Dubliners Text Set 2

Question 1

Spurious (adj):

Answer 1

Of persons: Begot or born out of wedlock; illegitimate, bastard, adulterous. Also figurative.

Question 2

Toreador(n)

Answer 2

One who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight,esp. on horseback; a bullfighter.

Question 3

Necessitous (adj +n)

Answer 3

Adj. Characterized by necessity or poverty.

N. With plural agreement. With the. Necessitous people as a class; the poor or needy.

Question 4

Punctiliously(adv)

Answer 4

In apunctiliousmanner; withscrupulousattention to fine points of procedure, etiquette, or conduct.

Question 5

Rakish (adj)

Answer 5

1. Of a thing: characteristic of or appropriate to a rake; raffish, jaunty, dashing. Of a Person, appearing like a rake.
2. A streamline vehicle, or bird’s wings.

Question 6

Astrakhan(n)

Answer 6

1. The skin of still-born or very young lambs from Astrakhan, the wool of which resembles fur.
2. A kind of cloth used chiefly as an edging or trimming for garments.

Question 7

Impresarios(n)

Answer 7

One who organizes public entertainments; esp. the manager of an operatic or concert company.

Question 8

Corroborate(v)

Answer 8

To strengthen, make strong.

Question 9

Contusion (n+v)

Answer 9

N. An injury to the body caused by a blow with a blunt or heavy instrument, by collision with a hard surface, etc., without breaking the skin; a bruise.
V. transitive. To affect with contusion, to bruise. (Only in passive.)

Question 10

Malodorous (adj)

Answer 10

Having an unpleasant or nasty smell; foul-smelling. Also figurative.