Session 16A. More vocab

Question 1

Flinch

Answer 1

To make quick nervous movement due to fear or surprise

Question 2

Clinch

Answer 2

To confirm or settle an argument or debate

Question 3

Remedial

Answer 3

Something given as a cure or to help prevent something else

Question 4

Remittance

Answer 4

A sum of money sent in payment or as a gift

Question 5

Remit

Answer 5

To cancel a punishment (v)

A task that is officially assigned to an individual or organisation (n)

Question 6

Incline

Answer 6

To be willing to do something v)

A slope (n)

Question 7

Brine

Answer 7

Salty water

Question 8

Doctrine

Answer 8

A set of beliefs that are held by a political or religious group

Question 9

Banish

Answer 9

To ban or send someone away from a place as a punishment

Question 10

Adorn

Answer 10

To make more beautiful and attractive

Question 11

Chastise

Answer 11

To punish or tell someone off

Question 12

Expulsion

Answer 12

The action of forcing someone to leave a place

Question 13

Wager

Answer 13

A bet

Question 14

Betterment

Answer 14

The improvement of something

Question 15

Weld

Answer 15

To join parts together (usually metal) by heating the surfaces to melt them and then pressing them together

Question 16

Bond

Answer 16

A relationship between people or groups based on shared interests or feelings (n)

A connection between two objects that have been joined together (n)

To join or connect (v)

Question 17

Bumbling

Answer 17

Acting in an awkward or confused manner

Question 18

Inept

Answer 18

Having or showing no skill / being clumsy

Question 19

Hobnob

Answer 19

To mix socially (usually with those seen as being of a higher social status)

Question 20

Shingle

Answer 20

A mass of small rounded pebbles (e.g. on the seashore)

Question 21

Mingle

Answer 21

To mix among others socially

Question 22

Fatigue

Answer 22

Extreme tiredness

Question 23

Trepidation

Answer 23

The feeling of fear or worry that something bad may happen