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Question 1

adj

( used for describing sth that is concerned with death or violence) terrible, horrible

Answer 1

grisly 1
a grisly crime/death/murder
gruesome ( similar in meaning)

Question 2

adj

( used about sth concerned with death or injury) very unpleasant or shocking

Answer 2

gruesome 1

Question 3

noun C
1 a police officer with a high position
2 a person who looks after a large building

Answer 3

superintendent 4

1 Detective Superintendent Waters

Question 4

noun C
1 an injury that was caused by a knife, eyc
2 a sudden sharp pain

Answer 4

stab
1 He received stab wounds to his neck and back.
IDM have a stab at sth/doing sth
informal, to try to do sth

Question 5

noun C
1 a part of your body below the chest that contains the stomach, bowels, etc 
2 the end part of an insect's body 
look at thorax 
2 adj

Answer 5

abdomen 1

abdominal adj 2

Question 6

noun C
1 medical, the middle part of your body between your neck and your waist
2 the middle section of an insect’s body, to which the legs and wings are connected

Answer 6

thorax 1

thoracic 2 adj

Question 7

verb T
1 formal, to discover the facts about sth
2 to make sth happen in a particular way or be of a particular type
3 formal, to decide sth officially

Answer 7

determine 2
1 We need to determine what happened immediately before the accident.
2 The results of the tests will determine what treatment you need.
Age and experience will be determining factors in our choice of candidate.
3 A date for the meeting has yet to be determined.

Question 8

verb T
1 formal, to organize and do sth, especially research
2 to stand in front of an orchestra and direct the musicians
3 formal, ~ yourself well, badly, etc,
To behave in a particular way
4 to allow heat or electricity to pass along or through sth

Answer 8

conduct 2
1 to conduct tests/a survey/an inquiry
4 Rubber doesn’t conduct electricity.

Question 9

verb I T formal

~ ( about sb/sth) to ask for information about sth

Answer 9

enquire 2 ( also inquire)
Could you enquire when the trains to Cork leave?
We need to enquire about hotels on Vienna.
PHR V enquire after sb, to ask about sb’s health
enquire into sth, to study sth in order to find out all the facts
The journalist enquired into the politician’s financial affairs.

Question 10

verb T

to mean or be a sign of sth

Answer 10

denote 2

In algebra the sign x always denotes an unknown quantity.

Question 11

noun U
( mathematics) a type of mathematics in which letters and symbols are used to represent numbers

Answer 11

algebra 1
algebraic 3 adj
an algebraic equation

Question 12

noun C

( in mathematics ) a statement that two quantities are equal

Answer 12

equation 2

2x+5=11 is an equation.

Question 13

adj (formal)

that you must do, have, obey, etc

Answer 13

mandatory 1
The crime carries a mandatory life sentence.
SYN obligatory
OPP optional

Question 14

noun C
1 ( grammar) a group of words containing a subject and a verb, that expresses a statement, a question, etc. It begins with a big letter and ends with a full stop.
2 the punishment given by a judge to sb who has been found guilty of a crime

Answer 14

sentence 1

2 20 years in prison was a very harsh sentence.

Question 15

verb T

to make sth in large quantities using machines

Answer 15

manufacture 3
a local factory that manufactures furniture
manufacturing industries
SYN produce
manufacture noun U
The manufacture of chemical weapons should be illegal.

Question 16

verb
1 I T to change or make sth change from gas to liquid
2 T ~ sth ( into sth ) to make smaller or shorter so that it fills less space

Answer 16

condense 2
1 Steam condenses into water when it touches a cold surface.
2 we’ll have to condense these three chapters into one.

Question 17

verb I
1 ( used about a liquid ) to change into steam or gas and disappear
2 to disappear completely

Answer 17

evaporate 2
1 The water evaporated in the sunshine.
2 All her confidence evaporated when she saw the exam paper.
evaporation 4 noun U

Question 18

verb T

to mean or be a sign of sth

Answer 18

denote 2

In algebra the sign x always denotes an unknown quantity.

Question 19

noun U
( mathematics) a type of mathematics in which letters and symbols are used to represent numbers

Answer 19

algebra 1
algebraic 3 adj
an algebraic equation

Question 20

noun C

( in mathematics ) a statement that two quantities are equal

Answer 20

equation 2

2x+5=11 is an equation.

Question 21

adj (formal)

that you must do, have, obey, etc

Answer 21

mandatory 1
The crime carries a mandatory life sentence.
SYN obligatory
OPP optional

Question 22

noun C
1 ( grammar) a group of words containing a subject and a verb, that expresses a statement, a question, etc. It begins with a big letter and ends with a full stop.
2 the punishment given by a judge to sb who has been found guilty of a crime

Answer 22

sentence 1

2 20 years in prison was a very harsh sentence.

