Vocab 14

Question 1

Noun : complete honesty

E.g. Her …… and integrity are beyond question.

Answer 1

Probity

Question 2

Noun : the condition of being unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs

Because of the drugs, he was in a state of ………. by the time we found him.

Answer 2

Stupefaction

Question 3

Verb : to control and limit something

The country’s progress was …….. by a leader who refused to look forward.

Answer 3

Constrained

Question 4

Noun : an area where a network of nerves, blood, or lymph vessels comes together.

the solar ……..

Answer 4

Plexus

Question 5

Noun: an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist

literary
a hope or wish that has no chance of being achieved

E.g. Electoral victory is just a distant …..

Answer 5

Mirage

Question 6

Adjective: decayed and having an unpleasant smell:
the…….. body of a dead fox
What’s that ……. smell?

Answer 6

Putrid

Question 7

Noun: the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period

Answer 7

Fossil