Vocabulary Lesson 6

Question 1

*prodigious

Answer 1

s: enormous; vast; huge

a: insignificant; small

Question 2

pretentious

Answer 2

s: pompous; ostentatious; showy

a: humble

Question 3

*inane

Answer 3

s: silly; meaningless; insipid

a: intelligent

Question 4

hypocrite

Answer 4

s: one who is insincere or deceitful

a: truthful person

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

s: obvious exaggeration

a: understatement

Question 6

*expunge

Answer 6

s: to remove; to erase; to obliterate

a: create

Question 7

*euphemism

Answer 7

s: substitution of a less offensive term for an offensive one

a: unfiltered word

Question 8

estrange

Answer 8

s: to alienate; to separate

a: unite

Question 9

erudite

Answer 9

s: scholarly; learned; knowledgeable

a: uneducated

Question 10

*duplicity

Answer 10

s: double-dealing; hypocrisy

a: openness

Question 11

*elucidate

Answer 11

s: to make clear; explain

a: complicate

Question 12

distend

Answer 12

s: to expand; to swell; to enlarge; to dilate

a: compress

Question 13

*disseminate

Answer 13

s: distribute; organize

a: to consolidate

Question 14

accolade

Answer 14

s: distinction

a: censure

Question 15

diffidence

Answer 15

s: hesitancy

a: confidence

Question 16

dearth

Answer 16

s: deficiency

a: adequate supply

Question 17

defamation

Answer 17

s: slander

a: adulation

Question 18

deplete

Answer 18

s: diminish

a: to restore

Question 19

crass

Answer 19

s: coarse; rude

a: refined; sophisticated

Question 20

angular

Answer 20

s: jagged

a: rotund

Question 21

altruistic

Answer 21

s: unselfish

a: belligerent

Question 22

*audacity

Answer 22

s: boldness

a: meekness

Question 23

*augment

Answer 23

s: enlarge

a: to diminish

Question 24

aesthetic

Answer 24

s: artistic, showing good taste

a: displeasing