Unit 7 Synonyms

Question 1

penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute

Answer 1

indigent

Question 2

fanciful, imaginary, specious, spurious

Answer 2

illusory

Question 3

persistent, stubborn, dogged, determined

Answer 3

pertinacious

Question 4

paltry, inconsequential, piddling, trifling

Answer 4

picayune

Question 5

a person who despises people

Answer 5

misanthrope

Question 6

to adorn, ornament, decorate, garnish

Answer 6

embellish

Question 7

fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory

Answer 7

ephemeral

Question 8

to protest, object to

Answer 8

demur

Question 9

a doorsill; the outset, commencement

Answer 9

threshold

Question 10

fortunate, happy; apposite, well-put

Answer 10

felicitous

Question 11

apparel, attire, clothing, garments

Answer 11

raiments

Question 12

excessive, exorbitant, extravagant

Answer 12

inordinate

Question 13

beastlike, animal; depraved, loathsome

Answer 13

bestial

Question 14

a clique, set, cricle

Answer 14

coterie

Question 15

gaudy, flashy, tawdry, glaring

Answer 15

garish

Question 16

sneaky, clandestine, covert, surreptitious

Answer 16

furtive

Question 17

a person’s “opposite number”

Answer 17

counterpart

Question 18

gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

Answer 18

effrontery

Question 19

to lesson, reduce, alleviate, moderate

Answer 19

allay

Question 20

fun-loving, jovial, genial, merri

Answer 20

convivial

Question 21

to cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon

Answer 21

jettison

Question 22

a phantom, specter, ghost

Answer 22

wraith