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Question 1

traverse

\trə-ˈvərs\

Answer 1

D. to cross an area of land or water

E. skiers traversing the slopes / The region is traversed by several roads.

Question 2

travesty

'tra-ve’s-tē\

Answer 2

D. something that does not have the qualities or values that it should have, and as a result is often shocking or offensive; a burlesque; a distortion

E. the trial was a travesty of justice. / His claim is a travesty of the facts.

Question 3

treatise

\ˈtrē-təs\

Answer 3

D. a long and serious piece of writing on a particular subject

Question 4

trek

Answer 4

D. to travel slowly

E. Star Trek: into darkness

Question 5

tremor

'tre-me’r\

Answer 5

D. a slight shaking movement in a part of your body caused, for example, by cold or fear

E. There was a slight tremor in his voice. / She felt a tremor of fear run through her.

Question 6

tremulous

Answer 6

D. shaking slightly because you are nervous; causing you to shake slightly

E. a tremulous voice / He was in a state of tremulous excitement.

Question 7

trenchant

Answer 7

D. keen; forceful

E. His trenchant views on the subject are well known.

Question 8

trepidation

\tre-pe’-‘dā-she’n\

Answer 8

D. great worry or fear about something unpleasant that may happen

E. He answered the door with some trepidation.

Question 9

tribulation

\ˌtri-byə-ˈlā-shən\

Answer 9

D. great trouble or suffering

E. the tribulations of modern life

Question 10

tribunal

\trī-‘byü-ne’l\

Answer 10

D. a type of court with the authority to deal with a particular problem or disagreement

E. an international war crimes tribunal / a military tribunal

Question 11

trite

Answer 11

D. dull and boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original

Question 12

troth

\ˈträth\

Answer 12

D. loyal; one’s pledged word

E. pledged my troth / by my troth, I will not trespass on your precious property

Question 13

truckle

\ˈträ-kəl\

Answer 13

D. to submit and be servile

E. the kind of guy who truckles to anyone who has even a suspicion of money

Question 14

truculent

'trä-cyü-le’nt\

Answer 14

D. tending to argue or be bad-tempered; slightly aggressive

E. ‘What do you want?’ he asked, sounding slightly truculent.

Question 15

truism

\trui-se’m\

Answer 15

D. a statement that is clearly true and does not therefore add anything interesting or important to a discussion

E. ended his letter with the overused truism, “You can’t win them all!”

Question 16

trumpery

\ˈträm-p(ə-)rē\

Answer 16

D. objects of little value

E. a wagon loaded with household trumpery

Question 17

truncate

Answer 17

D. to make something shorter, especially by cutting off the top or end

E. My article was published in truncated form. / Further discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea.

Question 18

truncheon

\ˈtrən-chən\

Answer 18

D. a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon

E. police officers were forced to use their truncheons on the rioters

Question 19

tryst

\trist\

Answer 19

D. a secret meeting between lovers

E. both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park

Question 20

tumid

\ˈtü-məd\

Answer 20

D. swollen; inflated

E. he’d just been in a fight, and was nursing his tumid lip

Question 21

turbid

Answer 21

D. full of mud, dirt, etc. so that you cannot see through it

E. the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing / turbid depths of degradation and misery

Question 22

turbulence

Answer 22

D. a state of commotion or agitation, a situation in which there is a lot of sudden change, confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence

E. a period of turbulence in the country’s history / We experienced severe turbulence during the flight.

Question 23

turgid

Answer 23

D. boring, complicated and difficult to understand; swollen; containing more water than usual

E. turgid prose / the turgid waters of the Niles

Question 24

turncoat

'te’rn-cōt\

Answer 24

D. a person who leaves one political party, religious group, etc. to join one that has very different views

E. the plot of the story revolved around the gangster’s relentless determination to learn the identity of the turncoat

Question 25

turnkey

Answer 25

D. a jailer

Question 26

turpitude

\ˈtər-pə-ˌtüd\

Answer 26

D. very immoral behaviour

E. drug addiction and other forms of moral turpitude are depicted as alternative fashion statements

Question 27

tutelage

'tü-te’-le’g\

Answer 27

D. the teaching and instruction that one person gives to another

E. Under his tutelage, she started reading widely again. / A new regime was installed under French tutelage.

Question 28

tyro

\tī-ro\

Answer 28

D. a person who has little or no experience of something or is beginning to learn something

E. he’s a good musician, but at 14, he’s still a tyro and has a lot to learn

Question 29

ubiquitous

\yü-ˈbi-kwə-təs\

Answer 29

D. omnipresent

E. the ubiquitous bicycles of university towns / the ubiquitous movie star, Tom Hanks

Question 30

ulterior

\ä-‘ti-rē-e’r\

Answer 30

D. that somebody keeps hidden and does not admit

E. She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?

Question 31

ultimate

Answer 31

D. the farthest; the final; the highest

E. We will accept ultimate responsibility for whatever happens. / This race will be the ultimate test of your skill. / We could not trace the ultimate source of the rumours.

Question 32

ultimatum

\ˌəl-tə-ˈmā-təm\

Answer 32

D. a final warning to a person or country that if they do not do what you ask, you will use force or take action against them

E. She was given an ultimatum—work harder or lose her job.

Question 33

umbrage

\ˈəm-brij\

Answer 33

D. shadow; take umbrage (at sth): to feel offended, insulted or upset by something, often without a good reason

E. took umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect

Question 34

unadulterated

Answer 34

D. pure, you use unadulterated to emphasize that something is complete or total; not adulterated

E. For me, the holiday was sheer unadulterated pleasure. / unadulterated foods

Question 35

unanimity

\ˌyü-nə-ˈni-mə-tē\

Answer 35

D. agreement (uni+anim)

E. We won’t all agree, but we need to achieve a degree of unanimity.

Question 36

unassuming

Answer 36

D. modest

Question 37

unbridled

\än-brī-de’l-d\

Answer 37

D. not controlled and therefore extreme

E. unbridled passion

Question 38

uncanny

Answer 38

D. strange and difficult to explain

E. I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched. / He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies.

Question 39

unconscionable

Answer 39

D. done without applying one’s conscience

E. You take an unconscionable amount of time getting dressed!

Question 40

uncouth

\än-‘cüth\

Answer 40

D. rude or socially unacceptable; clumsy; not having culture or polished

E. uncouth laughter / an uncouth young man

Question 41

unction

\änc-she’n\

Answer 41

D. the act of pouring oil on somebody’s head or another part of their body as part of an important religious ceremony; behaviour or speech that is not sincere and that expresses too much praise or admiration of somebody

Question 42

unctuous

\änc-shü-e’s\

Answer 42

D. riendly or giving praise in a way that is not sincere and which is therefore unpleasant

E. an unctuous host

Question 43

undulate

\än-de’-lāt\

Answer 43

D. to go or move gently up and down like waves

E. The countryside undulates pleasantly.

Question 44

unearth

Answer 44

D. to dig up

Question 45

unequivocal

Answer 45

D. clear

Question 46

unfaltering

Answer 46

D. unhesitating; not wavering or weakening

E. unfaltering loyalty