Vocab 1

Question 1

corpse

Answer 1

a dead body

Question 2

soberly

Answer 2

seriously

Question 3

short-sighted

Answer 3

not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future

Question 4

dike

Answer 4

a long wall that prevents water

Question 5

hack

Answer 5

a person who drives a taxi

Question 6

bragging

Answer 6

to speak too proudly

Question 7

placid

Answer 7

gentle, calm, paceful

Question 8

it’s a shame

Answer 8

a painful feeling of humiliation or distress

Question 9

bewildered

Answer 9

confused mentally

Question 10

dazed

Answer 10

stupéfait

Question 11

fuss

Answer 11

excessive display of concern about anything

Question 12

swaying

Answer 12

to cause to move backward and forward or from side to side

Question 13

blinking

Answer 13

to twinkle with the eyes

Question 14

frantic

Answer 14

relating to, characterized by, or displaying frenzy, delirious, wild

Question 15

grief

Answer 15

mental pain, distress or sorrow

Question 16

welled up

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to appear on the surface of something or come slowly out from somewhere

Question 17

muttering

Answer 17

to utter indistinctly and in a low tone

Question 18

weary

Answer 18

having the feeling of loss of strength and need for rest

Question 19

amiably

Answer 19

in a pleasant and friendly way

Question 20

presumptuous

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a person who shows little respect for others by doing things they have no right to do

Question 21

enthralled

Answer 21

to keep someone completely interested

Question 22

shamefacedly

Answer 22

in a way that is awkward and embarrassed

Question 23

marred

Answer 23

to spoil something

Question 24

at the expense of

Answer 24

making another person look silly

Question 25

scurrying

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to move quickly with small steps

Question 26

scarcely

Answer 26

almost not

Question 27

musty

Answer 27

smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet

Question 28

crept

Answer 28

to move slowly, quietly and carefully

Question 29

prosaic

Answer 29

without interest, imagination and excitement

Question 30

disown

Answer 30

to make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with

Question 31

spindly

Answer 31

long or tall and thin, and looking weak

Question 32

riddled

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full of something unwanted

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dingy

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dark and often dirty

Question 34

slurred

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to pronounce the sound oh a word in a way that's wrong or not clear

Question 35

tramped

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the sound of people all walking together with heavy steps

Question 36

scolding

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the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of their behaviour

Question 37

rowdy

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noisy and possibly violent

Question 38

kerchief

Answer 38

a square of piece of cloth worn around the neck or on the head

Question 39

amber

Answer 39

yellow-brown color