Scholarship Voc. Lesson 4

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Cleverly skillful in coping with difficulty or danger; shrewd; resourceful; dexterous

Question 2

Adversary

Answer 2

Person or group that opposes another; opponent; foe; enemy

Question 3

Avert

Answer 3

Turn away or aside; ward off; prevent; forestall; obviate

Question 4

Cogent

Answer 4

Appealing forcefully to the mind or reason, convincing; sound

Question 5

Demolish

Answer 5

Tear down; destroy; raze; smash

Question 6

Evaporate

Answer 6

Pass of as vapor (moisture in the air) or in invisible minute particles; disappear; vanish

Question 7

Fiscal

Answer 7

Pertaining to money or finance; financial; monetary; pecuniary

Question 8

Hamper

Answer 8

Hold back; interfere with; hinder; impede; obstruct

Question 9

Humid

Answer 9

Containing a perceptible amount of moisture; damp; moist; wet

Question 10

Inundate

Answer 10

Overspread with water; flood; deluge; overwhelm; swamp

Question 11

Mammoth

Answer 11

Of very great size; gigantic; giant; huge; enormous

Question 12

Manifest

Answer 12

Make clear; show plainly; evince; demonstrate; reveal

Question 13

Obnoxious

Answer 13

Deserving of censure; reprehensible; objectionable; offensive

Question 14

Plight

Answer 14

Dangerous or complicated situation; predicament; dilemma

Question 15

Replenish

Answer 15

Make full or complete again; refill; renew; restore

Question 16

Reprimand

Answer 16

Severe rebuke; condemnation; censure; reproof

Question 17

Rescind

Answer 17

Take away; make void; annul; cancel; repeal; abolish

Question 18

Reticent

Answer 18

Disinclined to speak readily; closed-mouthed; silent; taciturn; uncommunicative

Question 19

Revere

Answer 19

Regard as worthy of great honor; venerate; worship; adore

Question 20

Sinister

Answer 20

Threatening or foreshadowing harm or trouble; malevolent; ominous