New words from everyday life 3

Question 1

ostentatious

Answer 1

characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.
“a simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious”

Question 2

preposterous

Answer 2

contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
“a preposterous suggestion”

Question 2

blasphemous

Answer 2

sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
“blasphemous and heretical talk”

Question 2

diadem

Answer 2

a jewelled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

Question 2

complie

Answer 2

produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources.
“the local authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers”

Question 2

trite

Answer 2

(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.
“this point may now seem obvious and trite”

Question 2

foremost

Answer 2

most prominent in rank, importance, or position.
“one of the foremost art collectors of his day”

Question 2

precient

Answer 2

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
“a prescient warning”

Question 2

forlorn

Answer 2

.
* pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
“forlorn figures at bus stops”
* (of an aim or endeavour) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled.
“a forlorn attempt to escape”

Question 3

larceny

Answer 3

theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.

Question 3

assailant

Answer 3

a person who physically attacks another.
“the police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant”

Question 3

garner

Answer 3

gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
“the police struggled to garner sufficient evidence”

Question 4

abrest

Answer 4

• side by side and facing the same way.
  “the path was wide enough for two people to walk abreast”
• alongside or level with something.
  “the cart came abreast of the Americans in their rickshaw”

Question 4

detour

Answer 4

a long or roundabout route that is taken to avoid something or to visit somewhere along the way.
“he had made a detour to a cafe”

Question 5

temperamental

Answer 5

• (of a person) liable to unreasonable changes of mood.
  “a temperamental film star”
• someone whose mood often changes very suddenly: Be careful how you approach her - she’s very temperamental.

Question 5

ludicrous

Answer 5

so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.
“it’s ludicrous that I have been fined”

Question 6

dormant

Answer 6

• (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.
  “dormant butterflies”
• temporarily inactive or inoperative.
  “that dormant urge to write fiction has re-emerged”

Question 6

austere

Answer 6

• severe or strict in manner or attitude.
  “he was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook”
• (of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries.
  “conditions in the prison could hardly be more austere”

Question 7

leeway

Answer 7

the amount of freedom to move or act that is available / the freedom that someone has to take the action they want to or to change their plans.
“they had several months’ leeway to introduce reforms”

Question 8

foresake

Answer 8

• abandon or leave.
  “he would never forsake Tara”
• renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant).
  “I won’t forsake my vegetarian principles”

Question 9

pretentious

Answer 9

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.
“pretentious art films”

Question 10

sacrilege

Answer 10

violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.
“putting ecclesiastical vestments to secular use was considered sacrilege”

Question 11

prominent

Answer 11

important; famous.
“she was a prominent member of the city council”

Question 12

protuberant

Answer 12

protruding; bulging.
“his protuberant eyes fluttered open”

Question 13

austerity

Answer 13

• difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure.
  “the country was subjected to acute economic austerity”
• sternness or severity of manner or attitude.
  “he was noted for his austerity and his authoritarianism”

Question 14

temperament

Answer 14

a person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour / basic nature
“she had an artistic temperament”