Advanced Words 7

Question 1

• not worth keeping or no longer useful

Answer 1

Expendable(adj):

Ex: he was considered expendable and dropped from the team

Question 2

• to do sth that will cause a series of actions to start

Answer 2

Set the wheels in motion:

Ex: i thought a phone call to the right person might set the wheels in motion

Question 3

• a feeling of being bored and mentally tired

Answer 3

Ennui(n):
/ˌɑːnˈwiː/
Ex: The whole country seems to be affected by the ennui of winter.

Question 4

• a person who watches other people’s private lives

Answer 4

Voyeur(n):

Ex: I felt like a voyeur visiting the war zone and seeing badly injured people being dragged from their bomb-shattered homes.
—> voyeuristic(adj):

Question 5

• to prevent sth or sb undesirable from coming in

Answer 5

Screen out sth/sb:

Ex: Home water filtration systems are supposed to screen out toxins and other contaminants.

Question 6

• the process by which blood changes into a solid state to form a solid seal

Answer 6

Coagulation (n):
= clotting

Question 7

• the office where a consul works

Answer 7

Consulate(n):

Ex: the Cuban consulate in Mexico city

Question 8

• impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended

Answer 8

Invincible(adj):

Ex: Last year the company seemed/looked invincible but in recent weeks has begun to have problems.

Question 9

• very nervous and easily upset

Answer 9

High-strung/highly strung(adj):

Ex: a high-strung racehorse(a horse bred and trained for racing)/woman

Question 10

• to stop and catch sth or sb before that thing or person is able to reach a particular place

Answer 10

Intercept(v):

Ex: Law enforcement agents intercepted a shipment of drugs from Central America.

Question 11

• to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do

Answer 11

Get/let sb off the hook:
—> wriggle off the hook: to shirk/abrogate

Question 12

• (of sound) loud, unpleasant, noisy

Answer 12

Strident(adj):
/…ai…/
Ex: people are put off by his strident voice

Question 13

• to impress sb, because of being ravishing, intelligent, etc.
• to confuse sb

Answer 13

Bedazzle(v):

Ex: she bedazzled him with her knowledge and beauty
The strange atmosphere bedazzled her

Question 14

• most important

Answer 14

Overarching(adj):
Formal
Ex: the overarching theme of the election campaign was tax cuts

Question 15

• happening after a person’s death

Answer 15

Posthumous(adj):
Formal
Ex: a posthumous award
Dylan was posthumously awarded a silver star