Set 2

Question 1

eavesdrop

Answer 1

to listen to someone’s private conversation without them knowing:

He was eavesdropping on our conversation.

Question 2

egregious

Answer 2

extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable:

It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance.

Question 3

ember

Answer 3

a piece of wood or coal, etc. that continues to burn after a fire has no more flames:

We sat by the glowing/dying embers of the fire.

Question 4

emerge

Answer 4

to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something:

She emerged from the sea, blue with cold.

Question 5

engross

Answer 5

consumes all of one’s attention and time :

What is it about Harry Potter that so engrosses children?

Question 6

exasperation

Answer 6

the feeling of being annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem:

After ten hours of fruitless negotiations, he stormed out of the meeting in exasperation.

Question 7

exhilarate

Answer 7

Thrill :

the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers

Question 8

falter

Answer 8

to lose strength or purpose and stop, or almost stop:

Her friends never faltered in their belief in her.

Question 9

foresight

Answer 9

the ability to judge correctly what is going to happen in the future and plan your actions based on this knowledge:

She’d had the foresight to sell her apartment just before the housing market collapsed.