Unit 11.2

Question 1

be blind to sth

Answer 1

to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others:
She seems blind to his faults.

Question 2

tasteless

Answer 2

likely to upset someone:

tasteless jokes

Question 3

dish (sth) up

Answer 3

to make or serve a meal:
Come to the table everybody - I’m ready to dish (supper) up.
What’s the canteen dishing up for us today?

Question 4

windswept

Answer 4

(of places) open to and not protected from strong winds:
We drove down to the windswept Atlantic coast of Portugal.

having hair that is untidy because it has been blown in different directions by the wind:
She was looking a bit windswept.
windswept hair

Question 5

insane

Answer 5

extremely unreasonable or stupid:

It would be insane not to take advantage of this opportunity.

Question 6

empty

Answer 6

not sincere or without any real meaning:
empty threats/rhetoric
They’re just empty promises.

Question 7

impossible

Answer 7

An impossible person behaves very badly or is extremely difficult to deal with:
I had to leave the job because my boss was impossible.
My niece is impossible when she’s tired - you can’t do anything to please her.

Question 8

virtue

Answer 8

a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good:
Patience is a virtue.

Question 9

tenacity

Answer 9

the determination to continue what you are doing

Question 10

detest

Answer 10

to hate someone or something very much:

I detest any kind of cruelty.

Question 11

bullish

Answer 11

giving your opinions in a powerful and confident way:

She’s being very bullish about the firm’s future.

Question 12

the crux

Answer 12

the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument:
The crux of the country’s economic problems is its foreign debt.
The issue of an arms embargo will be at the crux of the negotiations in Geneva.

Question 13

empowering

Answer 13

Something that is empowering makes you more confident and makes you feel that you are in control of your life:
For me, learning to drive was an empowering experience.

Question 14

gimmick

Answer 14

something that is not serious or of real value that is used to attract people’s attention or interest temporarily, especially to make them buy something:
a publicity gimmick
They give away free gifts with children’s meals as a sales/marketing gimmick

Question 15

somewhat

Answer 15

to some degree:
The resort has changed somewhat over the last few years.
She’s somewhat more confident than she used to be.
We were somewhat tired after our long walk.

Question 16

slightly

Answer 16

a little:
She’s slightly taller than her sister.
I’m slightly upset she forgot my birthday.

Question 17

remarkably

Answer 17

used for emphasizing how surprising or unusual something is:
It is a remarkably noisy and crowded city.
Remarkably, she wasn’t hurt in the crash.

Question 18

laid-back

Answer 18

relaxed in manner and character; not usually worried about other people’s behaviour or things that need to be done:
I’ve never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she’s so laid-back.

Question 19

awful

Answer 19

I don’t know an awful lot (= very much) about art, but I’m learning.
Fortunately it won’t make an awful lot of difference if I don’t pass the test.
It was an awful risk to take.

Question 20

entirely

Answer 20

completely:
I admit it was entirely my fault.
The company is run almost entirely by middle-aged men.

Question 21

immensely

Answer 21

extremely:
He was immensely popular in his day.
She’s an immensely talented young athlete.

Question 22

cheerful

Answer 22

happy and positive:
He’s usually fairly cheerful.
You’re in a cheerful mood this morning.

Question 23

chirpy

Answer 23

happy and active:

She seemed quite chirpy this morning.

Question 24

extremely unhappy:

She was broken-hearted when her boyfriend left her.

Answer 24

extremely unhappy:

She was broken-hearted when her boyfriend left her.

Question 25

hypocrisy

Answer 25

a situation in which someone pretends to believe something that they do not really believe, or that is the opposite of what they do or say at another time:
There’s one rule for her and another rule for everyone else and it’s sheer hypocrisy.

Question 26

aberration

Answer 26

a temporary change from the typical or usual way of behaving:
In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him.
I’m sorry I’m late - I had a mental aberration and forgot we had a meeting today

Question 27

unattached

Answer 27

not married or not having a relationship with anyone; single:
He’s gorgeous, he has his own house and, what’s more, he’s unattached.

Question 28

put in something

Answer 28

to include something, esp. in a piece of writing or a broadcast:
Kids like this computer program because they can put in images that they create.
We put an ad in the paper to sell our car.

Question 29

rush around

Answer 29

to try to do a lot of things or to go to a lot of places in a short period of time
I’ve been rushing around shopping all day.

Question 30

theatricality

Answer 30

/θiˌæt.rɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/
to try to do a lot of things or to go to a lot of places in a short period of time
I’ve been rushing around shopping all day.

Question 31

reveler

Answer 31

someone who dances, drinks, sings, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way:
On New Year’s Eve, thousands of revelers fill Times Square.
The statue was damaged by drunken revelers.

Question 32

revel in sth

Answer 32

to get great pleasure from a situation or an activity:
She’s revelling in her newly found freedom.
He revelled in his role as team manager.