11th week.

Question 1

inundate

Answer 1

to flood

Question 2

fruitless

Answer 2

useless

Question 3

poignant

Answer 3

moving, painful to the feelings

Question 4

garbled

Answer 4

confused, mix up, can’t hear properly

Question 5

sanguine

Answer 5

optimistic

Question 6

to feather one’s nest (idiom)

Answer 6

grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances inappropriately

Question 7

phlegmatic

Answer 7

calm; hard to rouse to action

Question 8

corroborate

Answer 8

confirm, support

Question 9

comprehensive

Answer 9

thorough

Question 10

zealous

Answer 10

enthusiastic

Question 11

coerce

Answer 11

to force psychologically

Question 12

fair-weather friends (idiom)

Answer 12

unreliable, they fail one in the time of distress

Question 13

elapse

Answer 13

to slip/pass by

Question 14

meticulous

Answer 14

careful, attention to detail

Question 15

domicile

Answer 15

home

Question 16

lax

Answer 16

careless, negligent

Question 17

sporadic

Answer 17

occasional

Question 18

to sow one’s wild oats (idiom)

Answer 18

to load a wild, carefree life, sow: to plant

Question 19

rash (adj.)

Answer 19

too hasty, reckless

Question 20

conjecture

Answer 20

partially educated guess

Question 21

obviate

Answer 21

do away with, eliminate

Question 22

lurid

Answer 22

scandalous sensational

Question 23

quip

Answer 23

quick joke

Question 24

windfall (idiom)

Answer 24

unexpected substantial financial gain