Summer Vocab Lesson 17-18

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Sparing (usually in eating of drinking) – temperate

Question 2

Admonish and synonyms:

Answer 2

to caution, to advise, or to counsel against. warn, rebuke, scold

Question 3

Antonym of admonish

Answer 3

priase/condone

Question 4

Amity

Answer 4

friendship

Question 5

Bastion

Answer 5

A fortification, a stronghold

Question 6

Callous + synonyms.

Answer 6

hardened, indifferent, unsympathetic, insensitive. Synonyms: hard/inured

Question 7

Clemency

Answer 7

leniency

Question 8

Debunk

Answer 8

To expose the falseness or hypocrisy of something

Question 9

Antonyms of debunk

Answer 9

conceal, cover up

Question 10

Diffuse

Answer 10

to spread in various directions.

Question 11

Dupe

Answer 11

to trick, fool, cheat, bilk.

Question 12

Exorcise

Answer 12

To expel of something troublesome, usually an evil spirit.

Question 13

Finesse

Answer 13

delicate skill

Question 14

Humility

Answer 14

Be humble in spirit.

Question 15

Imperious + synonyms.

Answer 15

extremely overbearing. Synonyms: Domineering, imperative, preemptory

Question 16

Antonym of imperious

Answer 16

meek

Question 17

Larceny

Answer 17

The act of stealing another’s property.

Question 18

Mirth

Answer 18

Gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter.

Question 19

Synonyms of mirth.

Answer 19

glee, hilarity, jollity

Question 20

Mollify

Answer 20

To soothe, appease, to assuage.

Question 21

Synonyms of mollify.

Answer 21

Conciliate, pacify, placate.

Question 22

Neologism

Answer 22

An often disapproved newly coined word or phrase, or new use of a word.

Question 23

Orthodox

Answer 23

Conforming to established standards, conventional.

Question 24

Plight

Answer 24

Difficult or adverse situation.

Question 25

Repertoire.

Answer 25

A list of works of music/reading that are ready for performance.

Question 26

Rupture

Answer 26

To break apart, to burst.

Question 27

Solicitous.

Answer 27

Worried, concerned,

Question 28

Antonym of solicitous

Answer 28

unconcerned

Question 29

Stolid + synonyms

Answer 29

Showing little emotion. Synonyms: stoic, phlegmatic.

Question 30

Tempestous

Answer 30

Turbulent, stormy.

Question 31

Untenable

Answer 31

Not able to be defended.

Question 32

Accord

Answer 32

Agreement, state of harmony.

Question 33

Annulment

Answer 33

Void, invalidation. Consumate

Question 34

Synonyms of annulment

Answer 34

Extirpation, negation, abrogation(abdication).

Question 35

Arduous

Answer 35

Very difficult to accomplish or achieve, very demanding.

Question 36

astute

Answer 36

Shrewd, perceptive -- sagacious.

Question 37

Carping

Answer 37

Finding fault.

Question 38

Covert

Answer 38

secret, SURREPTITIOUS, concealed. stealthy.

Question 39

Desecrate

Answer 39

To violate the sancity of something, profane, adulterate.

Question 40

Dilatory

Answer 40

Delaying, slow.

Question 41

Esteem + Synonyms.

Answer 41

Estimate of value; approval and respect often blended with fondness. Synonym: regard, reputation.

Question 42

Expatriate

Answer 42

An exile.

Question 43

Fortutious

Answer 43

Something that happens by change or accident, usually good.

Question 44

Guileless

Answer 44

Without deceit

Question 45

Hackneyed

Answer 45

Trite, banal, lacking freshness.

Question 46

Synonym of hackneyed

Answer 46

Threadbare.

Question 47

Antonym of hackneyed

Answer 47

Inventive, fresh.

Question 48

Illustrious + Synonym.

Answer 48

notable outstanding, famous Synonyms: (celebrated and renowned).

Question 49

Insatiable

Answer 49

Incapable of being satisfied

Question 50

Loquacious

Answer 50

very talkative.

Question 51

Antonym of loquacious

Answer 51

taciturn -- not talkative.

Question 52

Synonym of loquacious

Answer 52

garrulous, voluable.

Question 53

Neurotic

Answer 53

An emotionally unstable person.

Question 54

Parch

Answer 54

To become dry/shrivel from heat

Question 55

Porous

Answer 55

Something that permits the passage of substances through pores--not impermeable.

Question 56

Rancid + synonyms

Answer 56

Having a foul or offensive smell or taste. Synonym: Fetid, malodorous.

Question 57

reconcile

Answer 57

To reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute, not alienate.

Question 58

Saccharine

Answer 58

Overly sweet attitude.

Question 59

Saccharine antonyms

Answer 59

Vitriolic.

Question 60

Sonorous

Answer 60

Resonant, producing a full and rich sound.

Question 61

Tentative

Answer 61

Not fully certain.

Question 62

Utility

Answer 62

Usefulness.