Session 21A. Vocab

Question 1

Ineligible

Answer 1

Officially unable to be considered for a job or service (adj)

Question 2

Inadequate

Answer 2

Insufficient for a purpose

(of a person) unable to deal with a situation or with life

Question 3

Emotive

Answer 3

Expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive

Question 4

Shrew

Answer 4

A bad-tempered and aggressive person (used in a derogatory manner)

A small mammal, similar to a mouse, with a long pointed snout

Question 5

Embargo

Answer 5

An official ban on a particular activity

Question 6

Accolade

Answer 6

An award given as a special honour / as a prize

An expression of praise or admiration

Question 7

Appraisal

Answer 7

Assessing someone or something

Question 8

Proposal

Answer 8

A plan or suggestion

Question 9

Discus

Answer 9

A heavy disc thrown by an athlete

Question 10

Fabricate

Answer 10

To invent / make up something in order to deceive someone

Question 11

Gazette

Answer 11

A journal or newspaper

Question 12

Famished

Answer 12

Very hungry

Question 13

Ravenous

Answer 13

Very hungry

Question 14

Cavernous

Answer 14

Like a large chamber or cave in shape and size

Question 15

Tyrannous

Answer 15

Describing unnecessarily severe actions or behaviour

Question 16

Mutinous

Answer 16

(of a person) refusing to obey the orders of someone in authority

Question 17

Ominous

Answer 17

Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen (adj)

Question 18

Blub

Answer 18

Sob / crying noisily and uncontrollably

Question 19

Snub

Answer 19

To ignore or reject someone/something disrespectfully

Question 20

Dub

Answer 20

To give an unofficial nickname to something/someone

To add a soundtrack to a film (e.g. character speech in a different language)

Question 21

Rarebit

Answer 21

Cheese on toast (also known as Welsh rarebit)

Question 22

Remorse

Answer 22

Deep regret of guilt for a previous wrong action

Question 23

Overwrought

Answer 23

To be in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety

Question 24

Dud

Answer 24

describes something that is faulty

Question 25

Decipher

Answer 25

Convert something from code into normal language

Question 26

Heath

Answer 26

An area of open unfarmed land

Question 27

Wrongdoer

Answer 27

Someone who behaves illegally or dishonestly

Question 28

Unjust

Answer 28

Not morally right or fair (adj)