ESL Essential Words9

Question 1

Volunteer

Answer 1

Person who enters any service of his or her own fre will. To offer one’s services

Question 2

Prejudice

Answer 2

An opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly. To harm or injure

Question 3

Shrill

Answer 3

Having a high pitch. High and sharp in sound. Piercing

Question 4

Jolly

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Merry. Full of fun

Question 5

Witty

Answer 5

Cleverly amusing

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Hinder

Answer 6

Hold back. Make hard to do

Question 7

Lecture

Answer 7

Speech or planned talk. A scolding. To scold

Question 8

Abuse

Answer 8

Make bad use of. Use wrongly. Treat badly. Scold very severely. Bad or wrong use. Bad treatment

Question 9

Mumble

Answer 9

Speak indistictly

Question 10

Mute

Answer 10

Silent. Unable to speak

Question 11

Wad

Answer 11

Small, soft mass. To roll or crush into a small mass.

Question 12

Retain

Answer 12

Keep. Remember. Employ by payment of a fee

Question 13

Candidate

Answer 13

Person who is proposed for some office or honor

Question 14

Precede

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Go before. Come before. Be higher in rank or importance

Question 15

Adolescent

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Growing up to manhood or womanhood. Youthful. A person from about 13 to 22 years of age.

Question 16

Coeducational

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Having to o with educating both sexes in the same school

Question 17

Radical

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Going to the root. Fundamental. Extreme. Person with extreme opinions.

Question 18

Spontaneous

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Of one’s own free will. Natural. On the spur of the moment. Without rehearsal

Question 19

Skim

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Remove from the top. Move lightly (over). Glide along. Read hastily or carelessly

Question 20

Vaccinate

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Inoculate with vaccine as a protection against smallpox and other diseases.

Question 21

Untidy

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Not neat. not in order

Question 22

Sensitive

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Receiving Impressions readily. Easily affected or influenced. Easily hurt or offended.

Question 23

Temperate

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Not very hot and not very cold. Moderate

Question 24

Vague

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Not definite. Not clear. Not distinct.

Question 25

Elevate

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Raise. Lift up

Question 26

Lottery

Answer 26

A scheme for distributing prizes by lot or chance

Question 27

Finance

Answer 27

Money matters. To provide money for

Question 28

Obtain

Answer 28

Get. Be in use

Question 29

Discard

Answer 29

Throw aside

Question 30

Soar

Answer 30

Fly upward or at a great height. Aspire

Question 31

Subsequent

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Later. Following. Coming after

Question 32

Relate

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Tell. Give an account of. Connect in thought or meaning

Question 33

Stationary

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Having a fixed station or place. Standing still. Not moving. Not changing in size, number or activity.

Question 34

Prompt

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Quick. On time. Done at one. To cause (someone) to do something. Remind (someone) of the words or actions needed.

Question 35

Hasty

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Quick. Hurried. Not well thought out

Question 36

Scorch

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Burn slightly. Dry up. Criticize sharply

Question 37

Tempest

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Violent storm with much wind. A violent disturbance

Question 38

Soothe

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Quiet. Calm. Comfort

Question 39

Sympathetic

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Having or showing kind feelings toward others. Approving. Enjoying the same things and getting along well together.

Question 40

Redeem

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Buy back. Pay off. Carry out. Set free. Make up for

Question 41

Resume

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Begin again. Go on. Take again

Question 42

Harmony

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Situation of getting on well together or Howell together. Sweet or musical sound

Question 43

Refrain

Answer 43

Hold back

Question 44

Narcotic

Answer 44

Drug that produces drowsiness, sleep, dullness, or an insensible condition, and lessens pain by dulling the nerves.