Vocabulary. Exercise 6

Fill in the blanks with the word described by the definition. Use the words below without capitals.

agrarian, bigotry, consummate, copious, cryptic, deferment, etymology, furtive, laudable, mutation, obsolescence, parity, pragmatism, protagonist, provocative, puerile, rectify, reletless, satirize, venerate

1. A practical approach to problems and issues.

2. to bring to perfection or fulfillment; complete.

3. Unstoppable.

4. Devoted to agriculture; rural; agricultural.

5. The leading character in a literary work.

6. The act of putting off or delaying; postponement.

7. Intolerance.

8. A sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change.

9. Abundant in number or quantity; plentiful.

10. To treat or regard with great respect, honor, or reverence.

11. Likely or serving to provoke; stimulating or arousing.

12. To portray as being ridiculous by using satire; deride or attack with satire.

13. The state of being outdated.

14. Difficult to understand; ambiguous or mysterious in meaning.

15. Accomplished with or characterized by stealth; surreptitious; sly.

16. Equality in amount, status, strength, or the like.

17. To put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy.

18. Worthy of praise.

19 . Immature or silly; childish.

20. An account of the origin and development of a word and its meanings.