Vocab Last Round

Question 1

opthalmologist

Answer 1

eye doctor

Question 2

gynaecologist

Answer 2

women’s reproductive system doctor

Question 3

obstetrician

Answer 3

pregnancy and childbirth doctor

Question 4

peadiatrician

Answer 4

children’s doctor

Question 5

gastrointestinal disease

Answer 5

illness of the stomach or digestive passages

Question 6

to be impeded

Answer 6

to slow down or make difficult

Question 7

biomass

Answer 7

dead plant and animal material suitable for using as fuel

Question 8

poky

Answer 8

insufficient space

Question 9

for donkey’s years / since the year dot

Answer 9

for a long time (expr.)

Question 10

till the crows come home

Answer 10

for ever (expr.)

Question 11

at a rate of knots

Answer 11

very quickly (expr.)

Question 12

transient

Answer 12

lasting for only a short time

Question 13

inexorable

Answer 13

continuing without hope of being stopped

Question 14

incipient

Answer 14

just beginning

Question 15

protracted

Answer 15

lasting for a long time or made to last longer

Question 16

staggering

Answer 16

moving unsteady, drunk/ill

Question 17

lurching

Answer 17

moving sudden or irregular, drunk/ill/waling on moving ship

Question 18

ambling

Answer 18

moving easy or gentle, pleasure/relaxation

Question 19

trudging

Answer 19

moving heavy/slow/with difficulty, tired

Question 20

offhand

Answer 20

showing a rude lack of respect in others

Question 21

insolent

Answer 21

rude and not showing respect

Question 22

titter

Answer 22

small laugh

Question 23

wailing

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making a rising and falling sound

Question 24

cumbersome

Answer 24

things that are difficult to handle (machines, equipment, systems, structures etc.)

Question 25

ponderous

Answer 25

slow and clumsy because of weight

Question 26

to congeal

Answer 26

become thick and solid

Question 27

impervious (to)

Answer 27

liquid cannot pass through

Question 28

to nip

Answer 28

going a short distance quickly (similar to, to pop)

Question 29

to career

Answer 29

moving rapidly and out of control

Question 30

to scamper

Answer 30

small rapid steps

Question 31

to scuttle

Answer 31

small rapid steps

Question 32

to slump

Answer 32

downward movement in financial context (first)

Question 33

to tumble

Answer 33

downward movement in financial context (last)

Question 34

to totter

Answer 34

slow, unsteady movement

Question 35

to dawdle

Answer 35

to move more slowly than is necessary

Question 36

to percipiate

Answer 36

to quickly and suddenly cause

Question 37

to use analogy

Answer 37

see similarities that helps us understand something

Question 38

disparate

Answer 38

used for different types within a group

Question 39

a snag

Answer 39

small difficulty

Question 40

impediment

Answer 40

something that prevents free action, progress or movement

Question 41

abstruse

Answer 41

difficult to understand

Question 42

arduous

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difficult, tiring, needing much effort

Question 43

convoluted

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unreasonably long and hard to follow

Question 44

wayward

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difficult to control or predict

Question 45

hassling

Answer 45

asking again and again

Question 46

in a fix

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in a difficult situation

Question 47

aspirations

Answer 47

ambitions

Question 48

aggregate

Answer 48

total

Question 49

blip

Answer 49

temporary change

Question 50

to accede

Answer 50

accept, but often associated with initial unwillingness

Question 51

to condone

Answer 51

approve or allow something which most people consider to be wrong

Question 52

something is just on

Answer 52

something is not acceptable (expr.)

Question 53

to take great exception to

Answer 53

complaining (expr.) (form.)

Question 54

reprieve

Answer 54

official order stopping or delaying punishment

Question 55

extol the virtues/benefits of

Answer 55

highly praise

Question 56

obsequious

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person who praises someone for their own benefit (form.)

Question 57

having a flutter

Answer 57

having a small bet

Question 58

to lament

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to feel sad that time passes

Question 59

to tally with

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to match or agree with

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to coinside with

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to be the same as

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to conform to

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to fit in with

Question 62

dissent

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opposition to the accepted way of thinking

Question 63

to advocate

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to argue in favour

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to deduce

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to reach a conclusion by thinking carefully about the known facts

Question 65

ambiguous

Answer 65

open to different interpetations

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arbitrary

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based on chance or personal choice

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to denote

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to be a sign of / to stand for

Question 68

the converse

Answer 68

the opposite

Question 69

notwithstanding

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despite this

Question 70

to epitomise

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to be the perfect example of

Question 71

umpteen

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lot of

Question 72

incidentally

Answer 72

used to introduce new subject

Question 73

smattering

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small proportion

Question 74

to be nagging (at)

Answer 74

criticising fault or duties not done

Question 75

to be slagging off

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to be criticising in an insulting way

Question 76

-gress-

Answer 76

walk, step, go

Question 77

palaver

Answer 77

unnecessary trouble

Question 78

intelligentsia

Answer 78

social class of intellectuals

Question 79

continually

Answer 79

very frequently; often negative

Question 80

continuously

Answer 80

without stopping

Question 81

keep someone/something on a tight rein

Answer 81

have a lot of control over someone/something

Question 82

to pay dividends

Answer 82

to bring you advantages

Question 83

to be down in the mouth

Answer 83

to be depressed

Question 84

cowboy builders

Answer 84

builders who are not careful or trustworthy

Question 85

to facillitate

Answer 85

to make possible, easier