Session 29. Vocab 2

Question 1

Dilemma

Answer 1

A difficult situation/problem (often where a difficult needs to be made between two of more choices)

Question 2

Daub

Answer 2

To carelessly smear a surface with paint (or some other thin/sticky substance)

Question 3

Smitten

Answer 3

To be strongly attracted to someone

Question 4

Metropolis

Answer 4

A large and busy city

Question 5

Stalwart

Answer 5

A loyal, reliable and hard-working person

Question 6

Equanimity

Answer 6

A state of calmness and composure in a difficult situation

Question 7

Inexorable

Answer 7

Impossible to stop/prevent (adj)

Question 8

Suppress

Answer 8

To cover up or prevent the spread of information

Question 9

Equality

Answer 9

A state of being equal, especially in terms of status or opportunities

Question 10

Primitive

Answer 10

Very basic (adj)

Relating to something early in history or in evolution (adj)

Question 11

Cogitate

Answer 11

To think deeply about something

Question 12

Mitigate

Answer 12

To make something bad less severe/serious

Question 13

Phlegmatic

Answer 13

Having an unemotional/calm demeanour (of a person)

Question 14

Censor

Answer 14

To suppress information (or parts of a book/film that are seen as unacceptable)

Question 15

Oblivion

Answer 15

A state of being unaware of what is happening around you

Question 16

Abidance

Answer 16

A state of acting according to the rules

Question 17

Apathy

Answer 17

A lack of interest or enthusiasm

Question 18

Abjection

Answer 18

A state of feeling low or downcast

Question 19

Recession

Answer 19

A period of temporary economic decline (where industry/trade is reduced)

Question 20

Dilate

Answer 20

To become larger/wider

Question 21

Whet

Answer 21

To stimulate appetite/interest

To sharpen the blade of a tool or weapon

Question 22

Visionary

Answer 22

A person with original ideas about what the future could be like

Question 23

Ostentatious

Answer 23

Designed to impress (adj)

Question 24

Reverberate

Answer 24

To be repeated several times as an echo

To have continuing and serious effects

Question 25

Chronic

Answer 25

Lasting a long time (adj)

Question 26

Mercurial

Answer 26

At risk of sudden/unpredictable changes of mood or mind (adj, describing a person)

Question 27

Gawky

Answer 27

Awkward and ungainly/clumsy

Question 28

Equivocal

Answer 28

Ambiguous / having more than one interpretation

Question 29

Sallow

Answer 29

An unhealthy yellow/pale colour (describing a person’s face or complexion)

Question 30

Gratuitous

Answer 30

Done without good reason (adj)

Given/done free of charge (adj)

Question 31

Spruce

Answer 31

Neat in appearance (adj)

A type of tree