VOCABULARY

Contentious is the opposite of

• uncontroversial

• disputed

• debatable

thwarted means

• the quality of being completely harmless

• no longer produced or used; out of date.

• a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

• oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully

obsolete means

• the quality of being completely harmless

• no longer produced or used; out of date.

• a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

• oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully

hindrance means

• the quality of being completely harmless

• no longer produced or used; out of date.

• a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

• oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully

sumptuousness means

• extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

• a thing that is helpful or beneficial.

boon means

• extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

• a thing that is helpful or beneficial.

ambivalent means

• extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

• a thing that is helpful or beneficial.

Our teacher has been --------- my work throughout the second trimester. I tghink I will score high marks

• dismissing

• lauding

• transforming

Teaching grammar is more or else a ----------- practice

• evil

• nefarious

• villainous

• hackneyed

Smoking could really be -------------- if you do not attempt to stop.

• decorous one

• nefarious

• villainous and moral

• hackneyed