Unit 5 : Synonyms

Question 1

Gloomy, sullen, morbid, doleful

Answer 1

Morose

Question 2

Hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky ; dull, obtuse

Answer 2

Opaque

Question 3

To ease, smoothe the way, simplify

Answer 3

Facilitate

Question 4

A reproof, rebuke ; to reprove, reproach

Answer 4

Reprimand

Question 5

Still, motionless ; foul, fetid, polluted

Answer 5

Stagnant

Question 6

Captivity, bondage, thralldom, slavery

Answer 6

Servitude

Question 7

Cursory, perfunctory ; sloppy, slipshod

Answer 7

Slapdash

Question 8

A partner in crime, confederate

Answer 8

Accomplice

Question 9

To yield, give away, submit ; to die, expire

Answer 9

Succumb

Question 10

Aggressive, truculent ; an activist

Answer 10

Militant

Question 11

Capricious ; high-handed, autocratic

Answer 11

Arbitrary

Question 12

A stimulus, spur ; an instigator

Answer 12

Catalyst

Question 13

Supreme, foremost, primary, dominant

Answer 13

Paramount

Question 14

To obliterate, decimate, demolish

Answer 14

Annihilate

Question 15

Dormant, inactive, undeveloped ; hidden

Answer 15

Latent

Question 16

To refute, disprove, confute, shoot holes in

Answer 16

Rebut

Question 17

Unruly, intractable ; incurable, inveterate

Answer 17

Incorrigible

Question 18

Imprudent, saucy, bold ; shameless

Answer 18

Brazen

Question 19

An emigration, flight, escape, hegira

Answer 19

Exodus

Question 20

To chatter, babble ; to purl ; twaddle, gibberish

Answer 20

Prattle