Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 12

Question 1

take, seize, appropriate
(A) Base Lessening

Answer 1

Annex

Question 2

move upward, rise, climb
(A) Decline, Decrease

Answer 2

Ascend

Question 3

rule, dominance, power
(A) weakness, impotence

Answer 3

Dominion

Question 4

Injustice, wrong, complaint
(A) acceptance, satisfaction

Answer 4

Grievance

Question 5

angry, exasperated, irate
(A) delighted, complaisant

Answer 5

Indignant

Question 6

Laziness, sloth
(A) initiative, ambition

Answer 6

Indolence

Question 7

restrain, check, repress
(A) facilitate, assist

Answer 7

Inhibit

Question 8

honesty, incorruptibility, probity,ethical
(A) immorality, degradation

Answer 8

integrity

Question 9

reflex, automatic, uncontrolled
(A) voluntary, deliberate

Answer 9

Involuntary

Question 10

merry, jolly, happy
(A) sorrowful, melancholy

Answer 10

jovial

Question 11

benevolent, great-hearted, chivalrous
(A) ignoble, wretched

Answer 11

magnanimous

Question 12

required, obligatory, compulsory
(A) optional, elective

Answer 12

mandatory

Question 13

deal, bargain
(A) botch, fumble

Answer 13

negotiate

Question 14

appetizing, tasty, edible
(A) unacceptable, inferior

Answer 14

palatable

Question 15

extravagant, bountiful
(A) scanty, meager

Answer 15

profuse

Question 16

hatred, malice, animosity, venom
(A) amity, hospitality

Answer 16

rancor

Question 17

slight, rebuff
(A) embrace, welcome

Answer 17

snub

Question 18

extra, unnecessary, redundant
(A) inadequate, insufficient

Answer 18

superfluous

Question 19

artificial, factitious
(A) natural, crude

Answer 19

synthetic

Question 20

exercise, exert
(A)

Answer 20

wield