Session 12. Vocab

Question 1

Stroll

Answer 1

to walk in a leisurely way (or a short leisurely walk)

Question 2

Stale

Answer 2

No longer fresh (e.g. for food)

Question 3

Intend

Answer 3

to plan on (doing something)

Question 4

Income

Answer 4

money received (e.g. from employment)

Question 5

Expense

Answer 5

The cost required for something

Question 6

Heady

Answer 6

describing something having a strong effect (e.g. heady perfume)

Question 7

Weedy

Answer 7

Being thin and physically weak

OR being covered with weeds

Question 8

Authorise

Answer 8

To give official permission to do something

Question 9

Visualise

Answer 9

To forms a mental image of something (e.g. visualise the future)

Question 10

Spontaneous

Answer 10

An action that has been done suddenly and without planning

Question 11

Prod

Answer 11

To poke with a finger or pointed object

Question 12

Faceless

Answer 12

Anonymous (if faceless people) or impersonal (e.g. faceless buildings, all looking the same)

Question 13

Victor

Answer 13

The winner

Question 14

Interloper

Answer 14

Someone who becomes involved in a situation where they don’t belong or where they are not wanted

Question 15

Handyman

Answer 15

Someone who can do occasional minor household repairs

Question 16

Tress

Answer 16

A long lock of hair

Question 17

Affront

Answer 17

An action or remark that causes offence

Question 18

Fount

Answer 18

A fountain

OR a source of something (good, e.g. knowledge)

Question 19

Flounder

Answer 19

To struggle (physically or mentally)

Question 20

Insipid

Answer 20

Uninteresting

Question 21

Invoke

Answer 21

To summon something (e.g. invoke help)

Question 22

Insolent

Answer 22

Rude

Question 23

Rank

Answer 23

(1) Unpleasant / disgusting

2) Describes one’s position in an organisation (e.g. the army

Question 24

Stodgy

Answer 24

Heavy and filling (e.g. of food)

OR dull and unoriginal (e.g. a book)

Question 25

Institute

Answer 25

(1) An organisation (noun)

2) To introduce or create something (verb