Vocabulary Set VII

Question 1

bedraggled

Answer 1

unkempt, disheveled, run-down, seedy, untidy

Question 2

untidy, seedy, run-down, disheveled, unkempt

Answer 2

bedraggled

Question 3

accost

Answer 3

approach for conversation, annoy, buttonhole, confront

Question 4

confront, buttonhole, annoy, approach for conversation

Answer 4

accost

Question 5

usurp

Answer 5

take over, annex, preempt, supplant

Question 6

supplant, preempt, annex, take over

Answer 6

usurp

Question 7

evince

Answer 7

show, manifest, attest, declare, demonstrate

Question 8

demonstrate, declare, attest, manifest, show

Answer 8

evince

Question 9

quips

Answer 9

witty communication, often verbal; banter, gag, gibe, pleasantry, gun, repartee, retort, satire, wisecrack, witticism

Question 10

witticism, wisecrack, satire, retort, repartee, gun, pleasantry, gibe, gag, banter, witty communication, often verbal

Answer 10

quips

Question 11

iniquity

Answer 11

sin, evil, abomination, baseness, crime

Question 12

crime, baseness, abomination, evil, sin

Answer 12

iniquity

Question 13

brunt

Answer 13

bad end of a situation, burden, force, impact

Question 14

impact, force, burden, bad end of a situation

Answer 14

brunt

Question 15

scintillate

Answer 15

twinkle, flash, glimmer, glitter, shine

Question 16

shine, glitter, glimmer, flash, twinkle

Answer 16

scintillate

Question 17

punctilious

Answer 17

careful, flinky, ceremonious, conscientious

Question 18

conscientious, ceremonious, flinky, careful

Answer 18

punctilious

Question 19

haggle

Answer 19

bicker, quarrel, bargain, barter, dicker, quibble

Question 20

quibble, dicker, barter, bargain, quarrel, bicker

Answer 20

haggle

Question 21

laud

Answer 21

acclaim, praise, admire, adore, celebrate, commend

Question 22

commend, celebrate, adore, admire, praise, acclaim

Answer 22

laud

Question 23

expunge

Answer 23

obliterate, destroy, abolish, annul, delete, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, omit, wipe out

Question 24

wipe out, omit, extinguish, exterminate, erase, eradicate, delete, annul, abolish, destroy, obliterate

Answer 24

expunge

Question 25

maraud

Answer 25

pillage & plunder, despoil, forage, foray, harass, loot

Question 26

loot, harass, foray, forage, despoil, pillage & plunder

Answer 26

maraud

Question 27

recapitulate

Answer 27

summarize, go over something again, recap, rehash, epitomize, outline

Question 28

outline, epitomize, rehash, recap, go over something again, summarize

Answer 28

recapitulate

Question 29

oblique

Answer 29

slanting, at an angle, bent, diagonal, inclining, leaning

Question 30

leaning, inclining, diagonal, bent, at an angle, slanting

Answer 30

oblique

Question 31

acerbic

Answer 31

bitter, sharp, sour, caustic, harsh

Question 32

harsh, caustic, sour, sharp, bitter

Answer 32

acerbic

Question 33

frenetic

Answer 33

maniacal, frantic, frenzied, furious, obsessive

Question 34

obsessive, furious, frenzied, frantic, maniacal

Answer 34

frenetic

Question 35

fatuous

Answer 35

stupid, silly, absurd, boneheaded, birdbrained, brainless

Question 36

brainless, birdbrained, boneheaded, absurd, silly, stupid

Answer 36

fatuous

Question 37

whet

Answer 37

make sharp, hone, sharpen

Question 38

sharpen, hone, make sharp

Answer 38

whet

Question 39

purport

Answer 39

meaning, implication, acceptation, aim, bearing, burden, connotation

Question 40

connotation, burden, bearing, aim, acceptation, implication, meaning

Answer 40

purport

Question 41

corral

Answer 41

enclosure, paddock, compound, pen, pound, stockade

Question 42

stockade, pound, pen, compound, paddock, enclosure

Answer 42

corral

Question 43

hovel

Answer 43

tiny unkempt house, cottage, hut, lean-to, shack, shanty

Question 44

shanty, shack, lean-to, hut, cottage, tiny unkempt house

Answer 44

hovel