8 Dec

Question 1

botched

Answer 1

to do something badly; to make a mess of something

Question 2

bereaved

Answer 2

1.

having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died

Question 3

marquee

Answer 3

A marquee is a large tent which is used at a fair, garden party, or other outdoor event, usually for eating and drinking in. 2. countable noun. A marquee is a cover over the entrance of a building, for example a hotel or a theatre

Question 4

alacrity

Answer 4

great willingness, eagerness or enthusiasm

Question 5

slothful

Answer 5

lazy

Question 6

sluice

Answer 6

a type of gate that you can open or close to control the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc.

Question 7

herculean

Answer 7

requiring great strength or effort,arduous

Question 8

empirical

Answer 8

based on experiments and practical experience, not on ideas

Question 9

fray

Answer 9

if cloth, etc. frays or becomes frayed, some of the threads at the end start to come apart,
if a person’s nerves, etc. fray or become frayed, he/she starts to get annoyed

Question 10

adroitly

Answer 10

in a clever or skilful way.

Question 11

foment

Answer 11

to cause trouble or violence and make people fight each other or the governme

Question 12

impunity

Answer 12

Impunity means “exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines”. In the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims’ right to justice and redress

Question 13

anguish

Answer 13

great mental pain or suffering

Question 14

reek

Answer 14

to smell strongly of something unpleasant

Question 15

perfidies

Answer 15

he state of being deceitful and untrustworthy, treachery

Question 16

emphatic

Answer 16

said or expressed in a strong way

Question 17

prodigal

Answer 17

spending money freely and rather wastefully,very generous

Question 18

exalt

Answer 18

to make somebody rise to a higher rank or position,to praise somebody/something a lot

Question 19

beckon

Answer 19

to show somebody with a movement of your finger or hand that you want him/her to come closer

Question 20

emanate

Answer 20

to produce or show something

Question 21

cordon

Answer 21

a line or ring of police or soldiers that prevents people from entering an area

Question 22

satyr

Answer 22

one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Greek art they were represented as a man with a horse’s ears and tail, but in Roman representations as a man with a goat’s ears, tail, legs, and horns

Question 23

swanky

Answer 23

expensive and fashionable in a way that impresses people

Question 24

dismal

Answer 24

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causing or showing sadness; depressing,of low quality; poor

Question 25

roster

Answer 25

a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization.

Question 26

predispose

Answer 26

to influence somebody in a way that makes it more likely that they will behave or think in a particular way,
to make it likely that you will suffer from a particular illness in the future or behave in a particular way

Question 27

staunch

Answer 27

believing in somebody/something or supporting somebody/something very strongly; loyal

Question 28

cataclysmic

Answer 28

A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way

Question 29

funerary

Answer 29

relating to a funeral or the commemoration of the dead.

Question 30

sumptuous

Answer 30

very expensive and impressive; lavish,opulent

Question 31

exult

Answer 31

feel or show triumphant elation or jubilation.

rejoice

Question 32

scupper

Answer 32

to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail: Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job,
a hole in a ship’s side to carry water overboard from the deck.

Question 33

squeamish

Answer 33

easily upset by unpleasant sights, especially blood

Question 34

unpalatable

Answer 34

not pleasant to taste.

difficult to put up with or accept.