Advanced Vocabulary 1

Question 1

Being very careful and thorough

Answer 1

Painstakingly

Question 2

Something about to happen that make you afraid

Answer 2

Daunting

Question 3

Extremely attached of in love of something

Answer 3

Besotted

Question 4

Relevant and significant

Answer 4

Pertinent

Question 5

Convenient and available

Answer 5

Handy

Question 6

Enjoyment and pleasure

Answer 6

Delectation

Question 7

Full of, overflowing with

Answer 7

To teem with

Question 8

As a result of happy accident

Answer 8

Serendipitous

Question 9

To encourage or persuade

Answer 9

To entice

Question 10

Examine, explore

Answer 10

To delve in

Question 11

A dispute or strong disagreement with someone

Answer 11

(to be at) loggerheads

Question 12

a selection, a range

Answer 12

Array

Question 13

a formal word for clothes

Answer 13

Attire

Question 14

Happening later than it was supposed to

Answer 14

Belated

Question 15

Doing something bad in an open and obvious way

Answer 15

Blatant

Question 16

Dishonestly influencing someone’s behaviour by giving them money

Answer 16

Bribe

Question 17

Something hard that breaks easily

Answer 17

Brittleness

Question 18

Something that causes trouble, worry or difficulty

Answer 18

Burden

Question 19

A thief, dishonest person

Answer 19

Crook

Question 20

To laugh quietly or inwardly

Answer 20

To chuckle

Question 21

Slow, complicated and inefficient

Answer 21

Cumbersome

Question 22

To cover the surface carelessly with paint or another substance

Answer 22

To daub

Question 23

Destined to have a bad outcome

Answer 23

Doomed

Question 24

Strikingly bad

Answer 24

Egregious

Question 25

Caught or trapped in a complicated situation

Answer 25

Entangled

Question 26

a long period in history

Answer 26

Era

Question 27

Former, previous

Answer 27

Erstwhile

Question 28

A thing so ugly that it hurts your eyes

Answer 28

Eyesore

Question 29

Make small movements with hands or feet especially when nervous

Answer 29

To fidget

Question 30

For a very short amount of time

Answer 30

Fleeting

Question 31

A method that cannot fail

Answer 31

Foolproof

Question 32

To do without

Answer 32

To forego

Question 33

The person with most important or highest position in a particular field

Answer 33

Foremost

Question 34

To worry or be anxious

Answer 34

To fret

Question 35

The successful result of a plan

Answer 35

Fruition

Question 36

A trick aimed to attract attention to sell or promote something but has no value of its own

Answer 36

Gimmick

Question 37

The essential meaning of something (but maybe not all the details)

Answer 37

Gist

Question 38

gloomy and unattractive

Answer 38

Grim

Question 39

To trust and believe people to easily

Answer 39

Gullible

Question 40

To negotiate a price

Answer 40

To haggle

Question 41

Random, disorganized, lacking a plan

Answer 41

Haphazard

Question 42

Inconvenient and hard work

Answer 42

Hassle

Question 43

Speed up

Answer 43

To hasten

Question 44

Destruction, disaster or chaos

Answer 44

Havoc

Question 45

Determined to achieve something at any cost

Answer 45

Hell-bent

Question 46

Gather close together

Answer 46

To huddle

Question 47

Consumption of food and drink

Answer 47

Intake

Question 48

Simple and easily understood language

Answer 48

In layman’s terms

Question 49

Something unwanted or unpleasant is approaching

Answer 49

To loom

Question 50

To carry something heavy with difficulty

Answer 50

To lug