English I

Question 0

Impetuous

Answer 0

Acting or done quickly without thought or care

Question 1

Pipe dream

Answer 1

Unattainable hope

Question 2

Obviate

Answer 2

To avoid or prevent (a need or difficulty)
Usage: Only things that have not yet occurred can be obviated. For example, one can obviate a possible future difficulty, but not one that already exists

Question 3

Wrench out

Answer 3

To pull out

Economy was wrenched out of its traditional framework

Question 4

Lukewarm

Answer 4

(Of a person, attitude) unenthusiastic

Britain is lukewarm about the proposal

Question 5

Buffet

Answer 5

(Especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently
Rough seas buffeted the coast
(Of difficulties) afflict (someone) over a long period of time
They were buffeted by a major recession

Question 6

Swing 180* from

Answer 6

To completely change, go the opposite way

Question 7

Comfortably surpass

Answer 7

A spectacular autumn harvest comfortably surpassed those of the previous two years.

Question 8

Fateful

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Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence
The Communist leaders made two fateful decisions.

Question 9

Crackpot

Answer 9

Foolish; harebrained: a crackpot notion, a crackpot science

Question 10

Rift

Answer 10

A break in friendly relations: a rift between siblings

Question 11

Perquisite

Answer 11

Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one’s social position or rank

Question 12

Despite appearances to the contrary

Answer 12

Phrase

Question 13

Electorate

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A body of qualified voters

Question 14

Ethos

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The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement
A political ethos of a group is a function of its ethnicity and income

Question 15

Proceeds

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The total amount or profit derived from a sale or other transaction

Question 16

Efficacious

Answer 16

Producing or capable of producing a desired effect

Question 17

To the hilt

Answer 17

To the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully

They were willing to employ resources to the hilt.

Question 18

Subvert

Answer 18

To overthrow or destroy (a government or an established order or authority)
Subversive of the central control in the countryside

Question 19

Nebulous

Answer 19

Lacking definite form or limits; vague
Nebulous question
Nebulous assurance of future assistance

Question 20

Perverse

Answer 20

Contrary to what is right or good

Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable

Question 21

Perversion

Answer 21

Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of sth

Question 22

Above/beyond reproach

Answer 22

So good as to preclude any possibility of criticism

Question 23

Capitalize on sth

Answer 23

To turn something to one’s advantage; benefit

Question 24

Cleavage

Answer 24

A division or split

Interaction between the cleavages within the economic system

Question 25

Injunction

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Law; A court order requiring a party to refrain from doing a particular act or to do a particular act.
Issue an injunction

Question 26

To take note of

Answer 26

Observe carefully, pay close attention to

Question 27

Line your (own) pockets

Answer 27

To make a lot of money in a way that is not fair or honest

Sharp resigned after allegations that he had been lining his pockets during his time as company director.

Question 28

No sooner…than

Answer 28

As soon as

No sooner was the frost off the ground than the work began.

Question 29

Purge

Answer 29

To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable

Question 30

Recalcitrant

Answer 30

Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance

Question 31

Chafe

Answer 31

To feel irritated or impatient
Chafing
They chafed at the delay.
The reporters chafed under the new restrictions.

Question 32

Dismiss

Answer 32

To discard or reject; put aside from consideration

He dismissed the story as rumor.

Question 33

Canonize

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To treat as sacred; glorify

Question 34

Wayward

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Following no clear pattern; unpredictable

events that were often thought to be wayward and capricious

Question 35

Amenable

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Willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority

Question 36

Address

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To direct the energy or efforts of (usu. fol. by to)
The xiafang campaign did not address itself to the basic reasons for unemployment and underemployment in either town or countryside.

Question 37

Inaugurate

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To make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin
To introduce into public use by some formal ceremony
Airmail service between Washington, D.C., and New York City was inaugurated in 1918.

Question 38

As such

Answer 38

In and of itself, intrinsically, per se
What is often taken as Mao’s “anti-technocratic bias” was not a bias against modern technology and science as such, but rather a concern for the social consequences of modern technological development.

Question 39

Mechanical

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Performed or performing in an impersonal or machinelike manner; automatic
Do sth in a mechanical manner
Mechanical delivery of the speech

Question 40

Inextricable

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Extremely involved, difficult or impossible to disentangle
The pursuit of communist social and ideological goals was inextricably intertwined with the goal of rapid economic development.

Question 41

Dynamism

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A process or mechanism responsible for the development or motion of a system, continuous change, activity, or progress; vigor
The spontaneous character of the campaign was partly responsible for the remarkable dynamism that communization generated.

Question 42

Outgrowth

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A result or consequence

Inflation is an outgrowth of war.

Question 43

Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance; accidental

Question 44

Dodge

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To avoid, evade in a dishonest way

Question 45

Downplay

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To make sth appear less important than it really is