us elections vocabulary

Question 1

Dishonest

Answer 1

Crooked

Question 2

going down (adverb)

Answer 2

downhill

Question 3

said or done so many times that becomes uninteresting

Answer 3

stale

Question 4

sudden and great increase

Answer 4

surge

Question 5

trying very hard to achieve something

Answer 5

to strive (to/for)

Question 6

to supply or produce something positive, such as profit

Answer 6

yield

Question 7

to waste money, time etc in a stupid or careless way

Answer 7

to squander

Question 8

intimação

Answer 8

summon

Question 9

careful

Answer 9

wary

Question 10

inside

Answer 10

inner

Question 11

move in a particular direction (boat, car etc)

Answer 11

steer

Question 12

to reduce a number

Answer 12

to streamline

Question 13

an angry disagreement

Answer 13

quarrel

Question 14

descartar

Answer 14

to dismiss

Question 15

to rise very quickly

Answer 15

to soar

Question 16

feeling of losing all hope

Answer 16

despair

Question 17

to trust somebody

Answer 17

to bind

Question 18

desgastar

Answer 18

to erode

Question 19

ask something in a very serious way

Answer 19

to plead

Question 20

point of view about something specific

Answer 20

outlook

Question 21

to get rid

Answer 21

to cast off

Question 22

degradar

Answer 22

to degrade

Question 23

to not be able to fight an attack, temptation etc

Answer 23

to succumb

Question 24

a sum of money you save to use in the future

Answer 24

nest egg

Question 25

credo

Answer 25

creed

Question 26

to make use of an opportunity

Answer 26

to seize

Question 27

to risk harming or destroying something

Answer 27

to jeopardize

Question 28

to achieve your aims even though you do not know exactly what you are doing and do not have the correct equipment, knowledge, etc.

Answer 28

muddle through

Question 29

to come together or bring people together in order to help or support somebody/something

Answer 29

to rally

Question 30

a person independent-minded and unconventional

Answer 30

maverick