Session 20. Vocab

Question 1

Quaint

Answer 1

Unusual or old-fashioned

Question 2

Reconcile

Answer 2

To settle (a quarrel or conflict)

Question 3

Redress

Answer 3

To remedy or make right an unfair situation

Question 4

Recruit

Answer 4

To persuade someone to do or help with something

Question 5

Orb

Answer 5

A spherical object

Question 6

Perturb

Answer 6

To make (someone) anxious

Question 7

Beacon

Answer 7

A fire or light set up in a high or prominent position as a warning, signal, or celebration

Question 8

Signatory

Answer 8

Someone who has signed a contract or agreement

Question 9

Signify

Answer 9

To indicate / show something (v)

Question 10

Agog

Answer 10

Being eager to hear/see something

Question 11

Slog

Answer 11

To work hard over a period of time.

A forceful and uncontrolled hit (e.g. in cricket)

Question 12

Bog

Answer 12

An area of wet muddy ground

Question 13

Amplify

Answer 13

To increase the volume of a sound (or more generally to increase the intensity of something)

Question 14

Indifferent

Answer 14

Having no particular interest / being unconcerned

Question 15

Ungainly

Answer 15

Awkward and clumsy (of movement) (adj)

Question 16

Unmoved

Answer 16

Not affected by emotion or excitement

Question 17

Repression

Answer 17

The restraint or prevention of something (e.g. a feeling)

Question 18

Gag

Answer 18

A joke

A piece of cloth put in or over a person’s mouth to prevent them from speaking

Question 19

Simulate

Answer 19

To imitate the appearance or character of something

Question 20

Insolent

Answer 20

Rude

Question 21

Detain

Answer 21

To hold someone/something back (usually from leaving a place)

Question 22

Singularly

Answer 22

In a strange or remarkable way (i.e. remarkably)

Question 23

Fakery

Answer 23

The practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

Question 24

Devour

Answer 24

To eat hungrily or quickly

Question 25

Attribute

Answer 25

A feature seen as characteristic of someone or something

Question 26

Commandeer

Answer 26

To take possession of something by force

Question 27

Cohort

Answer 27

A group of people with a shared characteristic

Question 28

Deport

Answer 28

To expel a foreigner from a country (usually because they are there illegally of have committed a crime)

Question 29

Clarity

Answer 29

The quality of being easy to see/hear/understand (e.g. the clarity of a picture)

Question 30

Evasive

Answer 30

Tending to avoid commitment or revealing information about oneself

Question 31

Quell

Answer 31

To suppress

To put an end to a disorder/rebellion, typically by force

Question 32

Quash

Answer 32

To reject something as invalid

Question 33

Hardship

Answer 33

Severe suffering

Question 34

Balk

Answer 34

To be unwilling to accept an idea or instruction

Question 35

Catwalk

Answer 35

A platform extending into an audience, along which models walk to display clothes in fashion shows