Random Word List 12


I. Which word comes closest in meaning?

1. Arraign
a. Exculpate b. Reign
c. Accuse d. Free

2. Propitiate
a. Appease b. Hassle
c. Aggravate d. Annoy
3. Obloquy
a. Credit b. Blame
c. Castigate d. Respect
4. Puerile
a. Mature b. Adult
c. Responsible d. Childish
5. Bauble
a. Trinket b. Precious
c. Vivacious d. Resplendent
6. Munificent
a. Penurious b. Parsimonious
c. Magnanimous d. Niggardly
7. Succinct
a. Epigrammatic b. Discursive
c. Maundering d. Prolix
8. Traduce
a. Extol b. Defence
c. Honour d. Calumniate
9. Chagrin
a. Exultation b. Distress
c. Ridicule d. Rankle
10. Facetious
a. Adroit b. Solemn
c. Lugubrious d. Jocose
II. Name the opposite
1. Cipher
a. Naught b. Obscurity
c. Code d. Infinity
2. Pertinacity
a. Compliance b. Obstinacy
c. Demure d. Flippant
3. Unctuous
a. Perceptive b. Obsequious
c. Brusque d. Servile
4. Foible
a. Quirk b. Forte
c. Fault d. Frailty
5. Peremptory
a. Decisive b. Precise
c. Docile d. Precise
6. Immanent
a. Inherent b. Indigenous
c. Extraneous d. Unsullied
7. Laic
a. Pastoral b. Secular
c. Profane d. Civil
8. Recalcitrant
a. Refractory b. Intractable
c. Ungovernable d. Malleable
9. Obstreperous
a. Refractory b. Clamourous
c. Restrained d. Mulish
10. Perspicacious
a. Vacuous b. Discerning
c. Sagacious d. Acute

III . Spell them right

1. Earn (ornamental vase)
2. Cain (walking stick)
3. Exilarate (feel lively)
4. Ascent (to comply or agree)
5. Alley (Associate or collaborator)
6. Babble (Tumult or confusion)
7. Foible (a short story)
8. Idle (object of worship)
9. Disease ( to die)
10. Pail ( light in colour)

ANSWERS
Section I 
1. c. Accuse
2. a. Appease
3. b. Blame
4. d. Childish
5. a. Trinket
6. c. Magnanimous
7. a. Epigrammatic
8. d. Calumniate
9. b. Distress
10. d. Jocose
Section II
1. d. Infinity
2. a. Compliance
3. c. Brusque
4. b. Forte
5. c. Docile
6. c. Extraneous
7. a. Pastoral
8. d. Malleable
9. c. Restrained
10. a. Vacuous
Section III
1. Urn
2. Cane
3. Exhilarate
4. Assent
5. Ally
6. Babel
7. Fable
8. Idol
9. Decease
10. Pale
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