Contrasting Noun-Verb Stress

Question 1

enclosure

Answer 1

an area surrounded by fences or walls:

an enclosure for the horses
the members’ enclosure

Question 2

to object

Answer 2

to feel or express opposition to or dislike of something or someone:

Do you object to his decision?

Question 3

content

Answer 3

pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement:

content with He seems fairly content with (his) life.

[ + to infinitive ] They’re content to socialize with a very small circle of people.

Question 4

oppressive

Answer 4

cruel and unfair:

an oppressive government/military regime

Question 5

to contest

Answer 5

If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge’s decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed:

We will certainly contest any claims made against the safety of our products.

I think he should contest his father’s will.

Question 6

to desert

Answer 6

• to leave the armed forces without permission and with no intention of returning:

Soldiers who deserted and were caught were shot.
How many people desert from the army each year?

• to leave someone without help or in a difficult situation and not come back:

desert someone for someone He deserted his wife and family for another woman.

• If a quality deserts you, you suddenly and temporarily lose it:

All my confidence/courage deserted me when I walked into the exam.

Question 7

entranced/to entrance

Answer 7

If you are entranced by someone or something that is very interesting or beautiful, you cannot stop watching him, her, or it:

We were entranced by the performance.

Someone or something that entrances you is so beautiful or interesting that you cannot stop listening to or watching him, her, or it:

He has entranced millions of people with his beautifully illustrated books.

Question 8

to discount

Answer 8

to decide that something or someone is not worth considering or giving attention:

You shouldn’t discount the possibility of him coming back.

Question 9

to conduct/the conduct

Answer 9

to behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way:

How should I conduct myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.

bad/excellent/disgraceful (позорный) conduct

Question 10

a convert

Answer 10

приверженец
She is a convert to healthy eating.

Question 11

to push the envelope

Answer 11

to go further than the usual limits by doing something new, dangerous, etc.:

We’re really pushing the envelope on this technology; a lot of other companies are just playing catch-up.