Monty Test

What is a synonym for plight?

predicament

What is a synonym for blandishment?

mild flattery

What is a synonym for haggard?

careworm, gaunt

What is a synonym for attenuate?

weaken

What is a synonym for lackey?

subservient follower

What is the unrelated word among comedian, lackey flatterer, and sycophant?

comedian

What is the unrelated word among svelte, slender, slippery, and lithe?

slippery

What is the unrelated word among tribulation, insincerity, suffering and pangs?

insincerity

What is the unrelated word among cajolery, gloominess, dejection, and melancholy

cajolery

What is the unrelated word among wheedle, attenuate, ingratiate, and fawn?

attenuate

What is the unrelated word among portly, burly, buxom, and contrite?

contrite

We look down on praise that is offered without sincerity?

fulsome

Mom excels in the art of using pleasant words to persuade others?

cajole

They are altogether too willing to serve and obey their supporters?

obsequious

The one who does the carpentry work is strongly and sturdily built?

burly

Those who survived were little more than skin and bones?

emaciated

A larger number refused to take notice of the unfortunate situation that they saw we were in?

plight

Whenever they try to (3) rat (4) themselves with us, we suspect they are looking for a favor

ingratiate

No one smiled. It was a (6) holy occasion

melancholy

Anyone who enjoys adulation is an easy prey for (6) ants

sycophants

Don't expect them to cater to your wishes like servants. They are not your (3) keys

lackeys

This shop specializes in clothes for the tall and the (1) or (3)

portly

The ? movers lifted the piano with surprising ease

burly

Newspapers reported the ? details of the futile rescue attempt

poignant

The new supervisor was repelled by the ? compliments of some of her subordinates

fulsome

When Mr. Norwood was stopped for a traffic violation, he tried to ? the officer into not writing a ticket?

cojole

The ? appearance of the liberated prisoners shocked the world

emaciated

At the trial, one of the suspects wept repeatedly; the other showed no ?

remorse

Many people watch their diets and exercise regularly to avoid ?

obesity

Food is to obesity as ? is to ?

rainfall is to flood

Sycophant is to sincerity as ? is to ?

deceiver is to truth

What word best describes Halycon atmosphere?

calm

Express the thought: We look down with contempt on those who live on other?

We despise parasites

Express the thought: They visited a place where animals were kept and trained?

We visited a menagerie

The ? currently being exhibited in the ? have attracted numerous students of ornithology

caricatured

The Olympic medial winner was ? by the citizens of her hometown

lionized

The person who accidently swallowed the poison was given the ?

antidote

Birds are to ornithologist as poisons are to ?

toxicologist

Waste is to scavenger as dirt is to?

cleanser

Buxom

plump or attractive

Cherubic

chubby and innocently looking

Lank

lean; ungracefully tall; lanky

Pudgy

short and plump; chubby

Svelte

slender; lithe

Curry

seek to gain favor by flattery

Truckle

submit in a subservient manner to a superior fawn; make a doormat of onself

Badger

tease; annoy; nag

Parasitic

living at the expense of another

Ornithology

study of birds

Molt

shed feathers, skin, hair

Parrot

repeat mechanically