17/12/2015

Question 1

trifle *2

Answer 1

Something of little importance or value.
b. A small amount; a jot.
2. A dessert
b. trifles Utensils made from this variety of pewter.
1. To treat flippantly or without seriousness; play or toy: Don’t trifle with my affections.
2. To act or speak with little seriousness or purpose; jest.
To waste (time or money, for example).

Question 2

invalid*2

Answer 2

1 One who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or disability.
2
1. Not legally or factually valid; null: an invalid license.
2. Falsely based or reasoned; faulty: an invalid argument.

Question 3

sacrifice

Answer 3

1 an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity:
they offer sacrifices to the spirits
3 an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy:
we must all be prepared to make sacrifices.
▸ verb [with obj.]
1 offer or kill as a religious sacrifice:
the goat was sacrificed at the shrine.
2 give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations:
working hard doesn’t mean sacrificing your social life.

Question 4

poultry

Answer 4

▸ noun [mass noun] domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

Question 5

comrade

Answer 5

1. A person who shares one’s interests or activities; a friend or companion.
2. A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.

Question 6

endeavour

Answer 6

1. to try (to do something)

2. an effort to do or attain something

Question 7

wholly

Answer 7

adverb entirely; fully:
she found herself given over wholly to sensation
the distinction is not wholly clear.

Question 8

origin

Answer 8

1. The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
2. Ancestry: “We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try”
3. The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.

Question 9

moral

Answer 9

ask abugee

Question 10

pretence

Answer 10

1. the act of pretending
2. a false display; affectation
3. a claim, esp a false one, to a right, title, or distinction
4. make-believe or feigning
5. a false claim or allegation; pretext
   affectation=a studied display of real or pretended feeling e.g
   an affectation of calm