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Question 0

Contention

Answer 0

1) a struggling together in opposition; strife.
2) a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.
3) strife in debate; dispute; controversy.
4) a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.

Question 1

Reluctant

Answer 1

1) unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.

2) struggling in opposition.

Question 2

Weary

Answer 2

1) physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
2) characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey.
3) impatient or dissatisfied with something (often followed by of ): weary of excuses.
4) characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome: a weary.

Question 3

Babbling

Answer 3

1) foolish or meaningless chatter; prattle: the constant babbling of idle gossips.
2) the random production of meaningless vocal sounds characteristic of infants after about the sixth week.

Question 4

Dumbfounded

Answer 4

to make speechless with amazement; astonish.

Question 5

Frenzy

Answer 5

1) extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
2) a fit or spell of violent mental excitement; a paroxysm characteristic of or resulting from a mania: He is subject to these frenzies several times a year.

Question 6

Fluke

Answer 6

Unusual

Question 7

Aversion

Answer 7

1) a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to ): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
2) a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy: His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
3) Obsolete . the act of averting; a turning away or preventing.

Question 8

Twinkled

Answer 8

1) to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
2) to sparkle in the light: The diamond on her finger twinkled in the firelight.
3) (of the eyes) to be bright with amusement, pleasure, etc.
4) to move flutteringly and quickly, as flashes of light; flit.

Question 9

Vainest

Answer 9

1) excessively proud of or concerned about one’s own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
2) proceeding from or showing pride in or concern about one’s appearance, qualities, etc.; resulting from or displaying vanity: He made some vain remarks about his accomplishments.
3) ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile: vain hopes; a vain effort; a vain war.
4) without real significance, value, or importance; baseless or worthless: vain pageantry; vain display.

Question 10

Exquisite

Answer 10

1) of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
2) extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate: exquisite weather.

Question 11

Deferred

Answer 11

1) postponed or delayed.
2) suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event: a deferred payment; deferred taxes.
3) classified as temporarily exempt from induction into military service.

Question 12

Prosperity

Answer 12

1) a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
2) prosperities, prosperous circumstances, characterized by financial success or good fortune.

Question 13

Venture

Answer 13

1) an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
2) a business enterprise or speculation in which something is risked in the hope of profit; a commercial or other speculation.
3) the money, ship, cargo, merchandise, or the like, on which risk is taken in a business enterprise or speculation.

Question 14

Flustered

Answer 14

1) to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
2) to excite and confuse with drink.