James Joyce Introduction

Question 1

Qualm

Answer 1

an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing

Question 2

Protracted

Answer 2

lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary

Question 3

Farce

Answer 3

a humorous play or film where the characters become involved in unlikely situations

Question 4

Enviasage

Answer 4

to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good

Question 5

hail from somewhere

Answer 5

to come from or to have been born in a particular place

Question 6

Raconteur

Answer 6

someone who tells funny or interesting stories

Question 7

Hasten

Answer 7

to make something happen sooner or more quickly

Question 8

Lore

Answer 8

traditional knowledge and stories about a subject

Question 9

Ample

Answer 9

More than enough

Question 10

Sojourn

Answer 10

a short period when a person stays in a particular place

Question 11

Flit

Answer 11

to fly or move quickly and lightly

Question 12

Teeming

Answer 12

When the place is full of people

Question 13

Forsake

Answer 13

to leave someone for ever, especially when they need you

Question 14

Behest

Answer 14

at sb’s behest/at the behest of sb

because someone has asked or ordered you to do something:

Question 15

Curt

Answer 15

If someone’s manner or speech is curt, it is rude as a result of being very quick:

Question 16

Purview

Answer 16

the limit of someone’s responsibility, interest, or activity

Question 17

Defiant

Answer 17

proudly refusing to obey authority:

Question 18

Enervate

Answer 18

to make someone feel weak and without energy

Question 19

Pusillanimous

Answer 19

weak and cowardly (= not brave); frightened of taking risks

Question 20

Bequeath

Answer 20

to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death

Question 21

Play second fiddle

Answer 21

To be less important or in a weaker position than someone else:

Question 22

Deft

Answer 22

skilful, clever, or quick

Question 23

Gaunt

Answer 23

Very thin due to hunger.

Question 24

Roister

Answer 24

to enjoy yourself in a noisy and energetic way

Question 25

Dispiriting

Answer 25

causing you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem:

Question 26

Lest

Answer 26

in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen

Question 27

Depleted

Answer 27

Reduced, smaller or less than before.

Question 28

Sovereign

Answer 28

A king or queen.

Question 29

Bulwark

Answer 29

something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations:

Question 30

Indict

Answer 30

If a law court or a grand jury indicts someone, it accuses them officially of a crime

Question 31

Polity

Answer 31

a society or state considered as a political unit:

Question 32

Heed

Answer 32

to pay attention to something, especially advice or a warning

Question 33

Milieu

Answer 33

the people, physical, and social conditions and events that provide the environment in which someone acts or lives

Question 34

Augury

Answer 34

a sign of what might happen in the future:

Question 35

Palaver

Answer 35

unnecessary work and trouble:

Question 36

Rekindle

Answer 36

to make someone have a feeling that they had in the past:

Question 37

Short shrift

Answer 37

If you get or are given short shrift by someone, you are treated without sympathy and given little attention:

Question 38

Coquettish

Answer 38

trying to attract attention by pretending to be sexually interested in someone, in a pleasant but not serious way:

Question 39

Mischief-making

Answer 39

the activity of intentionally causing problems for people:

Question 40

Putative

Answer 40

generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true

Question 41

Coterie

Answer 41

a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them:

Question 42

Cogent

Answer 42

A cogent argument, reason, etc. is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it

Question 43

Zealous

Answer 43

enthusiastic and eager:

Question 44

Candour

Answer 44

the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject

Question 45

Egregious

Answer 45

extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable

Question 46

Appall

Answer 46

to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval:

Question 47

preposterous

Answer 47

Very silly or stupid

Question 48

Flay

Answer 48

to remove the skin from a person's or animal's body

Question 49

Vitiate

Answer 49

to destroy or damage something

Question 50

Brooding

Answer 50

making you feel uncomfortable or worried, as if something bad is going to happen