Quarter 3_5 2020

Question 1

vacillation

Answer 1

indecision

Question 2

fount

Answer 2

fountain

Question 3

beckon sb to

Answer 3

gently lead … to …

Question 4

negligent

Answer 4

failing to take proper care in doing sth

Question 5

strenuous

Answer 5

laborious

Question 6

epitome

Answer 6

a perfect example

Question 7

slapstick

Answer 7

a comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events

Question 8

hone

Answer 8

sharpen

Question 9

zinger

Answer 9

a striking or amusing remark

Question 10

bland

Answer 10

lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting

Question 11

beige

Answer 11

a pale sandy yellowish/brown color

Question 12

Shtick

Answer 12

a gimmick, comic routine, style of performance, etc associated with a particular person

Question 13

doze off

Answer 13

fall asleep (usually sitting there)

Question 14

copulation

Answer 14

intercourse

Question 15

epthet

Answer 15

nickname

Question 16

vehemently

Answer 16

in a forceful, passionate or intense manner; with a strong feeling

Question 17

Sham

Answer 17

Fake

Question 18

Peddler

Answer 18

Dealer

Question 19

Venal

Answer 19

susceptible to bribery

Question 20

Squander

Answer 20

waste in a reckless manner

Question 21

lofty

Answer 21

high in the air

Question 22

expound

Answer 22

present in detail

Question 23

camouflage

Answer 23

the patter of the army’s clothing

Question 24

Anecdote

Answer 24

a short story

Question 25

Condescension

Answer 25

an attitude of patronizing superioity; disdainment

Question 26

Rueful

Answer 26

 exciting pity or sympathy

Question 27

Grandiose

Answer 27

Show extravagantly large

Question 28

estranged

Answer 28

(of a person) no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.

Question 29

Clandestine

Answer 29

Secret, concealed, hidden

Question 30

Salient

Answer 30

Most noticeable and important; First and foremost