Set 16

Question 1

antedate

Answer 1

precede in time; before (something) in date

Question 2

banish

Answer 2

send (someone) away from a country or a place as an official punishment

get rid of (something unwanted)

Question 3

bridle

Answer 3

show one’s resentment or anger, especially by throwing up one’s head and drawing in one’s chin

put a bridle on (a horse)

Question 4

comply

Answer 4

act in accordance with a wish or command

Question 5

crestfallen

Answer 5

sad and dissapointed

Question 6

curtail

Answer 6

reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

Question 7

elucidate

Answer 7

make (something) clear; explain

Question 8

evade

Answer 8

escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery

Question 9

feckless

Answer 9

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

Question 10

fester

Answer 10

(of a wound or sore) become septic; suppurate

(of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference

Question 11

iconoclastic

Answer 11

criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions

Question 12

immure

Answer 12

enclose or confine (someone) against their will

Question 13

improvise

Answer 13

create or perform (music, drama or verse) spontaneously or without preparation

produce or make (something) from whatever is available

Question 14

inhibit

Answer 14

hinder, restrain or prevent (an action or process)

make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in relaxed and natural way

(in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of a clergy) to exercise clerical functions

Question 15

inscrutable

Answer 15

impossible to understand or interpret

Question 16

lionize

Answer 16

give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity

Question 17

monotonous

Answer 17

dull, tedious and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest

Question 18

peculiar

Answer 18

different to what is normal or expected; strange

particular, special

Question 19

premediate

Answer 19

think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand

Question 20

profligate

Answer 20

recklessly extravagant or wasteful in use of resources

licentious; dissolute

Question 21

reconcile

Answer 21

restore friendly relations between

make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed

Question 22

refine

Answer 22

remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process

Question 23

relinquish

Answer 23

voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up

Question 24

ruminate

Answer 24

think deeply about something

(of a ruminant) chew the cud

Question 25

skittish

Answer 25

(of a person) playfully frivolous or unpredictable

(of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared

Question 26

superfluous

Answer 26

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Question 27

synoptic

Answer 27

taking or involving a comprehensive mental view

Question 28

thorough

Answer 28

complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial

Question 29

visionary

Answer 29

thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom

relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition

Question 30

vociferous

Answer 30

expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful