Listening Vocabs

Question 1

to make up a story on the fly

Answer 1

make up a story spontaneously

Question 2

anti-semitism

Answer 2

hostility to or prejudice against Jewes

Question 3

boutique industry

Answer 3

small business

Question 4

fringe elements

Answer 4

tiny groups

Question 5

off-colour jokes

Answer 5

racist jokes

Question 6

slander

Answer 6

bad talk, telling lies

Question 7

to perpetrate

Answer 7

to carry out or commit

Question 8

paraphernalia

Answer 8

miscellaneous articles

Question 9

torrent

Answer 9

strong and fast moving stream of water

Question 10

brethren

Answer 10

brotherhood, fellow Christian or member of a male religious order

Question 11

Imam

Answer 11

person calling for and leading prayers in a mosque

Question 12

Hezbollah

Answer 12

“Party of God”

Question 13

obstetrical clinic

Answer 13

clinic concentrated on pregnancy/ childbirth

Question 14

physician

Answer 14

person qualified to practice medicine

Question 15

to persuade

Answer 15

induce someone to do smth. through reasoning

Question 16

to convince

Answer 16

cause someone to believe firmly

Question 17

to determinate

Answer 17

cause smth. to occur in a particular way

Question 18

stomach ulcer

Answer 18

break in the tissue lining of the stomach

Question 19

peers

Answer 19

look with difficulty or concentration at someone

Question 20

bang for the buck

Answer 20

output for the money

Question 21

vigour

Answer 21

physical strength and good health

Question 22

rejunvenation

Answer 22

restoration of youthful appearance

Question 23

longevity

Answer 23

long existence

Question 24

geriatrician

Answer 24

expert in branch of medicine dealing with health of old people

Question 25

pediatrician

Answer 25

medical practitioner spezializing in children

Question 26

gerontologist

Answer 26

person who studies the process of people growing old

Question 27

prowess

Answer 27

skill or expertise in certain field

Question 28

to succumb

Answer 28

die from effect of a disease or injury

Question 29

Methuselah

Answer 29

the ancestor of noah held to have lived 969 years

Question 30

inequitable

Answer 30

unjust/ lacking

Question 31

oneness

Answer 31

being one

Question 32

futurity

Answer 32

future of smth.

Question 33

barren

Answer 33

one who can't have children

Question 34

revelation

Answer 34

unknown fact that has been disclosed

Question 35

incumbent

Answer 35

responsibility

Question 36

to procreate

Answer 36

become pregnant

Question 37

transmissibility of law

Answer 37

passing to successor; inheritance

Question 38

gleefully

Answer 38

gladly

Question 39

benign

Answer 39

harmless

Question 40

demeanor

Answer 40

attitude

Question 41

cusp

Answer 41

edge

Question 42

crop up

Answer 42

appear

Question 43

rampant

Answer 43

uncontrolled

Question 44

efficacy

Answer 44

effectiveness

Question 45

unfettered

Answer 45

unrestricted

Question 46

deleterious

Answer 46

harmful

Question 47

ubiquitous

Answer 47

ever-present

Question 48

patter

Answer 48

pitter/ chatter/ to make the sound of a lot of things

Question 49

to ossify

Answer 49

to form or be transformed into bone/ smth. becomes established

Question 50

hideous

Answer 50

horribly ugly or disgusting

Question 51

thickets

Answer 51

dense group of bushes

Question 52

accretion

Answer 52

gradual and incremental growth of assets/ increase

Question 53

undertow

Answer 53

what makes you fall over/ unable to keep going

Question 54

cornucopia

Answer 54

fullness

Question 55

at the behest

Answer 55

by their wish/ recommendation

Question 56

conscientious

Answer 56

well thought

Question 57

odd juxtaposition

Answer 57

oximoral combination

Question 58

ran amuck

Answer 58

gets out of control

Question 59

flatulent

Answer 59

has a lot of gas

Question 60

outlet

Answer 60

stressrelief

Question 61

every conceivable

Answer 61

imaginable

Question 62

smattering

Answer 62

fragments

Question 63

Disparate thoughts

Answer 63

scattered/ random/ disconnected thoughts

Question 64

electrical grid

Answer 64

infrastructure providing electricity

Question 65

buy that

Answer 65

believe

Question 66

detrimental

Answer 66

negative

Question 67

bolster

Answer 67

bring together

Question 68

woe to

Answer 68

to curse

Question 69

slippery slope

Answer 69

very risky

Question 70

deli

Answer 70

small shop

Question 71

pain to

Answer 71

annoying

Question 72

to make waves

Answer 72

disturbe

Question 73

touts

Answer 73

combines