Book 7 - LESSON 15

Question 1

Rustic

Answer 1

1. Of or relating to country life or people.
2. Lacking elegance or polish.
3. A country person, especially one thought of as simple or crude.

Question 2

Complement

Answer 2

1. Something that completes or makes perfect.
2. The number or amount that makes up a whole.
3. To bring to completion or perfection.

Question 3

Vocation

Answer 3

A person’s employment; occupation.

(Vocational) Having to do with a person’s career.

Question 4

Pretentious

Answer 4

Drawing undeserved or inappropriate attentions to oneself; showy.

Question 5

Impromptu

Answer 5

1. Unplanned.
2. Without preparation.

Question 6

Emphasize

Answer 6

1. To give special attention to; to stress.

(Emphasis) Special attention directed at something to give it importance.

(Emphatic) Said or done with force.

Question 7

Homage

Answer 7

Honor or respect shown publicly.

Question 8

Warble

Answer 8

To sing in a melodious manner.

Question 9

Prowess

Answer 9

Great skill or ability.

Question 10

Conjure

Answer 10

1. To call forth by magic, or as if by magic.
2. (with up) To bring to mind; to recall or evoke.

Question 11

Subtle

Answer 11

1. So slight as to be not easily seen or understood.
2. Able to understand fine shades of meaning.

(Subtlety) Something so slight that only a clever or well-educated person can see it; the quality of being subtle.

Question 12

Oblige

Answer 12

1. To require someone to do something for legal, social. or moral reasons.
2. To earn the gratitude of.
3. To do a favor for.

Question 13

Medley

Answer 13

1. A mixture of often unrelated things

Question 14

Lush

Answer 14

Marked by richness of growth, especially of vegetation.

Question 15

Component

Answer 15

1. Any of the more important parts of a whole.
2. . Contributing to form a whole.