General

Question 1

ubiquitous

/juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/

Answer 1

seeming to be everywhere:

• Leather is very much in fashion this season, as is the ubiquitous denim.
• The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the ubiquitous spread of English.
• The mobile phone, that most ubiquitous of consumer-electronic appliances, is about to enter a new age.

Question 2

incumbent

/ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/

Answer 2

officially having the named position:

- The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.

Question 3

perspire

/pəˈspaɪər/

Answer 3

or polite word for sweat (= to pass liquid through the skin):

• He was perspiring in his thick woollen suit.
• The journalists and camera crews began to perspire in the heat as they stood waiting for the president to appear.

Question 4

cradle

/ˈkreɪ.dəl/

Answer 4

a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side:
- The nurse rocked the cradle.

Question 5

gunnysack

/ˈɡʌn.i ˌsæk/

Answer 5

a large, simple bag made of rough material and traditionally used for carrying grain or vegetables