Unit 4 - Canterbury Tales

Question 1

roister

Answer 1

syn: carouse, debauch, revel

Question 2

tarry

Answer 2

syn: dawdle, lag, dally
ant: hasten, scurry, dash

Question 3

consummate

Answer 3

syn: (verb) culminate, achieve; (adj) skilled, accomplished, ideal
ant: (verb) relinquish, abandon; (adj) inept, flawed

Question 4

repletion

Answer 4

syn: satiety, surfiet, engorgement
ant: emptiness, deficiency

Question 5

temperate

Answer 5

syn: restrained, abstemious, ascetic
ant: immoderate, unbalanced, excessive

Question 6

discreet

Answer 6

syn: prudent, judicious, sensible; unostentatious
ant: tactless, thoughtless; showy, gaudy

Question 7

debonair

Answer 7

syn: suave, urbane, dapper
ant: graceless, inelegant

Question 8

derision

Answer 8

syn: disdain, scorn, contempt
ant: endorsement, commendation

Question 9

bilious

Answer 9

syn: peevish, irritable, cranky, choleric
ant: amicable, agreeable

Question 10

irascibility

Answer 10

syn: tetchiness, irritability, petulance
ant: jollity, optimism, cheeriness

Question 11

renown

Answer 11

syn: repute, prominence, acclaim
ant: infamy, notoriety

Question 12

tribulation

Answer 12

syn: misfortune, distress, adversity
ant: opportunity, privilege

Question 13

harborage

Answer 13

lodgment, refuge, sanctuary, haven

Question 14

wend

Answer 14

syn: pursue, proceed, journey
ant: recede, withdraw

Question 15

deign

Answer 15

syn: condescend, patronize, stoop
ant: respect, esteem, admire

Question 16

sovereign

Answer 16

syn: (adj) supreme, regal, imperial; (noun) monarch
ant: (adj) inferior; (noun) subordinate

Question 17

iniquity

Answer 17

syn: depravity, immorality, injustice
ant: decency, righteousness, integrity

Question 18

eschew

Answer 18

syn: abstain, refrain, renounce
ant: participate, partake

Question 19

lament

Answer 19

syn: (verb) grieve, bemoan, mourn; (noun) grief, weeping, dirge
ant: (verb) rejoice; (noun) celebration, merriment, ditty

Question 20

chaff

Answer 20

syn: refuse, waste, dregs, debris