Session 27. Vocab 2

Question 1

Surcharge

Answer 1

An additional charge or payment

Question 2

Girdle

Answer 2

A belt

Question 3

Corral

Answer 3

To gather together (a group of people or things)

Question 4

Corset

Answer 4

A tight undergarment that goes around the abdomen, used to support a weak/injured back or to maintain body shape

Question 5

Cortex

Answer 5

The outer layer of the brain

Question 6

Odious

Answer 6

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Question 7

Detestable

Answer 7

Deserving to be extremely disliked

Question 8

Nomadic

Answer 8

Wandering from place to place (adj)

Question 9

Minion

Answer 9

A follower of a powerful person, who may act as a servant

Question 10

Underling

Answer 10

A person of lower rank or status

Question 11

Replica

Answer 11

An exact copy or model of something

Question 12

Paradox

Answer 12

A statement which simultaneously seems to be both true and not true

Question 13

Contrition

Answer 13

To state the feeling of remorse

Question 14

Contradiction

Answer 14

A combination of statements/ideas that are directly opposing each other

Question 15

Antipathy

Answer 15

A strong feeling of dislike (noun)

Question 16

Deplorable

Answer 16

Deserving of strong dislike (adj)

Question 17

Untenable

Answer 17

Unable to be maintained or defended (adj) e.g. after losing the cup final, the manager’s position was untenable

Question 18

Bedraggled

Answer 18

Dishevelled / untidy

Question 19

Testy

Answer 19

Easily irritated

Question 20

Peripheral

Answer 20

Being on the edge of something (physically), or being relatively unimportant (e.g. peripheral vision, or being on the periphery of a friendship group)

Question 21

Lament

Answer 21

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 22

Serrated

Answer 22

A saw-like edge (e.g. describing a knife blade)

Question 23

Dubious

Answer 23

Doubtful or unreliable

Question 24

Appertain

Answer 24

“concerns”/”relates to” (e.g. these figures appertain to last year’s sales)

Question 25

Belligerent

Answer 25

Hostile and aggressive

Question 26

Malodorous

Answer 26

Smelling very unpleasant (adj)

Question 27

Construe

Answer 27

To interpret (a word/action) in a particular way. (E.g. his words could not be construed as an apology)