Vocab Quiz 1

Question 0

Abate

Answer 0

To cease, subside, to reduce.
Syn: mellow slacken fade
Ant: increase grow

Question 1

Abash

Answer 1

To shame, to embarrass.
Syn: chagrin, confuse, humiliate
Ant: reassure, compose

Question 2

Abdicate

Answer 2

To give up position of power.
Retire, Resign
Take Up, Accept

Question 3

Abiding

Answer 3

Continuing, lasting.
Permanent
Temporary

Question 4

Abortive

Answer 4

Not able to complete.
Futile
Completed

Question 5

Abscond

Answer 5

To secretly run away with.

Flee, Escape

Question 6

Absolve

Answer 6

To free from blame, sin, or a responsibility.
Exempt Acquit
Oblige

Question 7

Abstain

Answer 7

To hold back
Withdraw
Treat

Question 8

Abstruse

Answer 8

To difficult to understand
Recondite, profound
Fathomable

Question 9

Abysmal

Answer 9

Hopeless
Dreadful
Shallow

Question 10

Accost

Answer 10

To approach boldly
Address
Ignore

Question 11

Acquiesce

Answer 11

To give in, surrender
Accede
Veto

Question 12

Acrid

Answer 12

Sharp, harsh, offensive, pungent
Tangy
Bland

Question 13

Acrophobia

Answer 13

Fear of heights

Question 14

Acumen

Answer 14

Sharp insight, keenness of mind
Wisdom
Blindness

Question 15

Acute

Answer 15

Sharp, keen, pointed, severe
Barbed
Blunt

Question 16

Adherent

Answer 16

Follower, disciple
Fanatic
Sceptic

Question 17

Adjudicate

Answer 17

To decide by judicial procedure

Arbitrate

Question 18

Admonish

Answer 18

To reprimand, to scold gently, to warn strongly
Rebuke
Compliment

Question 19

Adroit

Answer 19

Adept
Dexterous
Maladroit