Unit 11 - Synonyms

Question 1

to quiver, vibrate, shiver, quaker, palpitate

Answer 1

quaver

Question 2

to worsen, decline, degenerate, to debase

Answer 2

deteriorate

Question 3

a rule, ordinance, enactment

Answer 3

statute

Question 4

shy, diffident, sedate, seemly, decourous

Answer 4

demure

Question 5

stem, merciless; persistent, unremitting

Answer 5

relentless

Question 6

to hinder, thwart, preclude, ward off

Answer 6

forestall

Question 7

abrupt, disconnected, disjointed

Answer 7

staccato

Question 8

to deport oneself; to agree, concur

Answer 8

comport

Question 9

to jumble, scramble, confuse, misrepresent

Answer 9

garble

Question 10

a cheapening, lowering, devaluation

Answer 10

depreciation

Question 11

brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point

Answer 11

concise

Question 12

knowing, informed, aware, cultivated

Answer 12

enlightened

Question 13

a brook, creek, rill

Answer 13

rivulet

Question 14

to recover, retrieve

Answer 14

recoup

Question 15

conciseness, terseness, pithiness

Answer 15

brevity

Question 16

to misspend, dissipate

Answer 16

squander

Question 17

to shrink, flinch, retreat; a kickback

Answer 17

recoil

Question 18

to disclose, impart, spill the beans, “leak”

Answer 18

divulge

Question 19

a stench; to stink, smell

Answer 19

reek

Question 20

a supporter, advocate, exponent

Answer 20

proponent