Section 5 (Ch. 24-25)

Question 1

Tote

Answer 1

Carry something.

A tote bag.

A system of betting based on the use of a totalizator, in which winnings are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered.

Question 2

Morbidly

Answer 2

Having or showing an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

Relating to or indicating disease (in Medicine).

Question 3

Calloused

Answer 3

Having hardened skin.

Question 4

Hemorrhage

Answer 4

A severe loss of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

A damaging loss of valuable people or resources.

Bleed heavily from a ruptured blood vessel.

Use or spend something valuable in large amounts.

Question 5

Paunchy

Answer 5

Paunch : A belly or abdomen that is large or sticks out.

Question 6

Irrevocably

Answer 6

Not able to be changed, reserved, or recovered.

Question 7

Teeming

Answer 7

Be full of or swarming with.

Question 8

Turmoil

Answer 8

A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

Question 9

Epiphany

Answer 9

The occasion on which Jesus appeared to the Magi (Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2).

The festival commemorating this, on January 6.

A moment of sudden and great revelation or understanding.

Question 10

Eccentric

Answer 10

Unconventional and slightly strange.

Not placed centrally or not having its axis placed centrally.

A person who is unconventional and slightly strange.