a. audacity
b. fearfulness
c. shyness
d. stupidity
a. audacity
. temerity means unreasonable contempt for danger or
recklessness, or audacity
educe
a. demand
b. elicit
c. ideal
d. unlawful
b. elicit
to educe means to develop something potential or latent; to elicit means to draw out something hidden or latent
nabob
a. bigwig
b. doubter
c. frolic
d. converse
a. bigwig
a nabob is a person of great wealth or importance, or a bigwig
pall
a. light
b. satiate
c. carry
d. horror
b. satiate
to pall can mean to deprive of pleasure in something by
satiating
sacrosanct
a. prayer
b. sanctuary
c. pious
d. sacred
d. sacred
sacrosanct means the most sacred, or holy
louche
a. gauche
b. fine
c. brilliant
d. indecent
d. indecent
louche means not reputable, or indecent
stentorian
a. violent
b. misbegotten
c. loud
d. stealthy
c. loud
stentorian means loud and is usually used to imply a voice of great power and range
