Vocabulary and Synonyms

Reprimand means to formally rebuke or scold someone, making rebuke its direct synonym. Flounder means to struggle, menace is a threat, and hone means to sharpen - none related to reprimanding.

Joy, mirth, delight, exuberance.

Emulate means to imitate or strive to equal someone's achievements or qualities, making imitate its direct synonym. Irritate means to annoy, hinder means to obstruct, and blame means to assign fault.

Scoff, sneer, to mock.

Dwindle means to gradually diminish or become less, making decline its direct synonym. Duplicate means to copy, sway means to move back and forth, and dagger is a type of knife.

Adorn, decorate.

Dearth means a scarcity or lack of something, making scarcity its direct synonym. Jibe means to agree or tease, nomadically relates to wandering, and flaunt means to display ostentatiously.

Pride, excessive vanity, self esteem.

Cringe, wince, drawback in fear.

Complacent means showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself, making contented the closest synonym among the options. Fidelity means faithfulness, fragile means easily broken, and contorted means twisted.

Chastise means to rebuke or scold severely, making scold its direct synonym. Adage is a proverb, affable means friendly, and bellow means to shout loudly - not specifically for scolding.

Censorious means having or showing a tendency to criticize someone or something severely, making critical its direct synonym. Trifling means unimportant, sensible means practical, and frivolous means not serious.

Luster, polish.

Abash means to make someone feel embarrassed, ashamed, or uncomfortable. To promote means to advance, to expand means to increase in size, and to idolize means to worship excessively. Only option A correctly captures the meaning.

Abominate means to hate or loathe intensely. To cherish, worship, and adore are antonyms (they mean to love or treasure). Only option B correctly represents the meaning. This is a straightforward vocabulary question.