Advanced 100-150

Question 1

Dilate

Answer 1

to make it wider.

“dilate our cultural knowledge”

Question 2

Dilatory

Answer 2

tending or intended to cause delay, often slow, procrastinate.

“British institutions have been dilatory in cutting credit card charges.
dilatory in paying bills”

Prendre poppers, rigole slowly and delay

Question 3

Dilettante

Answer 3

A person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep or serious. having a superficial interest (-)

“He’s a bit of a dilettante as far as wine is concerned.”

Poppers dilettante because dilatory, dilette other persones phase 2 mais non expert

Question 4

Dirge

Answer 4

A funeral or mourning song or poem, requiem

“a funeral dirge”

Angels robie wiliam

Question 5

Discomfiting

Answer 5

Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating. Déconcertant

“to be discomfited by a question.”

confiture, strange for dinner in german

Question 6

Discordant

Answer 6

producing an unpleasant sound OR not in agreement with sth else (opinions are in conflict).
to DISCORD (discorde)

“Discordant opinions prevail even among good judges.”

Question 7

Discrete

Answer 7

Separate, distinct, detached, existing as individual parts

“These small companies now have their own discrete identity.”

discrete numbers, each one unique

Question 8

Disparage

Answer 8

Dénigrer

“The actor’s work for charity has recently been disparaged in the press as an attempt to get publicity.”
religious beliefs disparaged as superstition

trump parade, critique trump

Question 9

Disparate

Answer 9

different in every way, very different

“The two cultures were so utterly disparate that she found it hard to adapt from one to the other.”

Question 10

Dissemble

Answer 10

Dissimuler, CONCEAL (cacher). To hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts

“dissembling the facts / He accused the government of dissembling.”

lego important, dissemble and hide them

Question 11

distaff

Answer 11

Involving women; female.//
in the past, a stick onto which wool or flax (= fibre from a plant) was twisted for spinning

“The sandwich shop she’s opening is a distaff alternative to the town’s male-dominated coffee shop culture.”

Equipe de france 10 women for staff

Question 12

distend

Answer 12

Se distendre (usually of the stomach or other part of the body) to swell and become large (as if) by pressure from inside

Question 13

dither

Answer 13

to be unable to make a decision about doing something:

“Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
She’s still dithering over whether to accept the job she’s just been offered.”

Dezzer DBZ quoi faire, nice or bad ??

Question 14

diurnal

Answer 14

happening over a period of a day, or being active or happening during the day rather than at night

“diurnal tasks”

Nuit de noce opposite car diurnal

Question 15

Doctrinaire

Answer 15

Stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations

“He has a somewhat doctrinaire approach to running the company.”

Question 16

Doff

Answer 16

Enlever, usually to show respect (hat)

retreat hat, shampoin dove

Question 17

Dovetail

Answer 17

A type of joint used to fix two pieces of wood firmly together
You can also use the word dovetail to show how other things fit well together — like how your picnic plans nicely dovetail with the sunny forecast.

Dove shampoin, after doff dovetail

Question 18

Droll

Answer 18

humorous, especially in an unusual way:

“a droll remark/expression/person”

Question 19

Dupe

Answer 19

to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do:

“The girls were duped by drug smugglers into carrying heroin for them.”

Question 20

Duplicity

Answer 20

Dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people:

“They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides.”

ex: pakistan government

Question 21

Dyspeptic

Answer 21

Having problems with digesting food OR always angry or easily annoyed

Dysleslic Never ending story so angry

Question 22

Ebullient

Answer 22

Very energetic, positive, and happy:

“He wasn’t his usual ebullient self.”

Ebouillant ; ex won lottery

Question 23

Edify

Answer 23

To instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge, uplight

Tour de babel, pour knowledge

Question 24

Effigy

Answer 24

A model or other object that represents someone, especially one of a hated person that is hanged or burned in a public place (-)

“Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president.”

Effigy macron gilets jaune

Question 25

Egress

Answer 25

Une sortie, the act or way of leaving a place:

“The main egress from the restaurant had been blocked off.”

Ogresse leaving bce

Question 26

Elegy

Answer 26

A sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past:

“Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is a famous English poem.”

Eloge, eulogy

Question 27

Emaciate

Answer 27

Very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine.”

Donne viande émietté africains

Question 28

Encomium

Answer 28

Louange,a piece of writing, speech, etc. that praises someone or something.

Yugiho encomium piece 3000Y after

Question 29

Endemic

Answer 29

especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area.

“There is endemic racism/poverty/violence in many of the country’s cities.”

Question 30

Engender

Answer 30

To make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist:

“Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy.
The vice-president’s speech did not engender confidence in his judgment.”

Question 31

Epicure

Answer 31

a person who enjoys high quality food and drink, bon vivant

Question 32

Equanimity

Answer 32

Calm mental state, especially after a shock or disappointment or in a difficult situation
“He received the news of his mother’s death with remarkable equanimity.
“

equal, doesn’t change

Question 33

Ersatz

Answer 33

Un substitu, used instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare.

“I’m allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans, but it’s a poor substitute for the real thing.”

Question 34

Erstwhile

Answer 34

Autrefois, former

If your dad used to play in a punk band, but is now a computer programmer, you could call him an erstwhile punk rocker.

Question 35

Ethos

Answer 35

the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the social behaviour and relationships of a person or group:

“national ethos
working-class ethos
The ethos of the traditional family firm is being threatened.

Zombies might live by the ethos “eat more brains.””

Question 36

Euphony

Answer 36

The quality of having a pleasant sound:

“The poet has chosen her words more for euphony than factual accuracy.”

Question 37

Exigent

Answer 37

Needing urgent attention, or demanding too much from other people.

“an exigent problem”

Exigent 2 times

Question 38

Exonerate

Answer 38

to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something:

“The report exonerated the crew from all responsibility for the collision.”

Question 39

Expedient

Answer 39

Opportun,helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable:

“It might be expedient not to pay him until the work is finished.”

Question 40

Expurgate

Answer 40

Expurger,
To expurgate is to censor. Usually, people talk about expurgating bad words from something written or on TV.
often expurgate parts

“The book was expurgated to make it suitable for children.”

Question 41

Extemporaneous

Answer 41

Done or said without any preparation or thought:

“an extemporaneous speech”

Question 42

faction

Answer 42

“A group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group”

the left-wing faction of the party

Question 43

Fallow

Answer 43

Something that is fallow is left unused. If you’re smart but lazy, someone might say you have a fallow mind.

OR jachere, left not planted

Question 44

fastidious

Answer 44

If you want to describe a person who insists on perfection or pays much attention to food, clothing and cleanliness, the right word is fastidious.

“He is very fastidious about how a suitcase should be packed.”

Question 45

Fatuous

Answer 45

stupid, lacking intelligence, not correct, or not carefully thought about:

“a fatuous idea”

Facetious (don’t take seriously) so fatuous