Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 1
Questions and Answers
Question 1
muddle
Correct Answer
(v) to make a mess of; (n) a hopeless mess.
SYN: (v) jumble, mess up; (n) confusion, disorder.
ANT: (n) orderliness, tidiness, neatness.
Question 2
salvage
Correct Answer
(v) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved.
SYN: (v) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim.
ANT: (v) abandon, scrap, junk.
Question 3
spurious
Correct Answer
(adj) not genuine, not true, not valid.
SYN: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus.
ANT: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid.
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, Question 4
debris
Correct Answer
(n) scattered fragments, wreckage.
SYN: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam.
Question 5
relinquish
Correct Answer
(v) to let go, give up.
SYN: surrender, abandon.
ANT: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to.
Question 6
dilemma
Correct Answer
(n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
SYN: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind.
ANT: cinch.
Question 7
cumbersome
Correct Answer
(adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
SYN: unwieldy, ponderous.
ANT: manageable, easy to handle.
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Questions and Answers
Question 1
muddle
Correct Answer
(v) to make a mess of; (n) a hopeless mess.
SYN: (v) jumble, mess up; (n) confusion, disorder.
ANT: (n) orderliness, tidiness, neatness.
Question 2
salvage
Correct Answer
(v) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n) property thus saved.
SYN: (v) rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim.
ANT: (v) abandon, scrap, junk.
Question 3
spurious
Correct Answer
(adj) not genuine, not true, not valid.
SYN: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus.
ANT: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid.
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, Question 4
debris
Correct Answer
(n) scattered fragments, wreckage.
SYN: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam.
Question 5
relinquish
Correct Answer
(v) to let go, give up.
SYN: surrender, abandon.
ANT: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to.
Question 6
dilemma
Correct Answer
(n) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
SYN: predicament, quandary, pickle, bind.
ANT: cinch.
Question 7
cumbersome
Correct Answer
(adj) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
SYN: unwieldy, ponderous.
ANT: manageable, easy to handle.
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