Day 1 - Keir Starmer New Yorker

Question 1

Calamitous

Answer 1

Involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous.
E.g such calamitous events as fires, hurricanes, and floods

Question 2

Reaffirm

Answer 2

1. state again strongly.
   E.g. The prime minister reaffirmed his commitment to the agreement
2. Confirm the validity of something previously established.
   E.g. the election reaffirmed his position as leader

Question 3

Subliminal

Answer 3

Existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual.
E.g. …

Question 4

Turmoil

Answer 4

A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
E.g. the country was in turmoil

Question 5

Sturm und Drang

Answer 5

1. Tumult; turmoil; upheaval

Question 6

Plodding

Answer 6

1. Slow-moving and unexciting
   E.g. A plodding comedy drama
2. Boring
3. (of a person) Through and hard-working but lacking in imagination or intelligence.
   E.g. plodding, methodical Ralph Bellamy.
   For a long time, they wrote him off as a plodding lawyer who was too lacking in charisma to lead his party back to power.

Question 7

Charisma

Answer 7

1. A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people
2. Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.
   E.g. He has tremendous charisma and stage presence

Question 8

Overarching

Answer 8

1. Forming an arch above.
   E.g. great trees with overarching branches.
2. encompassing or overshadowing everything.
   E.g. The community’s overarching needs are more jobs and better housing.

Question 9

Reappraisal

Answer 9

1. The assessment or estimation again of the worth, value, or quality of a person or thing.

Question 10

Centrist

Answer 10

1. (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center;moderate.
2. of or relating to centrists or to their political views;middle-of-the-road.

Question 11

Pratfalls

Answer 11

1. afallin which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
2. a humiliating blunder or defeat.

Question 12

bookend

Answer 12

one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else:two events that served as bookends to my career.

verb (used with object)

to occur or be located at the beginning and end of:His term in office was bookended by crises.

Question 13

Pigeonhole

Answer 13

one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.

aholeor recess, or one of a series of recesses, forpigeonsto nest in.

verb (used with object),pi·geon·holed,pi·geon·hol·ing.

to assign to a definite place or to definite places in some orderly system:to pigeonhole new ideas.

to lay aside for use or reference at some later, indefinite time:We must pigeonhole this excellent plan until the time is ripe.