Quiz D7

Altruism is the action or behaviour that benefits others at cost to the doer.

An allusion is an indirect reference to something supposed to be known.

Affluent is sewage water released into a natural body of water.

An aesthete is someone who is wholly dispassionate about beauty.

Advocacy is the act of arguing against someone or something.

Acoustic pertains to the sense of hearing and the science of sounds.

Accolade is an expression of approval or praise.

Abstract is an abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Abnegate is to hate things because of a meanness of spirit.

Which word beginning with au means: To make (something) greater by adding to it; to increase salary etc.?

Which word beginning with au means: able to be heard?

Which word beginning with au means: A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder?

Which word beginning with at means: A person on the staff of an ambassador having a specialized area of responsibility? {blank_1}

Which word beginning with at means: To waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells?

Which word beginning with at means: Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral?

Which word beginning with as means: Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense?

Which word beginning with as means: a mixture of dark bituminous pitch with sand or gravel, used for surfacing roads?

Which word beginning with as means: Attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of an individual?

Which word beginning with as means: Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality?

Which word in the following group is out of place with amenity n. – facility, service, felicity, resource?

Which word in the following group is out of place with ambiguity n. – trauma, enigma, puzzle, paradox?

Which word in the following group is out of place with ambience n. – surroundings, environment, milieu, attainment?

Which word in the following group is out of place with altruism n. – benevolence, empiricism, generosity, considerateness?

Which word in the following group is out of place with altercation. n. – argument, dispute, injunction, clash?

Which word in the following group is out of place with allocation. n. – share, portion, quota, imposition?

Which word in the following group is out of place with alleviation n. – relief, Initiation, mitigation, abatement?

Which word in the following group is out of place with agitation. n. – inhibition, Initiation, anxiety, worry?

Which word in the following group is out of place with affluent adj. – wealthy, ambient, rich, moneyed?

Which word in the following group is out of place with affliction. n. – adversity, misfortune, gravity, calamity?

Match the word in the first column with its synonym in the second column.

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.