NOUNS

Question 1

PLEASANTRY

Answer 1

inconsequential remark, friendly remark, good-natured remark, polite remark, casual remark
usually pleasantries: ‘we exchanged the usual pleasantries’

Question 2

PATRIARHY

Answer 2

1. A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.
2. 1. A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Question 3

FETISH

Answer 3

fixation, sexual fixation, obsession, compulsion, mania

ex: ‘he developed a rubber fetish’

Question 4

RECLUSE

Answer 4

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
“i’m a virtual recluse”

Question 5

RENDEZVOUS

rɒndɪvu

Answer 5

A meeting at an agreed time and place.
Eg: ‘Edward turned up late for their rendezvous’

A meeting place.
Eg: ‘you’d be welcome to use this place as a rendezvous’

A bar, restaurant, or similar establishment that is used as a popular meeting place.
Eg: ‘a lively West End restaurant rendezvous’

Question 6

ELITE

Answer 6

A group or class of people seen as having the most power and influence in a society, especially on account of their wealth or privilege.
individuals who are viewed as the finest in a group or society.
-high society, upper class, privileged class, first class

“the party attracted the elite of London society”
“Only the educational elite go to Oxford or Cambridge.”
“In these countries, only the elite can afford an education for their children.”

Question 7

INTELLECT

Answer 7

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

‘he was a man of action rather than of intellect’

A clever person.
“sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects’’

Question 8

CONFIDANT

Answer 8

A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.

‘a close confidante of the princess’

Question 9

LOAN SHARK

Answer 9

A moneylender who charges extremely high rates of interest, typically under illegal conditions.

“Most of my clients will get into trouble by gambling the money they need to live on, go to a loan shark, then they gamble that.”

Question 10

CHAGRIN

Answer 10

A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event.
Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

“He decided to take the day off, much to the chagrin of his boss.”
“To my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen.”