Test 6

Question 1

barcarole (n)

Answer 1

a strong traditionally sung by Ventian gondoliers.

Question 2

tactics (n)

Answer 2

maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.

Question 3

lawgiver (n)

Answer 3

one who gives a code of laws to a people

Question 4

piecemeal (adj)

Answer 4

done or happening gradually at different times and often in different ways, rather than carefully planned at the beginning

Question 5

eccentricity (n)

eccentric (adj)/(n): a person who is considered to be strange or unusual

Answer 5

behaviour that people think is strange or unusual

Question 6

sidereal (adj)

Answer 6

related to the stars that are far away, not the sun or planets

Question 7

side-saddle (adv)

Answer 7

if you ride a horse …, you ride with both your legs on the same side of the horse.

Question 8

submersible (adj)

submersible (n): a submarine that goes under for a short period.

Answer 8

that can be used underwater

Question 9

semiconcious (adj)

Answer 9

partially awake

Question 10

assent (v)

Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed.

assent (n)

Answer 10

express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion

Question 11

mercenary (n)

mercenary (adj): only interested in making or getting money

Answer 11

a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment

Question 12

jocose (adj)

Answer 12

humorous

Question 13

regent (n)

regent (adj): used after a noun such as prince or queen to show that the prince or queen is ruling a country because the real king or queen is too young, old, ill, etc.

Answer 13

a person who rules a country because the king or queen is too young, old, ill, etc.

Question 14

day-man (n)

Answer 14

a worker paid by time rather than piecework