Unit 3 -Macbeth

Question 1

homage

Answer 1

syn: deference, esteem, obeisance
ant: contempt, insolence, disregard

Question 2

sundry

Answer 2

syn: miscellaneous, various, assorted
ant: homogeneous, uniform

Question 3

decorous

Answer 3

syn: demure, dignified, composed
ant: impolite, unseemly, discurteous

Question 4

wanton

Answer 4

syn: gratuitous, reckless, unprovoked
ant: justifiable, valid, acceptable

Question 5

verbatim

Answer 5

syn: precisely, accurately, literally
ant: approximately, roughly, paraphrase

Question 6

sanguine

Answer 6

syn: confident, hopeful, rubicund
ant: cheerless, doubtful, uncertain

Question 7

chattel

Answer 7

syn: property, wares, belongings, gear; slave

Question 8

engender

Answer 8

syn: produce, stimulate, provoke
ant: destroy, devastate, obliterate

Question 9

superfluity

Answer 9

syn: surfeit, overabundance, surplus
ant: shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity

Question 10

blithe

Answer 10

sun: convival, winsome, vivacious
ant: uptight, melancholy, cheerless

Question 11

churl

Answer 11

syn: bumpkin, lout, boor
ant: sophosticate, scholar

Question 12

ribald

Answer 12

syn: bawdy, lewd, vulgar
ant: refined, cultivated, sophisticated

Question 13

choleric

Answer 13

syn: belligerent, irascible, cantankerous
ant: genial, pleasant, affable

Question 14

cherubic

Answer 14

syn: angelic, childlike, blessed
ant: fiendish, infernal

Question 15

paragon

Answer 15

syn: quintessence, epitome, paradigm, archetype

Question 16

beguile

Answer 16

syn: entice, captivate, enthrall
ant: repulse, disenchant, repel

Question 17

plight

Answer 17

syn: (v) pledge, vow; (n) quandry, predicament, dilemma
ant: (v) break, disavow; (n) boon, advantage

Question 18

cleave

Answer 18

syn: sunder, sever, hew
ant: unite, amalgamate, join

Question 19

insolent

Answer 19

syn: impertinent, audacious, impudent
ant: curteous, deferential, reverent

Question 20

visage

Answer 20

syn: countenance, façade, features, physiognomy