Test 18

Question 1

chronometer (N)

Answer 1

a very accurate clock, especially one used at sea

Question 2

cataclysm (n) /ˈkætəklɪzəm/

to survive the cataclysm of the Black Death

(adj): cataclysmic /ˌkætəˈklɪzmɪk/ = catastrophic

Answer 2

a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change

Question 3

(the) populace (n)

The populace at large is/are opposed to sudden change.

Answer 3

all the ordinary people of a particular country or area

Question 4

henchman (n)

(tay sai)

Answer 4

a helper or support of a powerful person, for example a political leader or criminal, who is prepared to use violence or become involved in illegal activites to help that person

Question 5

entreaty (n)

Despite his entreaties, she left.

(v): entreat: beg, implore

Answer 5

a serious and often emotional request

Question 6

loam (n)

A moist loam is ideal for growing currant bushes.

Answer 6

good quality soil containing sand, clay and decayed vegetable matter

Question 7

outpost (n)

a remote outpost

Answer 7

a small town or group of buildings in a lonely part of a country

Question 8

recrudesce = recur (v)

/ˌriːkruːˈdes/

Answer 8

(especially of sth bad) to happen again

Question 9

convalesce=recuperate (v)

She ís convalescing at home after her operation.

(n): convalescence/convalescent | (adj): convalescent/recuperative

Answer 9

spend time getting your health and strength back after an illness

Question 10

chancery (n)

Answer 10

an office where public records are kept; the offices where the official representative of a country works, in a another country

Question 11

obstetrics (n)

sản khoa

Answer 11

the branch of medicine that deals with the birth of children

Question 12

cipher/cypher (n)

1) a message in cipher

2) To her employers she was a mere cipher, with no human feelings at all.

Answer 12

• a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others (= code)
• a person or thing of no importance

Question 13

galvanise (v)

(adj): **galvanic **

The urgency of his voice galvanised them into action.

Answer 13

make sb take action by shocking or by making them excited

Question 14

chasm (n)

1) Suddenly a huge chasm opened in the earth.

2) the yawning chasm of the generation gap.

Answer 14

• a deep opening or break in the ground
• a very big difference between two people for groups, for example because they have different attitudes (=gulf)

Question 15

the Occident (n)

(adj): occidental

Answer 15

the western part of the world, especially Europe and America

Question 16

deport (v)

(n): deportation

The government refused to grant them refugee status and deported them.

Answer 16

force sb to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or they have no legal right to be there

Question 17

deportment (n)

lessons in deportment and etiquette

Answer 17

the way in which a person stands, moves, or behaves

Question 18

misdeed=wrongdoing (n)

Answer 18

a bad or evil act

Question 19

rote (n)

You cannot fully understand a subject through rote learning.

Answer 19

repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention

Question 20

confederate=accomplice (n)

Answer 20

a person who helps sb, especially to do sth illegal or secret