Paired Passages

Question 1

Staggering

Answer 1

So great, shocking

Question 2

Perforate something

Answer 2

To make a hole through something

Question 3

Strain

Answer 3

Pressure on a system because great demands are being placed on it

Question 4

Cultivation

Answer 4

The preparation and use of land for growing plants or crops

Question 5

Abstract

Answer 5

Based on general ideas and not on any particular real person, thing, or situation

Question 6

Decree

Answer 6

Do decide, judge, or order something officially

Question 7

Compel

Answer 7

to force somebody to do something; to make something necessary

Question 8

Incontestable

Answer 8

that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied

Question 9

Aspire

Answer 9

to have a strong desire to achieve or to become something

Question 10

Inclination

Answer 10

a feeling that makes you want to do something

Question 11

Strenuous

Answer 11

needing great effort and energy

Question 12

Onerous

Answer 12

needing great effort; causing trouble or worry

Question 13

Conserve

Answer 13

to protect something and prevent it from being changed or destroyed

Question 14

Invoke

Answer 14

to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing something

Question 15

Persistence

Answer 15

the fact of continuing to try to do something despite difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable

Question 16

Contend

Answer 16

to say that something is true, especially in an argument

Question 17

Inefficacious

Answer 17

Not effective

Question 18

Comprehend

Answer 18

to understand something fully

Question 19

Dispassionately

Answer 19

in a way that is not influenced by emotion

Question 20

Glimpse

Answer 20

a sight of somebody/something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely

Question 21

Parity

Answer 21

the state of being equal, especially the state of having equal pay or status

Question 22

Shrink

Answer 22

to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way

Question 23

Prevail

Answer 23

to exist or be very common at a particular time or in a particular place

Question 24

Subjugate

Answer 24

to defeat somebody/something; to gain control over somebody/something

Question 25

Partake

Answer 25

to eat or drink something especially something that is offered to you

Question 26

Denomination

Answer 26

a branch of the Christian Church a branch of the Christian Church

Question 27

Usurp

Answer 27

to take somebody’s position and/or power without having the right to do this

Question 28

Immure

Answer 28

to shut somebody in a place so that they cannot get out

Question 29

Grope

Answer 29

to try and find something that you cannot see, by feeling with your hands

Question 30

Posterity

Answer 30

all the people who will live in the future

Question 31

Trample

Answer 31

to step heavily on somebody/something so that you damage or harm them/it with your feet

Question 32

Reverence

Answer 32

a feeling of admiring and respecting somebody/something very much

Question 33

Prattle

Answer 33

to talk a lot about things that are not important

Question 34

Preach

Answer 34

to give a religious talk in a public place, especially in a church during a service

Question 35

Pulpit

Answer 35

a small platform in a church that is like a box and is high above the ground, where a priest, etc. stands to speak to the people

Question 36

Unceasingly

Answer 36

without stopping

Question 37

Altar

Answer 37

​a holy table in a church

Question 38

Grievance

Answer 38

something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about; a feeling that you have been badly treated

Question 39

Redress

Answer 39

to correct something that is unfair or wrong

Question 40

Provision

Answer 40

the act of supplying somebody with something that they need or want; something that is supplied

Question 41

Repeal

Answer 41

if a government or other group or person with authority repeals a law, that law no longer has any legal force

Question 42

Borne

Answer 42

carried by

Question 43

Mob

Answer 43

a large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble

Question 44

Promulgation

Answer 44

the act of spreading an idea, a belief, etc. among many people

Question 45

Enactment

Answer 45

the process of a law becoming official; a law which has been made official