Vocabulary Lesson 4

Question 1

*lethargic

Answer 1

s: slow; tired; sluggish; listless

a: animated

Question 2

revere

Answer 2

s: to honor; to worship

a: condemn

Question 3

sycophant

Answer 3

s: self-serving flatterer; parasite

a: benefactor

Question 4

*surreptitious

Answer 4

s: secret; clandestine; stealthy

a: honest

Question 5

*vilification

Answer 5

s: defamation; slander

a: praise

Question 6

viable

Answer 6

s: capable of working; fit to live in

a: impossible

Question 7

superfluous

Answer 7

s: needless; overflowing; extra

a: necessary

Question 8

*stoic

Answer 8

s: impassive; indifferent to pain

a: emotional

Question 9

provincial

Answer 9

s: narrow-minded; unsophisticated

a: liberal

Question 10

recant

Answer 10

s: revoke; disavow; renounce

a: avow

Question 11

precocious

Answer 11

s: early in development

a: unintelligent

Question 12

immutable

Answer 12

s: unchanging; permanent

a: alterable

Question 13

*lament

Answer 13

s: mourn; wail

a: relieve, rejoice

Question 14

languid

Answer 14

s: drooping

a: lively; animated

Question 15

efface

Answer 15

s: erase

a: restore; make conspicuous

Question 16

*embellish

Answer 16

s: adorn

a: abbreviate; strip of ornaments

Question 17

acquiesce

Answer 17

s: give in

a: object; disgrace

Question 18

discord

Answer 18

s: dissonance

a: harmony; agreement

Question 19

credulous

Answer 19

s: gullible

a: suspicious; hard to fool

Question 20

*deprecate

Answer 20

s: belittle

a: endorse; acclaim

Question 21

*dawdle

Answer 21

s: delay

a: rush; hurry

Question 22

ascetic

Answer 22

s: self-denying

a: sensual

Question 23

affable

Answer 23

s: amiable

a: aloof; unfriendly

Question 24

*ameliorate

Answer 24

s: alleviate

a: aggravate; make worse

Question 25

*atrophy

Answer 25

s: degeneration

a: thrive; grow