Level 1 - Set 1

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

Departure from norm, usual or expected.

Anomaly. Deviation.

The Feb will probably need convincing that the latest labor-market report was an aberration before tightening policy.

Question 2

Abreast

Answer 2

Up to date.

…keep readers abreast of the market…

Question 3

Abstain

Answer 3

Restrain oneself.

Refrain. Desist.

Question 4

Abyss

Answer 4

Deep, seemingly bottomless.

Gorge. Ravine. Void.

Which abyss looks darker and deeper?

Question 5

Adept

Answer 5

Very skilled or proficient at something.

Expert. Proficient. Accomplished.

He is adept at English law…

Question 6

Agog

Answer 6

Very eager or curious to hear or see something.

Excited. Impatient.

We are now agog to know when, on the basis of its forecasts, the Bank will push up interest rates…

Question 7

Allure

Answer 7

powerfully or mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Attraction. Lure. Draw.

It was the allure of Model T that…

Question 8

Altruism

Answer 8

the belief or practice of selfless concern for the well-being of others

Selflessness. Compassion.

Question 9

Ambivalent

Answer 9

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Uncertain. Unsure. Equivocal.

… ambivalent about whether it should be a media or technology company…

Question 10

Annul

Answer 10

declare invalid.

Repeal. Rescind. Reverse.

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

Indifference. Passivity. Ennui.

Question 12

Arbitrary

Answer 12

Random. Chance. Capricious.

Question 13

Arbiter

Answer 13

Authority. Judge.
Controller.

… the viewer is, ultimately, the arbiter of influence…

Question 14

Artless

Answer 14

without guile or deception

Candid. Direct. Forthright.

He is loveably areless and…