Lesson 11

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

belligerent, bitter, petulant, caustic, acerbic, stinging, cranky

Question 2

amend

Answer 2

alter, enhance, reform, change, modify, rephrase, edit, rectify

Question 3

bias

Answer 3

favoritism, partiality, preference, one-sided, prejudice, intolerance

Question 4

cognizant

Answer 4

conscious, judicious, observant, acquainted, informed, mindful

Question 5

earmark

Answer 5

allocate, maintain, designate, label, set-aside, name, identify

Question 6

excoriate

Answer 6

castigate, chastise, reproach, berate, condemn, lambaste, rebuke, flay

Question 7

fabricate

Answer 7

falsify, concoct, forge, misrepresent, invent, fake, prevaricate, pretend

Question 8

flabbergast

Answer 8

amaze, astonish, dumbfound, overcome, overwhelmed

Question 9

implausible

Answer 9

dubious, unconvincing, incredible, improbable, obscure

Question 10

inarticulate

Answer 10

inaudible, speechless, incomprehensible, indistinct, mute, dumb

Question 11

onslaught

Answer 11

aggression, offense, assault, incursion, invasion, offensive, blitz

Question 12

optimistic

Answer 12

assured, hopeful, expectant, confident, sanguine, positive

Question 13

panacea

Answer 13

elixir, cure-all, remedy, relief, nostrum

Question 14

portend

Answer 14

foreshadow, presage, herald, betoken, predict, foretell, prognosticate

Question 15

short-sighted

Answer 15

astigmatic, careless, foolish, ill-advised, myopic, near-sighted

Question 16

stall

Answer 16

hamper, hinder, halt, interrupt, prevaricate, procrastinate, arrest, suspend

Question 17

supersede

Answer 17

overrule, abandon, supplant, displace, annul, forsake

Question 18

unparalleled

Answer 18

exceptional, unique, unequaled

Question 19

untenable

Answer 19

indefensible, illogical, useless, flawed, unsupportable, unjustifiable

Question 20

vindicate

Answer 20

absolve, disprove, corroborate, exonerate, refute, exculpate