2024

Question 1

of the night, or relating to the night:
Yet, in this ____ hunt, the ranger is not the only one who hunts.
Most bats are _______.

Answer 1

Nocturnal

Question 1

an unwillingness to do something or talk about something, for example because you are nervous or being careful:
A blend of nobility and ____.
His _____ about his past made them very suspicious.

Answer 1

Reticence

Question 2

honesty, courage, and kindness:
_____ of spirit/purpose
A blend of _____ and reticence.

Answer 2

Nobility

Question 3

a very great success, achievement, or victory (= when you win a war, fight, or competition), or a feeling of great satisfaction or pleasure caused by this:
Will I return ______ with unending riches after countless successes or.. will I encounter failure? (Aventurine)
She emerged _______ant from the court after all the charges against her were dropped because of a lack of evidence.

Answer 3

Triumph

Question 4

belonging or relating to the cat family, like a cat:
She had pretty, almost ____ features.
a wildlife park with tigers and various other _______

Answer 4

Feline

Question 5

the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for:
He’s been so kind and generous towards me recently - I think he’s got a guilty ___ (= feels guilty).
You didn’t do anything wrong - you should have a clear ____ (= not feel guilty).
This is a matter of _____ - it’s a moral issue, not a political one.

Answer 5

Conscience

Question 6

great ability or skill:
Yoo Joonghyuk’s ____ in swordsmanship.
In some cases the errors are small and might be deemed simply the result of a less-than-perfect arithmetic ______.

Answer 6

Prowess

Question 7

a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction when something bad happens to someone else.
“a business that thrives on ______”
Psychologists note that ____ occurs when empathy is absent, such as when one can dehumanize the person experiencing misfortune

Answer 7

Schadenfreude

Question 8

horrifyingly wicked.
“_____ cruelties”
“And for a student with your grades your attendance is ___!”

Answer 8

Atrocious

Question 9

a feeling of respect or admiration for someone or something:
She has/shows/feels great _________ for her professors.
(archaic) a gesture indicative of deep respect; a bow or curtsy.
the messenger made his ___________”

Answer 9

Reverence

Question 10

a person who lends money in exchange for objects that they can sell if the person leaving the objects does not pay an agreed amount of money in an agreed time
Madam Jade is a _______ (moneylender) and owns a ________ shop.

Answer 10

Pawnbroker

Question 11

the state of being alone, away from other people:
Tane broke ________ on that night.
Living in ___ is one of the possibilities.

Answer 11

Seclusion

Question 12

ability and determination when competing or doing something difficult:
The team showed/proved its ______ in the final round.
There were rumors that wthe great Kwiriki would favor those with the ___ to slip out and seek the waves during the seclusion.

Answer 12

Mettle

Question 13

a wooden or stone structure built in the water at the edge of a sea or lake and used by people getting on and off boats
The freight starskiff slowly moves into the ____.
She took me to the sea, and we swam together until we came to a ____.

Answer 13

Jetty

Question 14

(dated) a murderer or other violent criminal.
Unaware of Ead, concealed in the rafters, watching the _____ touch the door that would lead him to the queen.
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showing no care or consideration for the harm done to others with whom you are in competition:
He was unhappy working in the ________ world of advertising.

Answer 14

Cutthroat

Question 15

a person employed to guard something:
My ____ found the door to the landing gate open last night.
“soldiers stood ____ with their muskets”
A policeman stood ____ at the entrance.

Answer 15

Sentinel

Question 16

the small round part in the middle of the stomach that is left after the umbilical cord (= the long tube of flesh joining the baby to its mother) has been cut at birth
(Informal belly button)
Jannart circled his ___ with one finger.

Answer 16

Navel

Question 17

a belief or idea:
Niclays still had no ____ of how he had held on to this man’s heart for all these years.
The show’s director rejects the ____ that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children.

Answer 17

Notion

Question 18

slightly aggressive behaviour (= showing willingness to fight or argue), or a failure to show respect that makes someone difficult to deal with:
Kaveh: Most importantly, it can’t talk, so it can’t give me any _____.
If you drop the ____ I think we could get along fine.

Answer 18

Attitude

Question 19

a stupid person
Ratio: Don’t invert priorities like those ___ at the Guild.

Answer 19

Dolt

Question 20

the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist:
Kaveh is one of the most popular graduates of Sumeru due to his ____, the Palace of Alcazarzaray.
In the end, he returns to his village to look after his dying father, his _____ lying unfinished in a drawer.

Answer 20

Magnus opus

Question 20

difficult, needing a lot of effort and energy:
Ruan Mei: We know that this trip will be ____<..> Because every step treads right into THEIR calculations.
an ____ climb/task/journey

Answer 20

Arduous

Question 21

help and comfort when you are feeling sad or worried:
People come to thesweet dream in Penacony toescape from that reality and find ____.
(searching for the reader playlist)
But I still find _____
When you say
That you know how I feel
When it’s wrong
And we ain’t been right for years

Answer 21

Solace

Question 22

a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
_____, red sickness, has broken out in Yscalin.
He asserted that famine, war and ____ were positive ways of checking the growth in population, sweeping away excess peoples, and then maintaining a rough equilibrium between people and necessities.

Answer 22

Pestilence

Question 23

a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something.
Alhaitham: Really? Then, should I say that you have a curious ___ for drawing lots?
She seems to have a natural _ for/with water.

Answer 23

Affinity

Question 24

(especially of earth or crops) dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain:
Kaveh: I brought them to the outskirts of the competition zone. When I came back, I was absolutely ___ and then I blacked out.
parched earth/fields/corn

Answer 24

Parched

Question 25

to lower your moral standards by doing something that is unpleasant, dishonest, or unfair:
I can’t believe I _____ __ their level. I can’t believe I am a monster.
I don’t believe she would ever _____ __bribery or blackmail.

Answer 25

Stoop to sth

Question 26

to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch:
___ that torch ___!
Firefighters have been called to _____ the fire in the city centre.

Answer 26

Put sth out

Question 27

a person who forgets things easily or does not think seriously about things:
________ by KXLLSWXTCH
Judge: you must be very _____ed when it comes to your belongings.

Answer 27

Scatterbrain

Question 28

to arrange dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed:
if you say that a game was ____, it means someone did something to ensure that their team won.
HSR: the match is ____!

Answer 28

Rig

Question 29

in a way that is friendly, but formal and polite:
“Hello,” she said ______.
You are _____ reminded not to smoke in your hotel room.

Answer 29

Cordially