Vocab Lesson 13

Question 1

Inert

Answer 1

Unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish (SYN: dormant; passive.
ANT: dynamic; active)

Question 2

Circumvent

Answer 2

To get around; to bypass (SYN: avoid)

Question 3

Clandestine

Answer 3

Secret (SYN: covert; furtive. ANT: open; aboveboard)

Question 4

Acquit

Answer 4

To find not guilty of a fault or crime (SYN: absolve. ANT: convict)

Question 5

Deprecate

Answer 5

To express strong disapproval of (SYN: deplore. ANT: approve; praise)

Question 6

Barrister

Answer 6

Lawyer

Question 7

Adulation

Answer 7

Excessive praise or admiration (SYN: flattery; adoration. ANT: derision)

Question 8

Culinary

Answer 8

Having to do with the kitchen or cooking

Question 9

Bawdy

Answer 9

Indecent; humorously obscene (SYN: risqué; lewd. ANT: innocent; clean)

Question 10

Chastise

Answer 10

To punish severely (SYN: discipline)

Question 11

Jocose

Answer 11

Joking; humorous (SYN: witty; funny; playful; jocund. ANT: serious)

Question 12

Myriad

Answer 12

N- A very large number (SYN: host; multitude) ADJ- Too numerous to be counted (SYN: countless; innumerable. ANT: few; limited)

Question 13

Latent

Answer 13

Present, but not active; hidden (SYN: dormant. ANT: manifest)

Question 14

Pernicious

Answer 14

Destructive; deadly (SYN: malignant; harmful. ANT: benign)

Question 15

Frugal

Answer 15

Thrifty; economical in money matters (SYN: economical. ANT: wasteful; profligate)