Deck 4

Question 1

drone

/drəʊn/

Answer 1

1. (v) Make a continuous low humming sound
   Speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone
   Move with a continuous humming sound
2. (n) A continuous low humming sound
   A monotonous speech
3. (n) A continuous musical note of low pitch
4. (n) A male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen
   A person who does no useful work and lives off others
5. (n) A remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or missile

Question 2

gambol

/ˈɡamb(ə)l/

Answer 2

1. (v) Run or jump about playfully

2. (n) An act of running or jumping about playfully

Question 3

intransigence / intransigency (n)

/ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)ns/

Answer 3

Refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something

Question 4

modicum (n)

/ˈmɒdɪkəm/

Answer 4

A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable

Question 5

perfunctory (adj)

/pəˈfʌŋ(k)t(ə)ri/

Answer 5

(Of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort

Question 6

quarantine

/ˈkwɒrəntiːn/

Answer 6

1. (n) A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed
2. (v) Put (a person or animal) in quarantine

Question 7

stoic

/ˈstəʊɪk/

Answer 7

1. (n) A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining
2. (adj) another term for stoical

Question 8

stoical (adj)

/ˈstəʊɪk(ə)l/

Answer 8

Enduring pain and hardship without showing one’s feelings or complaining

Question 9

austere (adj)

/ɔːˈstɪə/

Answer 9

Severe or strict in manner or attitude
(Of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries
Having a plain and unadorned appearance

Question 10

adorn (v)

/əˈdɔːn/

Answer 10

Make more beautiful or attractive

Question 11

concatenate (v)

/kənˈkatɪneɪt/

Answer 11

Link (things) together in a chain or series

Question 12

dubious (adj)

/ˈdjuːbɪəs/

Answer 12

1. Hesitating or doubting
2. Not to be relied upon; suspect
   Morally suspect
   Of questionable value

Question 13

garble

/ˈɡɑːb(ə)l/

Answer 13

1. (v) Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way
2. (n) A garbled account or transmission

Question 14

intransigent

/ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt/

Answer 14

1. (adj) Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something
2. (n) An intransigent person

Question 15

peripatetic

/ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk/

Answer 15

1. (Adj) Travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods
   (Of a teacher) working in more than one school or college
2. (n) A person who travels from place to place, especially a teacher who works in more than one school or college