ESL Essential Words 10

Question 1

Heir

Answer 1

Prison who has a right to someone’s property after that one dies. Person who inherits anything

Question 2

Majestic

Answer 2

Grand. Noble. Dignified. Kingly

Question 3

Dwindle

Answer 3

Become smaller and smaller. Shrink

Question 4

Surplus

Answer 4

Amount over and above what is needed. Excess, extra

Question 5

Traitor

Answer 5

Person who betrays his or her country, a friend, duty, etc.

Question 6

Deliberate

Answer 6

To consider carefully. Intended. Dense on purpose. Slow and careful, as though allowing time to decide what to do

Question 7

Vandal

Answer 7

Prison who willfully or ignorantly destroys or damages beautiful things

Question 8

Drought

Answer 8

Long period of dry water. Lack of rain. Lack of water. Dryness

Question 9

Abide

Answer 9

Accept and follow out. Remain faithful to. Dwell. Endure

Question 10

Unify

Answer 10

Unite. Make or form into one

Question 11

Summit

Answer 11

Highest point. Top

Question 12

Heed

Answer 12

Give careful attention to. Take notice of. Careful attention

Question 13

Drench

Answer 13

Wet thoroughly. Soak

Question 14

Swarm

Answer 14

Group of insects flying or moving about together. Crowd or great number. To fly o move about in great numbers.

Question 15

Wobble

Answer 15

Move unsteadily from side to side

Question 16

Tumult

Answer 16

Noise. Uproar. Violent disturbance or disorder

Question 17

Kneel

Answer 17

Go down on ones knees. Remain on the knees

Question 18

Dejected

Answer 18

In low spirits. Sad

Question 19

Obedient

Answer 19

Doing what one is told. Willing to obey

Question 20

Recede

Answer 20

Go back. Move back. Slope backward. Withdraw

Question 21

Tyrant

Answer 21

Cruel or unjust ruler. Cruel master. Absolute ruler

Question 22

Charity

Answer 22

Generously into the poor. Institutions for helping the sick

Question 23

Verdict

Answer 23

Decision of a jury. Judgement

Question 24

Unearth

Answer 24

Dig up. Discover. Find out

Question 25

Depart

Answer 25

Go away. Leave. Turn away (from). Change. Die

Question 26

Coincide

Answer 26

Occupy the same place in space. Occupy the same time. Correspond exactly. Agree

Question 27

Debtor

Answer 27

Person who owes something to another

Question 28

Legible

Answer 28

Able to be read. Easy to read. Plain and clear

Question 29

Placard

Answer 29

A notice to be posted in a public place. Poster

Question 30

Contagious

Answer 30

Spreading by contract, easily spreading from one to another

Question 31

Clergy

Answer 31

Persons prepared for religious work. Clergymen as a group

Question 32

Customary

Answer 32

Usual

Question 33

Transparent

Answer 33

Easily seen through. Clear

Question 34

Scald

Answer 34

Pour boing liquid over. Burn with hot liquid or steam. Heat almost to the boiling point

Question 35

Epidemic

Answer 35

An outbreak of a disease that spreads

Question 36

Obesity

Answer 36

Extreme fatness

Question 37

Magnify

Answer 37

Cause to look larger than it really is. Make too much of. Go beyond the truth in telling.

Question 38

Chiropractor

Answer 38

A person who treats ailments by massage and manipulation of the vertebrae and other forms of therapy on the theory that disease results from interference with the normal functioning of the nervous system

Question 39

Obstacle

Answer 39

Anything that gets in the way or hinders. Impediment. Obstruction

Question 40

Ventilate

Answer 40

Change the air in. Purify by fresh air. Discuss openly

Question 41

Jeopardize

Answer 41

Risk. Endanger

Question 42

Pension

Answer 42

Regular payment that is not wages. To make such a payment

Question 43

Vital

Answer 43

Having to do with life. Necessary to life. Causing death, failure or ruin. Lively

Question 44

Municipal

Answer 44

Of a city or state. Having something to do in the affairs of a city or town

Question 45

Oral

Answer 45

Spoken. Using speech. Of the mouth