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Question 1

adultery

Answer 1

// After her death, Nin was variously portrayed as a spoiled, upper-crust adulteress who used her husband’s money to keep dozens of lovers dependent

: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse

Question 2

candor

Answer 2

// Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor.

: the quality of being open and honest; frankness

Question 3

at random

Answer 3

// You can dip into it at random…

Question 4

colossus, colossi

Answer 4

: a statue that is much bigger than life size

: a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability

Question 5

gait

/ɡeɪt/

Answer 5

// the easy gait of an athlete

: a person’s manner of walking

Question 6

seclude

Answer 6

// I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation
// the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious

: keep (someone) away from other people

Question 7

contagious

/kənˈteɪdʒəs/

Answer 7

// a contagious disease
// her enthusiasm is contagious

adjective
: (of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact
: (of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others

Question 8

seclusion

Answer 8

// they enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion

: the state of being private and away from other people

Question 9

villainy

/ˈvɪləni/

Answer 9

“Dream House as Queer Villainy”

: wicked or criminal behaviour

Question 10

equitable

Answer 10

// the equitable distribution of resources
// while trying to imagine our way into a more equitable future

: fair and impartial

Question 11

decapitate

Answer 11

// When Medusa was decapitated by Perseus, both Chrysaor and Pegasus were born at the same time.

: cut off the head of (someone)

Question 12

cavern

/ˈkav(ə)n/

Answer 12

// The cavernous interior was hung with banners
// a dark cavern of a shop

: a large cave or chamber in a cave
: a large, dark place or space

Question 13

blunt

Answer 13

// a blunt knife
// the blunt tip of the leaf
// a blunt statement of fact
// their determination had been blunted

: (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point
: (of a person or remark) uncompromisingly direct
: make or become less sharp
: weaken or reduce the force of (something)
: [informal] a hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis

Question 14

assuage

/əˈsweɪdʒ/

Answer 14

// They say that "Time assuages"
// the letter assuaged the fears of most members
// an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge

: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
: satisfy (an appetite or desire)

Question 15

malady

Answer 15

// Time is a Test of Trouble -
But not a Remedy -
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady

// an incurable malady
// the nation's maladies

: a disease or ailment
: a serious problem

Question 16

fallout

Answer 16

// a fallout shelter
// he's prepared to take calculated risks regardless of political fallout

: radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation
: the adverse results of a situation or action

Question 17

agency

/ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi/

Answer 17

// canals carved by the agency of running water
// the movies could be an agency moulding the values of the public

: action or intervention producing a particular effect; action; effect; influence
: a thing or person that acts to produce a particular result

Question 18

pollinate

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// there are not enough bees to pollinate their crops

: convey pollen to or deposit pollen on (a stigma, ovule, flower, or plant) and so allow fertilization (також метафорично)

Question 19

sediment

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// particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the seabed, and may in time become consolidated into rock (також метафорично)

: matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Question 20

estrangement

Answer 20

// the artist's paintings from this period reflect his growing estrangement from his family
// a parent's rights in the event of divorce or estrangement

: the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group
: the fact of no longer living with one’s spouse or partner; separation

Question 21

falter

Answer 21

// the music faltered, stopped, and started up again
// "‘A-Adam?’ he faltered"
// "he faltered and finally stopped in mid-stride"

: lose strength or momentum
: speak hesitantly
: move unsteadily or hesitantly

Question 22

cesspool

Answer 22

// the town is not the cesspool you portrayed

: a disgusting or corrupt place
: an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage

Question 23

sleepage

Answer 23

: [urban] term used when you need a massive amount of sleep

Question 24

stillborn

Answer 24

// a stillborn baby
// the proposed wealth tax was stillborn

: (of an infant) born dead
: (of a proposal or plan) having failed to develop or be realized

Question 25

riff

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// he also riffs on racism and the economy

: perform a monologue or spoken improvisation on a particular subject

Question 26

primordial

/prʌɪˈmɔːdɪəl/

Answer 26

// the primordial oceans
// the primordial needs of the masses
// primordial germ cells

: existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval
: (especially of a feeling or state) basic and fundamental
: (of a cell, part, or tissue) in the earliest stage of development

Question 27

primeval

/prʌɪˈmiːv(ə)l/

Answer 27

// mile after mile of primeval forest
// a primeval desire

: of the earliest time in history
: (of emotion or behaviour) strongly instinctive and unreasoning

Question 28

evocative

/ɪˈvɒkətɪv/

Answer 28

// powerfully evocative lyrics

: bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

Question 29

bourgeon

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// This hour long work is still considered as the initiating point of the contemporary dance movement that bourgeoned in Flanders during the 1980s.

: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Question 30

rampant

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// political violence was rampant
// rampant sex
// a rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds

: (especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked
: unrestrained in action or performance
: (of a plant) lush in growth; luxuriant

Question 31

string together

Answer 31

// So I started speaking to my uncles about their childhood, and the stories started stringing together
// he can't string two sentences together

: add items to one another to form a series or coherent whole

Question 32

batter

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// I had already been so battered in my home, I felt I had nothing else to lose.

: strike repeatedly with hard blows
: censure, criticize, or defeat severely

Question 33

In layman terms

Answer 33

: на хлопський розум

Question 34

handcuffs

Answer 34

// he was led into court handcuffed to a policeman

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