Unit 4 Synonyms

Question 1

Promising, encouraging, propitous

Answer 1

Auspicious

Question 2

Pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic

Answer 2

Pompous

Question 3

To postpone, to delay, a stay, respite

Answer 3

Reprieve

Question 4

Prejudiced, unfair, partial, bigoted

Answer 4

Biased

Question 5

To deceive, dupe

Answer 5

Hoodwink

Question 6

Supple, flexible, elastic

Answer 6

Pliant

Question 7

To intimidate, dismay, cow, discourage

Answer 7

Daunt

Question 8

Doomed, preordained

Answer 8

Fated

Question 9

To bolt, make off, skip town

Answer 9

Abscond

Question 10

A cliff, crag, bluff, promontory; a brink, ledge

Answer 10

Precipice

Question 11

To unravel, unwind, unscramble

Answer 11

Disentangle

Question 12

To correct, remedy, set right

Answer 12

Rectify

Question 13

Lifeless, dead; inert, spiritless

Answer 13

Inanimate

Question 14

Hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing

Answer 14

Arduous

Question 15

To abuse, inveigh against, malign, vilify

Answer 15

Revile

Question 16

Chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium

Answer 16

Anarchy

Question 17

To burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes

Answer 17

Incinerate

Question 18

Stealing, robbery, theft, burglary

Answer 18

Larceny

Question 19

Entry, admittance, entrée

Answer 19

Access

Question 20

Valiant, courageous, audacious, daring

Answer 20

Intrepid