Vocab III

Question 1

almost wholly, just about

Answer 1

virtually

Question 2

to continue

Answer 2

to resume

Question 3

when you know sth is going to happen it is

Answer 3

predictable

Question 4

to discard/reject

Answer 4

to dismiss

Question 5

to decline in power; to decrease in strength

Answer 5

to wane

Question 6

to increase, raise

Answer 6

to boost

Question 7

a period of success/strength

Answer 7

heyday (no Pl.)

Question 8

eccentric person

Answer 8

screwball

Question 9

to present as being of little worth, belittle

Answer 9

to disparage

Question 10

guess, say sth without strong evidence

Answer 10

to surmise

Question 11

sth not good in a person’s character, can’t be fixed

Answer 11

flaw

Question 12

mistake, error

Answer 12

fault

Question 13

fault, imperfection (usually machines)

Answer 13

defect

Question 14

common

Answer 14

conventionality

Question 15

a domineering, aggresive person (usually female)

Answer 15

battleaxe

Question 16

not to be stopped, unalterable

Answer 16

inexorable

Question 17

predecessor, first thing

Answer 17

forerunner

Question 18

to make different in some particular: as size,style,course

Answer 18

to alter

Question 19

to recognize, come to realize

Answer 19

to perceive

Question 20

to castrate, weaken

Answer 20

to emasculate

Question 21

sharp in practical matters

Answer 21

shrewd

Question 22

lacking of, needed

Answer 22

bereft of

Question 23

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion

Answer 23

obstinate

Question 24

quick, fast

Answer 24

swift

Question 25

pretended; fake

Answer 25

feigned

Question 26

obviously planned or forced

Answer 26

contrived

Question 27

naive; innocent

Answer 27

ingenuous

Question 28

willing to believe or trust too readily, naive

Answer 28

credulous

Question 29

believable

Answer 29

credible

Question 30

completely fill (place/container) to the point of overflowing

Answer 30

to cram

Question 31

doing sth without consideration

Answer 31

rash

Question 32

slide, gradual or subtle, almost not seen

Answer 32

imperceptible (imperceptibly)

Question 33

lack of sth

Answer 33

dearth

Question 34

sth claimed to be the case, although there is no proof (dt. angeblich)

Answer 34

allegedly

Question 35

fail to resist a disease or sth

Answer 35

to succumb

Question 36

keen intelligence

Answer 36

wit

Question 37

physical strength in contrast to intelligence

Answer 37

brawn

Question 38

very hot causing difficulties of breathing; v: make so unable to breathe properly

Answer 38

stifling; to stifle

Question 39

to return

Answer 39

to revert

Question 40

climb/walk to the summit of a mountain/hill

Answer 40

ascent

Question 41

an excessive amount of sth

Answer 41

surfeit

Question 42

appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Answer 42

ostensible

Question 43

small mark/flaw spoiling the appearance of sth

Answer 43

to blemish