The List 003

Question 1

slug

Answer 1

to hit someone with your fist

Question 2

havoc

Answer 2

a very confused and possibly dangerous situation

Question 3

laborious

Answer 3

Requiring much physical effort

Question 4

tedious

Answer 4

boring; ex:The trouble is I find most forms of exercise so tedious.

Question 5

defunct

Answer 5

No longer living, existing; ex: the now defunct communist part

Question 6

ponder

Answer 6

to think carefully, especially for a period of time

Question 7

hapless

Answer 7

very unlucky

Question 8

outrageous

Answer 8

Shocking, immoral

Question 9

hindsight

Answer 9

a realisation or understanding of an event that have occured; ex In hindsight, that could have perhaps been done a little better

Question 10

concede

Answer 10

to admint often unwiliingly that sth is true; ex: The Government has conceded that the new tax policy has been a disaster.

Question 11

articulate

Answer 11

adj. able to express feeling or thought clearly and effectively ex: an intelligent and articulate boy

Question 12

gutted

Answer 12

adj. extremely dissapointed

Question 13

refute

Answer 13

v. to prove to be false, to deny a truth ex: She refutes any suggestions of exploitation

Question 14

slapper

Answer 14

n. a woman of loose moral (very offensive)

Question 15

hanker after/for sth

Answer 15

v. to have a strong wish for sth, especially when you cannot or should not have it

Question 16

swerve

Answer 16

to change direction especially suddenly, ex: he never swerves an inch in his duty

Question 17

drivel

Answer 17

n. nonsense information, ex: you do not believe the drivel on radio, drivelling (adj), ex drivelling man

Question 18

grotesque

Answer 18

strange or unpleasant esplly in silly or frightening way ex comestic surgery makes her face grotesque

Question 19

slime

Answer 19

a sticky liquid substance which is unpleasant to touch, such as the liquid produced by fish and snails and the greenish brown substance found near water

Question 20

factoid

Answer 20

an interesting piece of information, ex:

I remember coming across that striking little factoid somewhere during the research