Session 8. Vocab

Question 1

Ruse

Answer 1

A trick (to try and deceive someone)

Question 2

Likewise

Answer 2

Similarly

Question 3

Sprightly

Answer 3

Lively and full of energy (usually used to describe an old person)

Question 4

Account

Answer 4

A report or description of an event

Question 5

Coronation

Answer 5

A ceremony of crowning a king or queen

Question 6

Tribulation

Answer 6

A cause of great suffering

Question 7

Aberration

Answer 7

Something that is different to normal (in a bad way)

Question 8

Sincere

Answer 8

Genuine (i.e. someone who says what they actually think or feel)

Question 9

Awestruck

Answer 9

Full of wonder

Question 10

Struck

Answer 10

Hit

Question 11

Fleeting

Answer 11

Lasting a very short moment

Question 12

Brawn

Answer 12

Physical strength

Question 13

Berth

Answer 13

A ship’s “parking” space at a dock

Question 14

Chirpy

Answer 14

to make a short, high-pitched sound (e.g. a bird or insect)

Question 15

Agreeably

Answer 15

In an enjoyable manner

Question 16

Lax

Answer 16

Not very strict or careful

Question 17

Slick

Answer 17

Smooth and efficient

Question 18

Slack

Answer 18

Loose (of a thing) / slow and lazy (of a person)

Question 19

Response

Answer 19

A verbal or written answer

Question 20

Feedback

Answer 20

Information about a review of a person or product

Question 21

Swift

Answer 21

Quick

Question 22

Swine

Answer 22

Pig / an unpleasant person

Question 23

Bovine

Answer 23

Relating to cows / (of a person) slow and stupid

Question 24

Recur

Answer 24

To happen repeatedly

Question 25

Bounty

Answer 25

Money paid for killing or capturing a person

Question 26

Bounder

Answer 26

A dishonourable person (usually used for men)

Question 27

Boundless

Answer 27

Unlimited

Question 28

Eternal

Answer 28

Lasting forever

Question 29

Belated

Answer 29

Describes something happening later than it should have

Question 30

Divine

Answer 30

like a God / delightful