10 Jan

Question 1

defer

Answer 1

put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.

Question 2

tweak

Answer 2

twist or pull (something) sharply.

improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it.

Question 3

baffling

Answer 3

impossible to understand; perplexing.

Question 4

divest

Answer 4

to strip or deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights; dispossess. to rid of or free from: He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision. Law. to take away or alienate (property, rights, etc.). Commerce. to sell off: to divest holdings.

Question 5

relinquish

Answer 5

voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Question 6

expediency

Answer 6

the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
; advantage;usefull

Question 7

ex officio

Answer 7

as a result of one’s status or position.

Question 8

voice in the wilderness

Answer 8

Voice in the Wilderness or a lone voice in the wilderness is an English idiom for someone who expresses an idea or opinion that is not popular or that the individual is the sole person expressing that particular opinion with the suggestion that the opinion is then ignored

Question 9

pre-eminence

Answer 9

the fact of surpassing all others; superiority.

Question 10

omnibus

Answer 10

a volume containing several books previously published separately.
a bus;comprising several items.

Question 11

faltering

Answer 11

losing strength or momentum.
speaking hesitantly.

moving unsteadily or hesitantly.

Question 12

inter alia

Answer 12

among other things.

Question 13

infallibility

Answer 13

the quality of being infallible; the inability to be wrong.

Question 14

tenable

Answer 14

able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
(of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used.

Question 15

gherao

Answer 15

prevent (someone) from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met.

Question 16

proxy

Answer 16

the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
a figure that can be used to represent the value of something in a calculation.

Question 17

crude

Answer 17

in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way.;primitive;simple

Question 18

unwind

Answer 18

relax after a period of work or tension.

Question 19

surfeit

Answer 19

an excessive amount of something.

cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.

Question 20

transvestism

Answer 20

Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. The term is considered outdated in Western cultures, especially when used to describe a transgender or gender-fluid person

Question 21

abject

Answer 21

adjective. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward

Question 22

emphatic

Answer 22

expressing something forcibly and clearly.
(of a word or syllable) bearing the stress.
vehement

Question 23

callous

Answer 23

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
heartless

Question 24

classicism

Answer 24

the following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art and literature, generally associated with harmony, restraint, and adherence to recognized standards of form and craftsmanship, especially from the Renaissance to the 18th century.

Question 25

frailty

Answer 25

the condition of being weak and delicate.

weakness in character or morals.

Question 26

imperious

Answer 26

arrogant and domineering.peremptory; high- handed

Question 27

bombastic

Answer 27

high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

Question 28

bequest

Answer 28

a legacy.

heritage

Question 29

parsimony

Answer 29

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.

Question 30

patrimony

Answer 30

property inherited from one’s father or male ancestor.

Question 31

recuperate

Answer 31

recover

Question 32

attenuate

Answer 32

reduce the force, effect, or value of.

weakened

Question 33

gluttony

Answer 33

habitual greed or excess in eating.

Question 34

taciturn

Answer 34

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
hesitant; untalkative

Question 35

blithe

Answer 35

showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.
happy or carefree.

Question 36

subjugate

Answer 36

bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

Question 37

honorary

Answer 37

conferred as an honour, without the usual requirements or functions.
(of an office or its holder) unpaid.

Question 38

menage

Answer 38

the members of a household.

Question 39

infirmity

Answer 39

weakness

Question 40

jolt

Answer 40

push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

Question 41

slump

Answer 41

push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.

Question 42

slack

Answer 42

not taut or held tightly in position; loose.
(of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet.
a spell of inactivity or laziness.
decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed.

Question 43

befriend

Answer 43

act as or become a friend to (someone), especially when they are in need of help or support.

Question 44

avid

Answer 44

having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.

Question 45

turbid

Answer 45

(of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
confused or obscure in meaning or effect.
murky

Question 46

erudition

Answer 46

the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.