16 Dec

Question 1

rescind

Answer 1

revoke

repeal

Question 2

peeve

Answer 2

annoy
irritate
vex

Question 3

fig leaf

Answer 3

a thing intended to conceal a difficulty or embarrassment.

Question 4

tantamount

Answer 4

as good as

more or less

Question 5

dabble

Answer 5

take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way;toy with,
immerse (one’s hands or feet) partially in water and move them around gently.

Question 6

cat’s paw

Answer 6

a person who is used by another to carry out an unpleasant or dangerous task

Question 7

poised

Answer 7

assured,composed

Question 8

recede

Answer 8

go or move back or further away from a previous position;diminish

Question 9

ploy

Answer 9

a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s own advantage;ruse;tactic;stratagem

Question 10

unnerve

Answer 10

make (someone) lose courage or confidence.

Question 11

lamentation

Answer 11

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.

Question 12

conflation

Answer 12

the merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one.

Question 13

coalesce

Answer 13

come together to form one mass or whole.

Question 14

acme

Answer 14

peak,pinnacle

Question 15

ominous

Answer 15

threatening,menacing,baleful,forbidding,sinister,doomy

Question 16

repugnant

Answer 16

extremely distasteful; unacceptable.

Question 17

innocuous

Answer 17

harmless

Question 18

herald

Answer 18

messenger

harbinger

Question 19

cajole/coax

Answer 19

persuade

Question 20

gesticulate

Answer 20

use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one’s words.

Question 21

stifle

Answer 21

suffocate
smother
sweltering

Question 22

inquest

Answer 22

investigation.probe

Question 23

arrogate

Answer 23

assume,seize

Question 24

disingenuous

Answer 24

dishonest,underhanded,deceitful

Question 25

edification

Answer 25

the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone.

Question 26

rowdyism

Answer 26

noun. rowdy behaviour or tendencies or a habitual pattern of rowdy behaviourthe problem of rowdyism at football matches.

Question 27

brouhaha

Answer 27

a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something

Question 28

perfunctory

Answer 28

(of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.