Unit 7 - Macbeth

Question 1

deft

Answer 1

syn: adroit, adept, dexterous
ant: inept, gauche, maladroit

Question 2

chafe

Answer 2

syn: abrade, nettle, vex
ant: salve, mollify, assuage

Question 3

pernicous

Answer 3

syn: baleful, deleterious, deadly
ant: harmless, innocuous, neutral

Question 4

want (v,n)

Answer 4

syn: (v) lack, need; (n) lack, absence, dearth
ant: (v) have; (n) stock, hoard, reserve

Question 5

diminutive

Answer 5

syn: miniscule, minute, infinitesimal
ant: gigantic, gargantuan, colossal

Question 6

homely

Answer 6

syn: common,plain, unadorned, unattractive
ant: elaborate, complex, beautiful

Question 7

resound

Answer 7

syn: resonate, echo, reverberate

Question 8

avaricious

Answer 8

syn: grasping, rapacious, covetous,
ant: generous, liberal, munificent

Question 9

verity

Answer 9

syn: truthfulness, veraciousness, fidelity
ant: deceitfulness, insincerity, disingenuousness

Question 10

fortitude

Answer 10

syn: resilience, stamina, grit
ant: vacillation, irresolution, capitulation

Question 11

concord

Answer 11

syn: harmony, consonance, rapport
ant: discord, dissonance, cacophony

Question 12

abjure

Answer 12

syn: disavow, repudiate, eschew
ant: acknowledge, attest, concede

Question 13

perturbation

Answer 13

syn: agitation, discomfiture, vexation, commotion, disturbance,
ant: appeasement, pleasantry, tranquility

Question 14

murky

Answer 14

syn: dim, dismal, turbid
ant: unobscured, bright, luminous

Question 15

epicure

Answer 15

syn: gourmet, gastronome, connoisseur

Question 16

raze

Answer 16

syn: decimate, obliterate, eradicate
ant: devise, construct, fabricate

Question 17

pristine

Answer 17

syn: immaculate, uncontaminated, unsullied
ant: tainted, fouled, corrupted

Question 18

avouch

Answer 18

syn: allege, aver, avow
ant: refute, belie, rebut

Question 19

abhor

Answer 19

syn: loathe, abominate, execrate
ant: adore, cherish, venerate

Question 20

usurp

Answer 20

syn: appropriate, arrogate, wrest
ant: surrender, succumb, capitulate