2021/03/27-

Question 1

tinker

Answer 1

to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it:
He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.
I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service.

Question 2

fiend

Answer 2

an evil and cruel person:

He was portrayed in the media as a complete fiend.

Question 3

weld

Answer 3

to join two pieces of metal together permanently by melting the parts that touch:
Iron spikes have been welded (on) to the railings around the embassy.

Question 4

riddled with

Answer 4

full of holes:

He wore an old jacket riddled with holes.

Question 5

mayhem

Answer 5

a situation in which there is little or no order or control:

With 20 kids running around and only two adults to supervise, it was complete mayhem.

Question 6

realm

Answer 6

an area of interest or activity:

Her interests are in the realm of practical politics.

Question 7

theatrically

Answer 7

in a way that belongs or relates to the theatre, or to the performance or writing of plays, opera, films, etc.:
How can theatrically talented kids be nurtured and developed?
She writes theatrically exciting plays.

Question 8

delirious

Answer 8

unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion:
She had a high temperature and was delirious.

Question 9

somberly

Answer 9

in a way that is serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment:
“She has lost one brother already,” he said somberly.
The two conversed somberly for a while then ordered sandwiches.

Question 10

muse

Answer 10

to think about something carefully and for a long time:

I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business.

Question 11

sibling

Answer 11

a brother or sister:
I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
There was great sibling rivalry (= competition) between Peter and his brother.

Question 12

variant

Answer 12

something that is slightly different from other similar things:
There are many colas on the market now, all variants on the original drink.
There are four variants of malaria, all transmitted to humans by a particular family of mosquitoes.

Question 13

vignette

Answer 13

a short piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that clearly expresses the typical characteristics of something or someone:
She wrote several vignettes of small-town life.

Question 14

intercom

Answer 14

a device that people speak into when they want to communicate with someone who is inside a building, in a different room, in part of a plane, etc.

Question 15

stooge

Answer 15

a person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them:
The newly appointed mayor is widely regarded as a government stooge.

Question 16

seizure

Answer 16

a sudden failure of the heart:
His aunt died of a seizure.
figurative humorous When I told her how much it cost she nearly had a seizure (= she was very shocked).

Question 17

vicinity

Answer 17

the area around a place or where the speaker is :
There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the station.
We could see that there were several open Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity.
Anyone who happened to be in the vicinity could have been injured or killed.

Question 18

dichotomous

Answer 18

involving two completely opposing ideas or things:

The test was used to compare dichotomous variables.

Question 19

precocity

Answer 19

the condition of showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual:
His parents had recognized his musical precociousness.
Once so full of promise and precociousness, the golfer hasn’t won a tournament in 19 months.

Question 20

erudite

Answer 20

having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by very few people:
He’s the author of an erudite book on Scottish history.

Question 21

hallow

Answer 21

to give something great importance and respect, often because it is very old:
methods that have been hallowed by centuries of use

Question 22

recite

Answer 22

to say a piece of writing aloud from memory, or to publicly say a list of things:
She proudly recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
The opposition party recited a long list of the government’s failings.