Unit 4 Synonyms

Question 1

risible, ridiculous, laughable, absurd

Answer 1

ludicrous

Question 2

a ruse, trick, play, subterfuge

Answer 2

stratagem

Question 3

cowardly, craven, lily-livered

Answer 3

pusillanimous

Question 4

winsome, engaging, captivating

Answer 4

prepossessing

Question 5

prone, prostrate, supine, inactive

Answer 5

recumbent

Question 6

to collect, cull, pick, gather

Answer 6

glean

Question 7

urgency; a need, demand, requirement

Answer 7

exigency

Question 8

to clinch, conclude; masterful

Answer 8

consummate

Question 9

agreement, unanimity; a pact, covenant

Answer 9

concord

Question 10

to imprison, jail, immure

Answer 10

incarcerate

Question 11

a citadel, stronghold, rampart, bulwark

Answer 11

bastion

Question 12

frenzied, frantic

Answer 12

frenetic

Question 13

floating, wreckage, debris

Answer 13

flotsam

Question 14

obligatory, mandatory, required

Answer 14

incumbent

Question 15

waggish, facetious, droll, witty

Answer 15

jocular

Question 16

monetary, financial

Answer 16

pecuniary

Question 17

degeneration, deterioration; to whither

Answer 17

atrophy

Question 18

to gripe, complain, kvetch, bellyache

Answer 18

grouse

Question 19

to affirm, avouch

Answer 19

asseverate

Question 20

disorder, confusion, disorganization

Answer 20

disarray

Question 21

caustic, acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic

Answer 21

mordant

Question 22

annoy, exasperate

Answer 22

nettle