WS 2

Question 1

Adroit
You have to be an adriot soccer player to qualify for the team

Answer 1

S: skilful, ingenious
A: clumsy

Question 2

Affable
John is a popular boy with an affable smile

Answer 2

S: warm, friendly
A: unfriendly, impolite

Question 3

Affirm
Singing the team anthem affirms one’s loyalty to their sports team

Answer 3

S: confirm, agree
A: deny, forget

Question 4

Affluent
He desires a more affluent lifestyle and is willing to work hard for it

Answer 4

S: rich, well-off
A: destitute, poor

Question 5

Aggregate
This aggregate rock is made up of various minerals and elements

Answer 5

S: cumulative, combined
A: individual, particular

Question 6

Ailment
The doctor is quite good at curing common ailments

Answer 6

S: ache, disease
A: health

Question 7

Alternate
The alternate teacher is liked by the students and the faculty

Answer 7

S: backup, substitute
A: primary, noncyclic

Question 8

Amass
Amassing a large number of followers on twitter is difficult

Answer 8

S: assemble, collect
A: disperse, divide

Question 9

Amenable
He was an easy going child and amenable to change

Answer 9

S: agreeable, susceptible
A: unsusceptible

Question 10

Ancestral
Our family’s ancestral home needs to be regularly maintained and renovated

Answer 10

S: familial, genealogical
A: none

Question 11

Annotate
You are free to annotate the textbooks with supplemental notes

Answer 11

S: comment, define
A: confuse, obscure

Question 12

Anomaly
Kavin’s calm and quiet demeanour is an anomaly in this noisy class

Answer 12

S: abnormality, deviation
A: normality, regularity