Session 10. Vocab

Question 1

Desist

Answer 1

To stop doing something

Question 2

Defer

Answer 2

Postpone

Question 3

Lame

Answer 3

Being unable to walk (due to injury) / dull and boring

Question 4

Rabble

Answer 4

A disorderly crowd

Question 5

Feeble

Answer 5

Weak

Question 6

Conform

Answer 6

To stick to the rules

Question 7

Inform

Answer 7

To give facts or information

Question 8

Reform

Answer 8

To make changes to improve something

Question 9

Transform

Answer 9

Change

Question 10

Consume

Answer 10

Eat

Question 11

Subsume

Answer 11

Include or absorb

Question 12

Rationalise

Answer 12

To try and explain using logical reasons

Question 13

Hoodlum

Answer 13

Someone who engages with crime or violence

Question 14

Feud

Answer 14

A long and bitter quarrel

Question 15

Scandal

Answer 15

An event that is seen as legally or morally wrong

Question 16

Vandal

Answer 16

Someone who deliberately damages things belonging to others

Question 17

Tidal

Answer 17

Relating to tides

Question 18

Batch

Answer 18

A quantity of products that were made at the same time

Question 19

Allocate

Answer 19

Distribute for a particular purpose (e.g. money, tasks)

Question 20

Allege

Answer 20

To claim someone has done something wrong

Question 21

Allude

Answer 21

To suggest or hint at something

Question 22

Assign

Answer 22

Distribute for a particular purpose (e.g. money, tasks)[same as allocate]

Question 23

Seize

Answer 23

Grab suddenly and forcibly

Question 24

Commandeer

Answer 24

To take control of something by force

Question 25

Incur

Answer 25

being given something bad because of ones own actions (e.g. you may incur a fine for visiting someone else's household during lockdown)

Question 26

Ineffable

Answer 26

describes something that is not-to-be-mentioned

Question 27

Invasive

Answer 27

Tending to spread quickly / tending to intrude on someone's thoughts

Question 28

Invalid

Answer 28

not valid (acceptable) / a person who is disabled by injury or illness

Question 29

Intentional

Answer 29

On purpose

Question 30

Ascribe

Answer 30

Thinking that something is being caused by something else (e.g. you might ascribe your stomach ache to all the sweets you ate for breakfast)