Set 1

Question 0

Feeble (adj.)

Answer 0

Extremely weak

Question 1

Grimace (v.)

Answer 1

To twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny

Question 2

Dearth (n.)

Answer 2

A situation in which there are very few of something that people want or need

Question 3

Arrest (v.)

Answer 3

To stop something happening or to make it happen more slowly

Question 4

Defunct

Answer 4

Not existing anymore, or not useful any more

Question 5

Confuse

Answer 5

Puzzle, baffle

Question 6

Disheartened (adj.)

Answer 6

Disappointed so that you lose hope and the determination to do something

Question 7

Illicit (adj.)

Answer 7

Not allowed by laws or rules, or strongly disapproved of by society; illegal, unlawful, illegitimate, unconstitutional

Question 8

Mourn (v.)

Answer 8

To feel very sad and to miss someone after they have died; grieve for

Question 9

Recluse (n.)

Answer 9

Someone who chooses to live alone, and doesn’t like seeing or talking to other people

Question 10

Scorch (v.)

Answer 10

If you scorch something, or if it scorches, its surface burns slightly and changes color; burn, singe, scald, ignite

Question 11

Unnerve (v.)

Answer 11

To upset or frighten someone so that they lose their confidence or their ability to think clearly

Question 12

Hapless (adj.)

Answer 12

Unlucky

Question 13

Exasperation (n.)

Answer 13

When you feel annoyed because someone continues to do something that is upsetting you

Question 14

Endear (v.)

Answer 14

To make someone popular and liked

Question 15

Tack (v.)

Answer 15

To attach something to a wall, board etc using a tack (small nail with a sharp point and a flat top)

Question 17

Seasoned (adj.)

Answer 17

used to describe someone who has a lot of experience of a particular thing. e.g. Seasoned traveler / observer

Question 18

Surge (v.)

Answer 18

to suddenly move very quickly in a particular direction

Question 19

Saline (adj.)

Answer 19

containing or consisting of salt. e.g. saline water

Question 20

Upfront (adj.)

Answer 20

1. [not before noun] behaving or talking in an honest way so that people know what you really think
2. paid before any work is done or before goods are supplied