C1

Question 1

Quasi

Answer 1

Used to show that something is almost, but not completely, the thing described
Or
To a degree but not completely

Example
•The flame is a quasi-religious emblem of immortality
•A quasi-scientific explanation

Question 2

Configured

Answer 2

To arrange something or put it’s parts together in a particular form or arrangement
computer to arrange or make changes to a computer system, a piece of computer equipment or software, etc.to make it able to do a particular task or work in a particular way

Examples

•He was an oddly configured, thirty piece “funny face man” kit that costs 98 cents and required buyers to provide their own potato
•online buyers can build their own version of the car: many of the company’s customers configure their own vehicles
•it used to take days to install and configure a server, and now it can be done in minutes

Question 3

Commence

Answer 3

To begin or to start something

Examples
•Work will commence on the new building immediately
•a kid could commence to attach said funny face and build said man
Commence with
The course commences with a one week introduction to Art Theory
Commence doing something
The planes commenced bombing at midnight

Question 4

Condense

Answer 4

To reduce sth such as a speech or a piece of writing, in length
~ to make a text shorter by using fewer words to express the same idea
physics to change or make sth change from a gas to a liquid or solid state

Examples

•I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two
•condense the report to a single page
•water vapor in the air condensed into fog

Question 5

Tagline

Answer 5

A catchphrase or a slogan

Examples

•writing a tagline is a good way to add character to your brand
•Entertainers often develop taglines, like Ted Lewis’s “is everybody happy?”

Question 6

Gin up

Answer 6

To increase sth, to get sth going, to stir something up, to agitate or perhaps make a lil trouble sometimes through less than honest means

Examples

•The better part of the next three years struggling to gin up interest from toy companies
•the trade press has gained up a controversy

Question 7

Split Hairs

Answer 7

To argue about small details of sth
~ To argue about an inconsequential and trivial aspect of an issue

Examples

•Let’s stop splitting hairs and get back to the main issue
•Batard is a little sweeter than Chevalier but perhaps that’s splitting hairs; both these wines are excellent
•let’s not split hairs

Question 8

Half-Baked

Answer 8

Poorly developed or carried out
~ (of an idea or philosophy) not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis
A Foolish

Examples

•Our theory might sound a little half-baked
•the government has come up with a half-baked scheme for training teachers on the job
•half-baked visionaries without a mission

Question 9

Ration

Answer 9

Controlled distribution
~ allow each person to have only a fixed amount of ( a particular commodity)

Examples

•Fuel rationing
•parents still have memories of severe food rationing fresh in their minds