Group 732 Vocabulary - Day 08

Question 1

accuracy

Answer 1

how correct or precise something is

Question 2

elderly

Answer 2

old people

Question 3

pesticides

Answer 3

chemicals that kill insects

Question 4

herbicides

Answer 4

chemicals that kill undesireable plants

Question 5

to claim

Answer 5

to state that something is true (often without providing evidence)

Question 6

asssemble

Answer 6

to put together

Question 7

vowels

Answer 7

the letters a, e, i, o, u

Question 8

umpire

Answer 8

the official who enforces the rule in a sports match

Question 9

scissors

Answer 9

an instrument with two metal blades, used for cutting things like paper and cloth

Question 10

stray animal

Answer 10

a domestic animal with no home

Question 11

liver

Answer 11

the organ that processes the products of digestion

Question 12

kidneys

Answer 12

a pair of organs that purify blood in the body

Question 13

spy

Answer 13

a person who secretly collects information for an organization or government

Question 14

shuttle

Answer 14

a spacecraft with wings that is able to land like a normal airplane

Question 15

inmate

Answer 15

a person confined to a prison or hospital

Question 16

remains

Answer 16

a person or animal’s body after death

Question 17

deceased

Answer 17

a person who has died

Question 18

track

Answer 18

to follow the course or trail of someone or something

Question 19

spill

Answer 19

to make or let liquid flow over the edge of a container

Question 20

onslaught

Answer 20

a fierce or destructive attack

Question 21

shatter

Answer 21

to break into pieces; to seriously upset somone

Question 22

sweep the country

Answer 22

to extend all over the country

Question 23

unprecedented

Answer 23

never done or known before

Question 24

unravel

Answer 24

to undo something that is knotted or woven together; to begin to fail or collapse

Question 25

reporter

Answer 25

a journalist

Question 26

demeanor

Answer 26

outward behavior

Question 27

interviewer

Answer 27

person who conducts an interview

Question 28

interviewee

Answer 28

person who is interviewed

Question 29

façade

Answer 29

face of a building; a person’s false outward appearance

Question 30

sheep

Answer 30

an animal that is bred for its wool and meat

Question 31

wool

Answer 31

the hair of an animal that is used for making clothing

Question 32

nervous

Answer 32

anxious (NOT aggressive)

Question 33

discussion

Answer 33

conversation (NOT argument)

Question 34

argument

Answer 34

a verbal fight

Question 35

tether

Answer 35

a rope or chain that is used to restrain an animal

Question 36

be at the end of your tether

Answer 36

having no patience or energy left to deal with something

Question 37

forgiveness

Answer 37

action of forgiving

Question 38

crop

Answer 38

any plant that is cultivated for food on in industrial scale

Question 39

audacious

Answer 39

bold and courageous when faced with opposition

Question 40

confidential

Answer 40

private or secret

Question 41

frivolous

Answer 41

silly and wasteful; carelessly sel-indulgent

Question 42

hazardous

Answer 42

dangerous

Question 43

problematic

Answer 43

full of difficulties that are hard to solve

Question 44

prudent

Answer 44

avoiding unnecessary risks

Question 45

unethical

Answer 45

against accepted beliefs about good behavior