Lesson 31 - edHelper.com

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Word List

irrational

irrefutable

irreverent

irrevocable

irrigation

isolate

issue

jargon

jeopardy

jolly

jovial

jubilant

judicious

juncture

justify

jut

lament

lampoon

languid

languish

lapse

latent

lavish

lax

layman

Synonyms

Select the word that most nearly is a synonym of the given words.

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1.

languorous; die-away

a. irreverent

b. languid

c. jolly

d. judicious

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2.

joint; coupling

a. juncture

b. jovial

c. isolate

d. irrigation

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3.

lexicon; dictionary

a. irreverent

b. isolate

c. jolly

d. jargon

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4.

dwine; fade

a. languish

b. lapse

c. jargon

d. juncture

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5.

slack; slacken

a. jovial

b. lax

c. jolly

d. justify

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6.

fallacious; invalid

a. irrational

b. judicious

c. irrigation

d. jolly

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7.

uncontestable; certain

a. languid

b. layman

c. irrefutable

d. justify

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8.

assert; argue

a. lax

b. justify

c. irreverent

d. jubilant

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9.

progeniture; posterity

a. irreverent

b. issue

c. judicious

d. jolly

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10.

sensible; prudent

a. lampoon

b. judicious

c. lavish

d. irrevocable

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11.

riotous; profuse

a. jovial

b. issue

c. juncture

d. lavish

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12.

beetle; project

a. lavish

b. languid

c. jut

d. isolate

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13.

gleeful; festive

a. lapse

b. layman

c. jolly

d. irrational

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14.

error; boner

a. juncture

b. languish

c. lapse

d. lampoon

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15.

unrepealable; nonreversible

a. irrevocable

b. lapse

c. jargon

d. jubilant

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16.

sequester; close

a. latent

b. irrefutable

c. jeopardy

d. isolate

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17.

cock-a-hoop; cock-a-whoop

a. jubilant

b. irrigation

c. irrevocable

d. lavish

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18.

prepatent; potential

a. languid

b. jargon

c. juncture

d. latent

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19.

peril; danger

a. lapse

b. jeopardy

c. languish

d. lament

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20.

jocund; mirthful

a. irrefutable

b. jeopardy

c. jovial

d. languid

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21.

profane; impious

a. lax

b. irrevocable

c. irreverent

d. justify

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22.

deplore; bewail

a. languish

b. lavish

c. lament

d. irreverent