Key 'trash' Vocabulary

Question 1

Corruption

Answer 1

Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.

Question 2

Shanty

Answer 2

A shanty is a small rough hut
which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.

Question 3

Stifling

Answer 3

Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot

Question 4

Squatter

Answer 4

A squatter is someone who lives in an unused building without having a legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax.

Question 5

Siphon

Answer 5

If you siphon money or resources from something, you cause them to be used for a purpose for which they were not intended

Question 6

Prosecution

Answer 6

The lawyers who try to prove that a person on trial is guilty are called the prosecution

Question 7

Poise

Answer 7

If someone has poise, they are calm, dignified, and self- controlled

Question 8

Destitute

Answer 8

Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions

Question 9

Marginalalised

Answer 9

To marginalise a group of people means to make them feel isolated and unimportant.