Vocabulary Unit 3

Question 1

Ancillary

Answer 1

(adj). subordinate or supplementary

Question 2

Virtuoso

Answer 2

(n). a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj). masterly or brilliant

Question 3

Virtuoso Synonym

Answer 3

expert
prodigy
maestro

Question 4

Virtuoso Antonym

Answer 4

amateur
beginner
novice
(adj). mediocre

Question 5

Therapeutic

Answer 5

(adj). having the power to heal or cure; beneficial

Question 6

Rapacity

Answer 6

(n). inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force, extortion, or plunder

Question 7

Quizzical

Answer 7

(adj). puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal

Question 8

Quizzical Synonym

Answer 8

peculiar
perplexed
mystified
derisive

Question 9

Quizzical Antonym

Answer 9

unequivocal
crystal-clear
unambiguous

Question 10

Rapacity Synonym

Answer 10

avarice
cupidity
voraciousness

Question 11

Rapacity Antonym

Answer 11

liberality
generosity
altruism

Question 12

Therapeutic Synonym

Answer 12

salutary

salubrious

Question 13

Therapeutic Antonym

Answer 13

harmful
injurious
deleterious

Question 14

Pragmatic

Answer 14

(adj). concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinions

Question 15

Pragmatic Synonym

Answer 15

down-to-earth, businesslike

Question 16

Pragmatic Antonym

Answer 16

idealistic, impractical, visionary

Question 17

Paean

Answer 17

(n). a song of praise, joy, or triumph

Question 18

Paean Synonym

Answer 18

ode

anthem

Question 19

Paean Antonym

Answer 19

dirge
elegy
threnody

Question 20

Persiflage

Answer 20

(n). lighthearted joking, talk, or writing

Question 21

Persiflage Synonym

Answer 21

banter
jesting
badinage

Question 22

Plethora

Answer 22

(n). overfullness; superabundance; superfluity

Question 23

Plethora Synonym

Answer 23

surplus
surfeit
glut
excess

Question 24

Plethora Antonym

Answer 24

shortage
paucity
dearth
scarcity

Question 25

Macrocosm

Answer 25

(n). the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something

Question 26

Macrocosm Synonym

Answer 26

cosmos | entirety

Question 27

Macrocosm Antonym

Answer 27

model miniature microcosm

Question 28

Mountebank

Answer 28

(n). a trickster or swindler; a charlatan

Question 29

Mountebank Synonym

Answer 29

impostor | quack

Question 30

Mountebank Antonym

Answer 30

dupe "mark" "pigeon"

Question 31

Icon

Answer 31

(n). a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

Question 32

Icon Synonym

Answer 32

emblem | idol

Question 33

Interstice

Answer 33

(n). a small, narrow space between things or parts of things

Question 34

Interstice Synonym

Answer 34

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Question 35

Bowdlerize

Answer 35

(v). to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)

Question 36

Bowdlerize Synonym

Answer 36

purge | expurgate

Question 37

Condescend

Answer 37

(v). to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

Question 38

Condescend Synonym

Answer 38

talk down to

Question 39

Cozen

Answer 39

(v). to trick; to cheat or swindle

Question 40

Cozen Synonym

Answer 40

dupe deceive beguile inveigle

Question 41

Enclave

Answer 41

(n). an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character

Question 42

Enclave Synonym

Answer 42

island | subgroup

Question 43

Forte

Answer 43

(n). a person's strong point; what a person does best

Question 44

Forte Synonym

Answer 44

gift aptitude specialty

Question 45

Forte Antonym

Answer 45

weakness | foible

Question 46

Gratis

Answer 46

(adj). free; (adv). without charge

Question 47

Gratis Synonym

Answer 47

(adj). on the house

Question 48

Ancillary Synonym

Answer 48

auxiliary | accessory

Question 49

Ancillary Antonym

Answer 49

central, key, primary, principal, main

Question 50

Schism

Answer 50

(n). a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

Question 51

Synonym of Schism

Answer 51

rift

Question 52

Antonym of Schism

Answer 52

reconciliation