Lesson Two Vocabulary Test

A direct opposite, a contrast

• Austere
• Antithesis
• Esoteric
• Capricious

To move upward, to rise from a lower station

• Ascend
• Dawdle
• Repose
• Exacerbate

Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic

• Venerable
• Esoteric
• Banal
• Austere

Independent, self-contained

• Opaque
• Lethargic
• Autonomous
• Prolific

Common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

• Banal
• Austere
• Opaque
• Tranquil

Not causing harm; of gentle disposition, beneficial

• Venerate
• Furtive
• Benign
• Antithesis

Changing suddenly; fickle

• Prolific
• Gregarious
• Capricious
• Melancholy

To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

• Dawdle
• Exacerbate
• Venerate
• Fastidious

Act of harming or ruining another's reputation

• Lethargic
• Banal
• Defamation
• Austere

Understood only by a small group or a select few

• Opaque
• Benign
• Furtive
• Esoteric