April

Question 1

poach

Answer 1

to trespass, especially on another’s game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.

e.g. Poachers trim the horns from rhinoceroses.

Question 2

inform

Answer 2

give an essential or formative principle or quality to.
synonyms: suffuse, pervade, permeate, infuse, imbue, inspire; characterize

e. g. “the relationship of the citizen to the state is informed by the democratic ideal”
e. g. His knowledge of literature informed his literary style and the content of his fictions.

Question 3

don

Answer 3

put on (an item of clothing).

e.g. “in the locker room the players donned their football jerseys”

Question 4

in lieu of

Answer 4

instead of

e.g. They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package.

Question 5

mole

Answer 5

spy

Question 6

mores /ˈmɔreɪz/

Answer 6

norms that are more widely observed and have greater moral significance than others. Mores include an aversion for societal taboos, such as incest. Consequently, the values and mores of a society predicates legislation prohibiting their taboos.

e.g. Madmen depicted social mores of the United States in the 1960s.

Question 7

patsy

Answer 7

scapegoat. red herring. person accused of a something as a cover for a bigger more elaborate crime.
e. g. Oswald was a patsy in the Kennedy assassination.

Question 8

gallant

Answer 8

(of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic.
e.g. “she had made gallant efforts to pull herself together”

(of a man or his behavior) giving special attention and respect to women; chivalrous.
e.g. her gallant companion

Question 9

supplicant

Answer 9

a person who asks for something in a respectful way from a powerful person or God

e.g. the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors

Question 10

commensurate (with)

Answer 10

corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

e.g. “salary will be commensurate with experience”

Question 11

impinge

Answer 11

advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach.
lit: a strike or dash upon something

e.g. “the site impinges on a greenbelt area”

Question 12

sycophant

Answer 12

马屁精

Question 13

tap out

Answer 13

give up, submission

Archer: I think she’s tapping out after all your beatings.

Question 14

slobber

Answer 14

have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth.

e.g. Lana: stop slobbering on that kidskin

Question 15

jaunty

Answer 15

having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.

e.g. “there was no mistaking that jaunty walk”

Question 16

rakish

Answer 16

having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.

e.g. “he had a rakish, debonair look”

Question 17

best

Answer 17

outwit or get the better of (someone).

e.g. “she refused to allow herself to be bested”

Question 18

venereal

Answer 18

of or relating to sexual intercourse, lust, or the genitals.

e.g. a venereal medicine/venereal disease

Question 19

serviette

Answer 19

brit: a table napkin

Question 20

straggle

Answer 20

move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

e.g. “half the men were already straggling back into the building”

Question 21

swashbuckle

Answer 21

engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance.

e.g. “a crew of swashbuckling buccaneers”

Question 22

levelheaded

Answer 22

calm and sensible

e.g. Jones emerged from the turmoil more levelheaded than before.

Question 23

unassuming

Answer 23

not pretentious or arrogant; modest.

e.g. “he was an unassuming and kindly man”

Question 24

wanderlust

Answer 24

a strong desire to travel.

e.g. “a man consumed by wanderlust”

Question 25

dapper

Answer 25

(typically of a man) neat and trim in dress, appearance, or bearing.

e.g. Oscar, you look really dapper tonight

Question 26

visceral

Answer 26

obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

e.g. Feeling that stab of visceral horror.

Question 27

apprehend

Answer 27

arrest (someone) for a crime.

“a warrant was issued but he has not been apprehended”

Question 28

edifice

Answer 28

1. a complex system of beliefs.
2. building

e.g. “the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built”

Question 29

well-heeled

Answer 29

having plenty of money

Mega-rich Chinese makes Europeans seem like merely well-heeled.

Question 30

pink slip

Answer 30

a notice of dismissal from employment.

Question 31

Saran wrap

Answer 31

A brand of plastic wrap.

Question 32

gushy

Answer 32

profuse emotions of happiness, excited, elated, full of joy, joy that causes a physical reaction

That picture of the mother and child makes me so happy, I am gushy!

Question 33

scion

Answer 33

a descendant of a notable family.

“he was the scion of a wealthy family”

Question 34

piker

Answer 34

a gambler who makes only small bets.

Rich Chinese kids make New Yorkers look like pikers.

Question 35

parlay

Answer 35

transform into (something greater or more valuable).

“a banker who parlayed a sizable inheritance into a financial empire”