Level 1

Question 1

Adjourn

Answer 1

To have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial

Question 2

Conquer

Answer 2

1) to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force.
2) to deal with or successfully fight against a problem or an unreasonable fear.

Question 3

Deity

Answer 3

A god or goddess

Question 4

Ares

Answer 4

The ancient Greek deity of war

Question 5

Aphrodite

Answer 5

The ancient Greek deity of love

Question 6

Mars

/ma:z/

Answer 6

1) the god of war in Roman mythology

2) the planet fourth in order of distance from the sun, after Earth and before Jupiter

Question 7

Mythology

Answer 7

1) myths in general

2) a popular belief that is probably not true

Question 8

Atheists

Answer 8

a the ist s

e comes before i in spelling

Question 9

ascend

Answer 9

Go up

To move up or climb something

• formal verb
• ascended (the past tense)
• SC in spelling

Question 10

Plural of Volcano

Answer 10

Volcanoes

• L is silent in volcano

Question 11

womb

/wu:m/

Answer 11

= Uterus

The organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth

Question 12

Plural of uterus

Answer 12

Uteri

• Latin word

Question 13

Magenta

Answer 13

A reddish-purple colour, one of the main colours that are used in colour printing and photography

Question 14

Cyan

Answer 14

A deep greenish blue colour

Question 15

Fuchsia

Answer 15

A colour between pink and purple

Question 16

Panther

Answer 16

A black leopard

Question 17

Leopard

Answer 17

/‘lep.ed/

Question 18

In jeopardy

/‘dz ep.e.di/

Answer 18

In danger of being damaged or destroyed

Question 19

Tomb

/tu:m/

Answer 19

A large stone structure or underground room where someone, especially an important person, is buried.

Question 20

Belch

Answer 20

Burp/ wind

Question 21

Snuck up on someone

Answer 21

• to approach someone quietly and surprise that person.

- if an event or day sneaks up on you, it arrives before you are ready for it.

Question 22

Camouflage

Answer 22

Concealment, protective colouring

Question 23

Relic

Answer 23

An object, tradition or system from the past that continues to exist.
Artefact, Antique

Question 24

Reciprocals

Answer 24

2 &1/2

Question 25

brassy

Answer 25

(disapproving)
used to describe a woman who speaks and laughs too loudly and who dresses in bright, cheap clothes, often wearing too much make-up:

E.g. She was your typical brassy blonde.

Question 26

anaemic

Answer 26

lacking in colour, spirit, or vitality.

Question 27

notorious

Answer 27

famous for something bad

Question 28

Heimlich manoeuvre

Answer 28

an emergency method of removing something that is stuck in a person’s throat and is preventing that person from breathing, performed by putting sudden pressure on the person’s stomach

Question 29

Coax

/kəʊks/

Answer 29

to persuade someone gently to do something or go somewhere, by being kind and patient, or by appearing to be:

Perhaps you could coax your father into taking you to the station.

He has some information I want, so I’m going to try to coax it out of him over a drink.

A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water.
a coaxing voice

Question 30

Stoic

ˈstəʊɪk/
noun

Answer 30

A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.