Session 42

Question 1

To enervate

Answer 1

make (someone) feeldrainedof energy orvitality.

“the heat enervated us all”

Question 2

Castigate

Answer 2

to criticize, strongly oppose or punish somebody/something severely

Question 3

Self abnegate

Answer 3

thedenialorabasementofoneself.

“she turned the letter into a grovelling form of self-abnegation”

the denial of one’s own interests in favour of the interests of others.

Question 4

Recapitulate

Answer 4

to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc.

Question 5

To vegetate

Answer 5

live or spend a period of time in adull,inactive,unchallengingway.

Question 6

Simulate

Answer 6

1. to give a false indication or appearance of; pretend; feign. to simulate an interest

Question 7

Intimate

Answer 7

If youintimatesomething, yousayit in anindirectway.

Question 8

Alleviate

Answer 8

to make something less strong or bad

Question 9

Commiserate

Answer 9

to feel sorry for and show understanding towards somebody who is unhappy or in difficulty

Question 10

Vacillate

Answer 10

to keep changing your ideas or opinions about something, especially in a way that annoys other people

She vacillates between studying economics and languages