Question 23

verb T

to make sth in large quantities using machines

Answer 23

manufacture 3
a local factory that manufactures furniture
manufacturing industries
SYN produce
manufacture noun U
The manufacture of chemical weapons should be illegal.

Question 24

verb
1 I T to change or make sth change from gas to liquid
2 T ~ sth ( into sth ) to make smaller or shorter so that it fills less space

Answer 24

condense 2
1 Steam condenses into water when it touches a cold surface.
2 we’ll have to condense these three chapters into one.

Question 25

verb I
1 ( used about a liquid ) to change into steam or gas and disappear
2 to disappear completely

Answer 25

evaporate 2
1 The water evaporated in the sunshine.
2 All her confidence evaporated when she saw the exam paper.
evaporation 4 noun U

Question 26

verb
1 I T to cook or be cooked on an oven or over a fire
2 T to heat and dry sth

Answer 26

roast 
1 a smell of roasting meat 
to roast a chicken 
2 roasted peanuts 
roast adj ( only before a noun ) 
roast beef/potatoes/chestnuts

Question 27

verb T

to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer; to leave a place because it is dangerous

Answer 27

evacuate 2
Thousands of people were evacuated from the war zone.
The village had to be evacuated when the river burst its banks.
evacuation 4 noun C U

Question 28

verb I T

to breathe in

Answer 28

inhale 2
Be careful not to inhale the fumes from the paint.
OPP exhale
inhalation 3 noun U
They were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation.

Question 29

noun
1 C a large and often dangerous fire
2 sing, a ~ of sth, a very bright show of light or color

Answer 29

blaze
1 It took firefighters four hours to put out the blaze.
2 In the summer the garden was a blaze of color.
The new theatre was opened in a blaze of publicity. = the media give it a lot of attention.

Question 30

noun C

a very large city

Answer 30

metropolis 2

metropolitan 3 adj

Question 31

adj
1 happening or existing all the time or again and again
2 that does not change

Answer 31

constant 1
1 The constant noise gave me a headache.
2 You use less petrol if you drive at a constant speed.

Question 32

verb I T

to watch sb/sth to make sure that work is being done properly or that people are behaving correctly

Answer 32

supervise 1
Your job is to supervise the building work.
supervision 3 noun U
Children should not play here without supervision.
supervisor noun C

Question 33

adj
1 happening or done without delay
2 ( only before a noun ) existing now and needing urgent attention
3 ( only before a noun ) nearest in time, position or relationship

Answer 33

immediate 2
1 I’d like an immediate answer to my proposal.
The government responded with immediate action.
2 Tell me what your immediate needs are.
3 They won’t make any changes in the immediate future.
He has left most of his money to his immediate family. = parents, children, brothers and sisters

Question 34

verb T formal

to improve sth or to make sth look better

Answer 34

enhance 2

Question 35

verb T
( not used in the continuous tenses ) to earn sth, either good or bad, because of sth that you have done

Answer 35

deserve 2
We’ve done a lot of work and we deserve a break.
He deserves to be punished severely for such a crime.

Question 36

verb T

to notice or discover sth that is difficult to see, feel, etc

Answer 36

detect 2
I detected a slight change in his attitude.
Traces of blood were detected on his clothes.
detectable adj
detection noun U
The crime escaped detection(= was not discovered) for many years.

Question 37

verb T
1 ~ sb/sth ( as sth ) to decide not to think about sth/sb
2 ~ sb ( from sth ) to order an employee to leave his/her job
3 to send sb away
4 ( used in law ) to say that a trial or court case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence

Answer 37

dismiss 2
1 He dismissed the idea as nonsense.
2 He was dismissed for refusing to obey orders.
( fire and sack are less formal words for dismiss)
3 The lesson ended and the teacher dismissed the class.
4 The case was dismissed.
dismissal 2 noun C U
She was hurt at their dismissal of her offer of help.
a case of unfair dismissal

Question 38

verb T

to take an amount of money out of a bank account, etc usually as a payment; to record this

Answer 38

debit 1

Question 39

noun C

a person who lives outside his/her own country

Answer 39

expatriate 2 informal ex-pat

American expatriates in London

Question 40

verb I T

to multiply or be multiplied by four

Answer 40

quadruple 2

Question 41

adv

in the same order as sb/sth that was mentioned

Answer 41

respectively 2

Rhoda Jones and Robbie Vaccaro, aged 17 and 19 respectively.

Question 42

noun C

a person’s death caused by an accident, in war, etc

Answer 42

fatality 2

There were no fatalities in the fire.