Vocab 6

Question 1

Noun : deserved and severe punishment

E.g. they fled because they feared ….. for the genocide

Answer 1

Retribution

Question 2

Adjective: having or relating to one or more angles / having a clear shape with sharp points

Her features were too ….., her face a little too long for beauty.

Answer 2

Angular

Question 3

Verb: to know or understand something because of a feeling that you have rather than because of facts or what someone has told you

He ……. that I was worried about the situation.

Answer 3

Intuit

Question 4

Verb : to give great pleasure to someone:

I was utterly ….. by the way she smiled.

Answer 4

Ravished

Question 5

Adjective: to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral

I ……. all forms of racism.

Answer 5

Abhor

Question 6

the largest part or greatest amount

E.g the ….. of evidence suggests he’s guilty

Answer 6

Preponderance

Question 7

Adjective: consisting of a mixture of various things that are not usually connected with each other

E.g. ……household items

Answer 7

Miscellaneous

Question 8

Noun: strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc

Answer 8

Canvas

Question 9

Adjective: (of hair) reddish-brown in colour

Answer 9

Auburn

Question 10

Noun: a state of balance:

e.g.
The disease destroys much of the inner ear, disturbing the animal’s ………….
the country’s economic ………..

Answer 10

equilibrium