Session 26. Vocab

Question 1

Motel

Answer 1

A roadside hotel designed for motorists on long journeys

Question 2

Dispense

Answer 2

To distribute to a number of people (often specifically used for chemists giving out medicines)

Question 3

Shaggy

Answer 3

long, thick and unkempt (describing hair)

Question 4

Biggy

Answer 4

Something that is large compared to similar things (“this is the biggy”) - colloquial language

Question 5

Invoice

Answer 5

A list of goods or services provided along with the price to be paid for them (i.e. a bill)

Question 6

Feisty

Answer 6

(Describing a person) lively, determined and courageous

Question 7

Wholemeal

Answer 7

flour/bread made from whole grains of wheat (including the outer husk which is removed in white flour)

Question 8

Wholesome

Answer 8

suggestive of good health or mental wellbeing (adj)

suggestive of good morals/principles (adj)

Question 9

Baron

Answer 9

An order of the British nobility

An important person in a specified business/industry (e.g. an oil baron)

Question 10

Instalment

Answer 10

A sum of money that is due as one of several (equal) payments. (E.g. a car is expensive so rather than pay for it at once, you can spread the payment over three years by paying 36 monthly instalments)

Question 11

Insufficient

Answer 11

Not enough / inadequate

Question 12

Veil

Answer 12

A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.

Anything that serves a purpose to cover or conceal something

Question 13

Enthral

Answer 13

To capture the attention of..

Question 14

Inland

Answer 14

Towards the interior of a country (rather than the coast)

Question 15

Aggravate

Answer 15

To make a problem worse or more serious

To annoy

Question 16

Cultivate

Answer 16

To prepare land for crops

To try and develop a skill

Question 17

Sooth

Answer 17

A truth (old-fashioned word)

Question 18

Obliging

Answer 18

Willing to be helpful/kind

Question 19

Mere

Answer 19

Used to emphasise how small and insignificant something is (“mere mortals”) (adj)

A lake or pond (noun)

Question 20

Morsel

Answer 20

A small piece or amount (of food)

Question 21

Cutback

Answer 21

The act of reducing something (usually spending)

Question 22

Appealing

Answer 22

Attractive or interesting (adj)

Question 23

Disagreeable

Answer 23

Unpleasant or unenjoyable

Question 24

Union

Answer 24

The action of joining together (noun)

Question 25

Hark

Answer 25

Listen (used as an instruction to listen)

Question 26

Harpoon

Answer 26

A spear attached to a long rope, used for catching whales or other large sea creatures

Question 27

Temperate

Answer 27

A climate with mild temperatures (e.g. the UK)

Showing moderation or self-restraint

Question 28

Unification

Answer 28

The process of being united or made into a whole

Question 29

Convoy

Answer 29

A group of vehicles travelling together

Question 30

Envoy

Answer 30

A messenger or representative

Question 31

Recur

Answer 31

To occur again repeatedly

Question 32

Recruit

Answer 32

To enrol someone as a member of a group, or to persuade someone to help with something

Question 33

Credible

Answer 33

Believable / convincing (adj)