Set 18 - TC 33 - 36

Question 1

obfuscate (v.)

Answer 1

The pandemic began in China and yet China continues to obfuscate by not allowing WHO officials in the country.
A poem that does not ignore or obfuscate the many challenges we still face or the ugliness of our recent past.
(to make something difficult to understand by making it vague or obscure.)

Question 2

Concoct (v.)

Answer 2

John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late.
Whenever I had a cold, my grandmother concocted a remedy out of herbs, lemon and garlic.
(make something by mixing - it can be a drink or a deceiving piece of story - to create a plan specially in order to deceive someone)

Question 3

Disavow (v.)

Answer 3

the company decided to settle some of the law suits last year, disavowing any wrongdoing or legal responsibility.
He was forced to sign a letter, disavowing his previous beliefs and pledging loyalty to the government or otherwise he would be arrested for sedition.

Question 4

Aggregation (n.)(c.)(uc.)

Answer 4

Japanese banks represent perhaps 3% of South Korea’s borrowings, but the precise aggregation is still unclear.
The key to internet tv is content aggregation: brining TV together with facilities such as online shopping.

Question 5

Conjunction (n.)

Answer 5

A happy conjunction of events.
The sheets are designed to be used in conjunction with the new course book.
(a combination of different things that have come together by chance,
in conjunction with something else: working or happening with something or someone else.)

Question 6

Impute (v.)

Answer 6

Don’t impute words to me I didn’t say.
Yet the history of science is replete with mystical stories of electricity and disease that was once imputed to god, because we did not understand them.
(ascribe, credit, assign to, attribute)

Question 7

cultivated (adj.)

Answer 7

Ours are grown in the garden, way different than those cultivated flowers in a flower shop.
if people are more interested in reading what aligns with their beliefs rather than the truth, then bias is not a journalistic flaw but a cultivated feature of the news.
(پروش داده شده)

Question 8

Slant (v.)

Answer 8

The researchers were accused of slanting their findings in favor of their beliefs.
The sun ray slanted through the trees.
(to slope or to make something slope in a particular direction, to provide information in a way that unfairly supports one opinion.)

Question 9

Halt (v.)(n.)

Answer 9

Heavy snowfall brought traffic to a halt.
The president has called for a halt to the wave of emigration.
(to stop or prevent or pause)

Question 10

Ponderous (adj.)

Answer 10

Accusing ministries of taking too ponderous an approach toward improving infrastructure.
She avoids the classics because she finds them ponderous and boring
(unwieldy- slow and laborious - Dull and boring and slow to progress.)

Question 11

Deify(v.)

Answer 11

Why are we deifying the founders of our country, many of whom owned slaves?
He exalts men with weapons the way football fans deify their favorite quarterbacks.

Question 12

Aggrandize (v.)

Answer 12

Donald Trump is seeking to aggrandize himself and divide the nation at yet another rally.
(A+grand+ize)

Question 13

Divisive (adj.)

Answer 13

Socially divisive issues in the community.
Our complicated military involvement in the middle east made me think of the dark, divisive days of the Vietnam war.
(causing a lot of disgreement between people.)