PT3 T1.1 Part 2

Question 1

plaintive

Answer 1

used to describe something that sounds slightly sad:
the plaintive sound of the bagpipes
“What about me?” came a plaintive voice.

Question 2

mournful

Answer 2

very sad:
a mournful expression
mournful music

Question 3

wander

Answer 3

to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction:
We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city.
She was found several hours later, wandering the streets, lost.

Question 4

desperate

Answer 4

very serious or bad:
desperate poverty
a desperate shortage of food/supplies

Question 5

lamentation

Answer 5

sadness and feeling sorry, or something that expresses these feelings:
For all the lamentations that schools do not teach the game, it is still played in some areas.

Question 6

crank

Answer 6

a person who has strange or unusual ideas and beliefs

Question 7

conduit

Answer 7

someone or something that provides a way of passing something such as information or payments from one person to another:
The social media platform has served as a conduit for misinformation.
A captain is the conduit between the coach and the players.

Question 8

screech

Answer 8

to make an unpleasant, loud, high noise:
She was screeching at him at the top of her voice.
He was screeching with pain/laughter.

Question 9

utter

Answer 9

to say something or to make a sound with your voice:

She sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word.

Question 10

in the main

Answer 10

generally or mostly:

Her friends are teachers in the main.

Question 11

contest

Answer 11

a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given:
a dance/sports contest
She’s won a lot of beauty contests.

Question 12

dispatch

Answer 12

to send something, especially goods or a message, somewhere for a particular purpose:
Two loads of cloth were dispatched to the factory on 12 December.

Question 13

convey

Answer 13

to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people:
His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
Please convey our condolences to the family.

Question 14

pass

Answer 14

If you say a state or feeling will pass, you mean it will disappear:
Don’t worry, his depression is only temporary - it’ll soon pass.

Question 15

size sth/sb up

Answer 15

to examine something or someone carefully and decide what you think about it, him, or her:
Voters are still sizing up the candidates.
The two cats walked in circles around each other, sizing each other up.

Question 16

incumbent

Answer 16

officially having the named position:

The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.

Question 17

oust

Answer 17

to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition:
The president was ousted (from power) in a military coup in January 1987.
Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city .

Question 18

a stroke of luck, genius, etc.

Answer 18

something that happens or succeeds suddenly because of luck, intelligence, etc.:
By a stroke of luck, someone else was walking along the trail and heard my shouts for help.

Question 19

hit on/upon something

Answer 19

to think of an idea unexpectedly or unintentionally:

When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it would never work.

Question 20

ploy

Answer 20

something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly:
There are various ploys we can use if necessary.
[ + to infinitive ] He only said he had a meeting as a ploy to get her to leave.

Question 21

inspirational

Answer 21

making you feel full of hope or encouraged:

He gave an inspirational reading of his own poems.

Question 22

hazardous

Answer 22

dangerous:

a hazardous journey/occupation

Question 23

impudent

Answer 23

rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone who is older or in a more important position:
an impudent remark/child

Question 24

charm

Answer 24

to attract someone or persuade someone to do something because of your charm:
We were charmed by his boyish manner.

Question 25

ebb

Answer 25

If a physical or emotional feeling ebbs, it becomes less strong or disappears:
He could feel his strength ebbing (away).

Question 26

drowsy

Answer 26

being in a state between sleeping and being awake:

The room is so warm it’s making me feel drowsy.

Question 27

irate

Answer 27

very angry:

We have received some irate phone calls from customers.

Question 28

undercurrent

Answer 28

an emotion, belief, or characteristic of a situation that is hidden and usually negative or dangerous but that has some effect:
undercurrents of racism/anxiety/violence
Beneath the smooth surface of political life, there are powerful and dangerous undercurrents.

Question 29

echo

Answer 29

to repeat details that are similar to, and make you think of, something else:
The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
I’ve heard the prime minister’s view echoed throughout the party.

Question 30

predicament

Answer 30

an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of:
She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament.
I’m in a bit of a predicament because I’ve accidentally accepted two invitations to dinner on the same night.

Question 31

ostensibly

Answer 31

in a way that appears or claims to be one thing when it is really something else:
He has spent the past three months in Florida, ostensibly for medical treatment, but in actual fact to avoid prosecution.
The e-mail requested account information, ostensibly to help clear up a “billing error”.

Question 32

stultify

Answer 32

to prevent something from developing, or prevent someone from developing new ideas:
She felt the repetitive exercises stultified her musical technique so she stopped doing them.
The new set of measures could stultify the industry.