1100 Words You Need to Know Week 14

Question 1

to strive for

Answer 1

aspire

Question 2

speak or write with strong hostility, attack verbally

Answer 2

inveigh

Question 3

irritate, annoy

Answer 3

nettle

Question 4

done openly

Answer 4

overt

Question 5

assign to an inferior position, banish

Answer 5

relegate

Question 6

lying on the back, inert

Answer 6

supine

Question 7

huge

Answer 7

mammoth

Question 8

drive back, refuse, repel

Answer 8

repulse

Question 9

widespread destruction, ruin

Answer 9

havoc

Question 10

completely destroy, tear down

Answer 10

raze

Question 11

deadly

Answer 11

lethal

Question 12

run or hurried/hastily

Answer 12

scurry

Question 13

acute, mentally sharp

Answer 13

incisive

Question 14

hasten the occurrence of, send rapidly into a certain condition

Answer 14

precipitate

Question 15

something that conforms to an unjustifiably fixed mental picture

Answer 15

stereotype

Question 16

loud and powerful

Answer 16

stentorian

Question 17

extraordinary

Answer 17

courage

Question 18

a prejudice

Answer 18

bias

Question 19

soft job, a job that requires little or no work

Answer 19

sinecure

Question 20

to make peace

Answer 20

bury the hatchet

Question 21

a lawyer of outstanding ability

Answer 21

philadelphia lawyer

Question 22

to praise extravagantly, try to improve what is already excellent

Answer 22

gild the lily

Question 23

to beat someone to the punch

Answer 23

steal one’s thunder