Vocab 40

Question 1

Adjective: too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance:
He’s an …….. little man and widely disliked in the company.

Answer 1

Officious

Question 2

Noun: the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject:
“We really don’t know what to do about it,” she said with surprising ……..

Answer 2

Candor

Question 3

Verb; to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups:

e.g.
The issue has ……… the nation.
Two developments have………the debate.

Answer 3

Polarise

Question 4

Noun: severe criticism and blame:

e.g.
International ….. has been heaped on the country following its attack on its neighbours.

Answer 4

opprobrium

Question 5

Noun: the quality of not showing the expected respect for official, important, or holy things:
The book is written with good humour and …….
Such behaviour is typical of the cheeky ……. the band display onstage.

Answer 5

Irreverence