Deck 9

Question 1

disingenuous (adj)

/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs/

Answer 1

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

Question 2

caveat (n)

/ˈkavɪat/

Answer 2

A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations

Question 3

proviso (n)

/prəˈvʌɪzəʊ/

Answer 3

A condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement

Question 4

frisk

/frɪsk/

Answer 4

1. (v)(Of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items
2. (v) Skip or leap playfully; frolic
3. (n) An act of frisking someone:
4. (n) A playful skip or leap

Question 5

frolic

/ˈfrɒlɪk/

Answer 5

1. (v) Play or move about in a cheerful and lively way
2. (n) A playful and lively movement or activity
3. (adj) Cheerful, merry, or playful

Question 6

especial (adj)

/ɪˈspɛʃ(ə)l/

Answer 6

1. Better or greater than usual; special

2. For or belonging chiefly to one person or thing

Question 7

inform (v)

/ɪnˈfɔːm/

Answer 7

1. Give (someone) facts or information; tell
   Give incriminating information about someone to the police or other authority
2. Give an essential or formative principle or quality to

Question 8

defer (v)

/dɪˈfəː/

Answer 8

1. Put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone

2. Submit to or acknowledge the merit of

Question 9

subordinate

(adj) (n) /səˈbɔːdɪnət/
(v) /səˈbɔːdɪneɪt/

Answer 9

1. (Adj) Lower in rank or position
   Of less or secondary importance
2. (n) A person under the authority or control of another within an organization
3. (v) Treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else
   Make subservient to or dependent on something else

Question 10

emergent (adj)

/ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)nt/

Answer 10

In the process of coming into being or becoming prominent

Question 11

monetary (adj)

/ˈmʌnɪt(ə)ri/

Answer 11

Relating to money or currency

Question 12

homogeneous / homogenous

/ˌhɒmə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːnɪəs/ /həˈmɒdʒɪnəs/

Answer 12

Of the same kind; alike

Consisting of parts all of the same kind

Question 13

profess (v)

/prəˈfɛs/

Answer 13

1. Claim, often falsely, that one has (a quality or feeling)
2. Affirm one’s faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs)
   (be professed) Be received into a religious order under vows

Question 14

wallow

/ˈwɒləʊ/

Answer 14

1. (v) (Chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects
   (Of a boat or aircraft) roll from side to side
2. (v) (wallow in) (Of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable)
3. (n) An act of wallowing
4. (n) A depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals

Question 15

bog

/bɒɡ/

Answer 15

1. (n) An area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body
2. (v) (be/get bogged down) Be or become stuck in mud or wet ground
   Be prevented from making progress in a task or activity

Question 16

besotted (adj)

/bɪˈsɒtɪd/

Answer 16

1. Strongly infatuate

2. Intoxicated; drunk