Unit 1 Vocab (synonyms/antonyms)

Question 1

(syn) greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive

Answer 1

acquisitive

Question 2

(ant) altruistic, unretentive

Answer 2

acquisitive

Question 3

(syn) expropriate, usurp, commandeer

Answer 3

arrogate

Question 4

(ant) relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon

Answer 4

arrogate

Question 5

(syn) stale, insipid

Answer 5

banal

Question 6

(ant) fresh, novel, original, new

Answer 6

banal

Question 7

(syn) overwork

Answer 7

belabor

Question 8

(syn) nit-picking, caviling

Answer 8

carping

Question 9

(ant) approving, uncritical

Answer 9

carping

Question 10

(syn) connected, unified, consistent, cohesive

Answer 10

coherent

Question 11

(ant) muddled, chaotic, disjointed

Answer 11

coherent

Question 12

(syn) harden, jell, coagulate, solidify

Answer 12

congeal

Question 13

(ant) melt, liquefy

Answer 13

congeal

Question 14

(syn) copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to

Answer 14

emulate

Question 15

(syn) panegyric, eulogy, commendation

Answer 15

encomium

Question 16

(ant) condemnation, castigation, criticism

Answer 16

encomium

Question 17

(syn) abstain from, steer clear of, forgo

Answer 17

eschew

Question 18

(ant) embrace, adopt

Answer 18

eschew

Question 19

(syn) pertinent

Answer 19

germane

Question 20

(ant) irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate

Answer 20

germane

Question 21

(syn) unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

Answer 21

insatiable

Question 22

(syn) uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate

Answer 22

intransigent

Question 23

(ant) lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding

Answer 23

intransigent

Question 24

(syn) malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative

Answer 24

invidious

Question 25

(ant) complimentary, flattering, ameliorative

Answer 25

invidious

Question 26

(syn) liberality, munificence, bounty

Answer 26

largesse

Question 27

(ant) stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness

Answer 27

largesse

Question 28

(syn) scouting expedition

Answer 28

reconnaissance

Question 29

(syn) verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

Answer 29

substantiate

Question 30

(ant) refute, disprove, invalidate

Answer 30

substantiate

Question 31

(syn) tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic

Answer 31

taciturn

Question 32

(ant) garrulous, loquacious, prolix, verbose

Answer 32

taciturn

Question 33

(syn) hedge, dillydally, procrastinate

Answer 33

temporize

Question 34

(syn) defensible, justifiable, maintainable

Answer 34

tenable

Question 35

(ant) indefeasible, unjustifiable

Answer 35

tenable