Vocab 24

Question 1

Adjective: extremely stupid

E.G.
an …….. comment

Answer 1

Asinine

Question 2

Adjective: friendly and making you feel happy and welcome:

a …….. atmosphere/host

Answer 2

Convivial

Question 3

Adjective: wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people:

Examples:
an ……. child
an ……. mind
She could see ……. faces looking out from the windows next door.

Answer 3

inquisitive

Question 4

adjective: friendly and pleasant:

The teacher is very ….. /has a …… manner.

Answer 4

Genial

Question 5

Verb: to get great pleasure from something, especially because it provides physical comfort:

example
There’s nothing better after a hard day’s work than to …….. in a hot bath.

Answer 5

Luxuriate

Question 6

Adjective: A ……. person or thing is the only person or thing in a place

examples:
On the hill, a …… figure was busy chopping down trees.
In the distance was a …… building.
He was a ….. child (= he enjoyed being alone).

Answer 6

Solitary

Question 7

Adjective: at an angle of 90° to a horizontal line or surface:

E.g.
We scrambled up the nearly ….. side of the mountain.

Answer 7

perpendicular