Trash Vocabulary

Question 1

Corruption

Answer 1

(noun)
- Dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.

Question 2

Shanty

Answer 2

(noun)
- A small rough hut that poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard or other weak materials.

Question 3

Stifling

Answer 3

(adjective)
- Describes heat that is so extreme it makes you feel uncomfortable.

Question 4

Squatter

Answer 4

(noun)
- Someone who lives in an unused building without having legal rights to do so and without paying rent or property tax.

Question 5

Siphon

Answer 5

(verb)
- Describes money or resources that is caused to be used for an unintentional purpose.

Question 6

Prosecution

Answer 6

(noun)
The group of lawyers who try to prove that a person on trial is guilty.

Question 7

Poise

Answer 7

(adjective)
- When someone is calm, dignified and self-controlled.

Question 8

Destitute

Answer 8

(adjective)
- Describes a person who has no money or possessions

Question 9

Marginalise

Answer 9

(verb)
- Marginalising a group of poeple means to make them feel isolated and unimportant.

Question 10

Verb

Answer 10

A doing or being word eg. walk

Question 11

Adverb

Answer 11

A word that describes a verb eg. quickly

Question 12

Noun

Answer 12

A person, place or thing eg. pencil

Question 13

Adjective

Answer 13

A word that describes a noun eg. sharp

Question 14

Conjunction

Answer 14

A word that connects two main or a main and a subordinate clause eg. but

Question 15

Determiner

Answer 15

A modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has eg. the