Unit 7.2 & 7.3

Question 1

dazzling

Answer 1

A dazzling light is so bright that you cannot see for a short time after looking at it:
a dazzling white light

extremely attractive or exciting:
dazzling good looks
a dazzling smile

Question 2

eyeball

Answer 2

to look closely at someone:

He eyeballed me across the bar.

Question 3

unimaginable

Answer 3

Something that is unimaginable is difficult to imagine because it is so bad, good, big, etc.:
unimaginable pain/wealth

Question 4

flamboyant

Answer 4

very confident in your behaviour, and liking to be noticed by other people, for example because of the way you dress, talk, etc.:
a flamboyant gesture
The writer’s flamboyant lifestyle was well known.

Question 5

indistinct

Answer 5

not clear:

an indistinct shape/sound/recollection

Question 6

clear-cut

Answer 6

clear or obvious without needing any proof:

She has clear-cut evidence that the company cheated her.

Question 7

to top it all off

Answer 7

If you have been describing bad things that happened, and then say that to top it all off something else happened, you mean that the final thing was even worse:

Question 8

natural

Answer 8

A natural ability or characteristic is one that you were born with:
natural beauty

Question 9

spectacular

Answer 9

especially great:

We’ve had spectacular success with the product.

Question 10

arguably

Answer 10

used when stating an opinion or belief that you think can be shown to be true:
He is arguably the world’s best football player.
Arguably, the drug should not have been made available.

Question 11

perceive

Answer 11

to see something or someone, or to notice something that is obvious:
Bill perceived a tiny figure in the distance.
I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice.

Question 12

reminiscent of sb/sth

Answer 12

making you remember a particular person, event, or thing:

That song is so reminiscent of my adolescence.

Question 13

warm up

Answer 13

If an event warms up, it starts to become more interesting, enjoyable, or exciting:
The party was only just starting to warm up as I left.

Question 14

story (buildings’ floors)

Answer 14

a level of a building:
a three-story house
Their new house has four stories including the attic.

Question 15

temperamental

Answer 15

A temperamental person is someone whose mood often changes very suddenly:
Be careful how you approach her - she’s very temperamental.

Question 16

provoke

Answer 16

to cause a reaction, especially a negative one:
The prospect of increased prices has already provoked an outcry.
Test results provoked worries that the reactor could overheat.

Question 17

precariously

Answer 17

in a way that is likely to fall, be damaged, fail, etc.:

Her suitcase was precariously balanced on the tiny luggage rack above her head.

Question 18

imitate

Answer 18

to behave in a similar way to someone or something else, or to copy the speech or behaviour, etc. of someone or something:
Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.

Question 19

occur

Answer 19

to exist or be present in, among, etc.:

Violence of some type seems to occur in every society.

Question 20

occur to sb

Answer 20

If a thought or idea occurs to you, it comes into your mind:
The thought did occur to me.
It never even occurred to us that he hadn’t been invited.

Question 21

be hell-bent on sth

Answer 21

to be extremely determined to do something, without considering the risks or possible dangerous results:
He was hell-bent on revenge.

Question 22

walk sth off

Answer 22

to walk in order to try and get rid of pain or an unpleasant feeling such as anger:
I’m going out to walk off this headache.
She twisted her ankle and tried to walk it off, but it hurt too much.
He managed to walk off his bad mood.

Question 23

sow the seeds of sth

Answer 23

to do something that will cause something to happen in the future:
He’s sowing the seeds of his own downfall.

Question 24

familiarity

Answer 24

a good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it so well:
Ellen’s familiarity with pop music is astonishing.

Question 25

squat

Answer 25

short and wide, usually in a way that is not attractive:

a row of ugly, squat houses

Question 26

wield influence, power, etc.

Answer 26

to have a lot of influence or power over other people:

He still wields enormous influence in politics.

Question 27

wield

Answer 27

to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it:
She was confronted by a man wielding a knife.

Question 28

radiant

Answer 28

obviously very happy, or very beautiful:

He gave a radiant smile when he heard her news.

Question 29

tranquil

Answer 29

calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, worry, etc.:

She stared at the tranquil surface of the water.

Question 30

outset

Answer 30

the beginning:

I told him at/from the outset I wasn’t interested.

Question 31

obeying completely and having no original thoughts or ideas:
a slavish devotion to duty
a slavish translation

Answer 31

very interesting because of being unusual or mysterious:
an intriguing possibility/question
She has a really intriguing personality.

Question 32

fatuous

Answer 32

stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about:

a fatuous idea

Question 33

florid

Answer 33

with too much decoration or detail:

a florid architectural style

Question 34

glaring

Answer 34

used to say that something bad is very obvious:
glaring errors
a glaring injustice

Question 35

landmark

Answer 35

an important stage in something’s development:

The invention of the silicon chip was a landmark in the history of the computer.

Question 36

devalue

Answer 36

to cause someone or something to be considered less valuable or important:
I don’t want to devalue his achievement, but he managed to get a promotion without working very hard.

Question 37

commonplace

Answer 37

happening often or often seen or experienced and so not considered to be special:
Electric cars are increasingly commonplace.