VW 4

Question 1

bolster

Answer 1

to support, give a boost to
S: reinforce, buttress, validate
A: undermine, weaken, impair
a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

Question 2

deplore

Answer 2

to feel or express regret or disapproval
S: lament, bemoan, bewail
A: approve, commend, extol

Question 3

frivolous

Answer 3

of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously
S: silly, foolish, inane, petty
A: serious, important, significant

Question 4

obsess

Answer 4

to trouble, haunt or fill the mind

S: preoccupy

Question 5

oust

Answer 5

to remove, drive out of a position or place
S: expel, eject
A: admit, welcome

Question 6

porous

Answer 6

full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
S: leaky, permeable
A: airtight, impermeable

Question 7

prone

Answer 7

lying face down; inclined, likely
S: prostrate, liable
A: standing upright, unlikely

Question 8

qualm

Answer 8

a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling or faintness or nausea
S: regret, second thought, scruple

Question 9

residue

Answer 9

a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
S: remnant, remains, leavings

Question 10

staid

Answer 10

serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
S: sedate, sober, prim
A: gaudy, jaunty, unconventional

Question 11

annul

Answer 11

to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally or void
S: cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify
A: validate, authorize, ratify

Question 12

blasé

Answer 12

in different, board as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures apathetic
A: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent

Question 13

muster

Answer 13

to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount, comprise, include a list of military personnel
S: mobilize, marshal
A: disband, dismiss, disperse

Question 14

nonentity

Answer 14

a person or thing of no importance
S: nobody
A: celebrity

Question 15

ornate

Answer 15

elaborately decorated; showily suspended

Question 16

peruse

Answer 16

to read carefully

S: study, pore over, scrutinize

Question 17

promontory

Answer 17

a high point of land extending into water

S: cliff, outcrop, jetty

Question 18

recourse

Answer 18

a person thinking turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
S: redress, remedy

Question 19

solicitous

Answer 19

showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
S: concerned
A: unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

Question 20

sustain

Answer 20

to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
S: foster, hold up