Vocabulary

Question 0

Extremely upsetting because connected with suffering

Answer 0

Harrowing

She told a harrowing story.

Question 1

Loyalty and support for a ruler, group or belief

Answer 1

Allegiance

Soldiers must swear allegiance to the Crown.

In many American schools, students must pledge allegiance at the beginning of the year.

Question 2

Systematic, careful

Answer 2

Methodical

Question 3

Too patriotic

Answer 3

Chauvinistic

Question 4

Become too excited and lose control

Answer 4

Tend to get carried away

Question 5

Showing feelings, love or liking

Answer 5

Affectionate

He is a little affecionate boy.

Question 6

Ready to help

Answer 6

Obliging

Question 7

Wise

Answer 7

Sagacious

Question 8

Diligent

Answer 8

Hard-working

Question 9

Placid

Answer 9

Calm, does not easily become excited or angry

Question 10

Unwilling to spend money

Answer 10

He is a stingy woman.

Question 11

Troubled or distressed by

Answer 11

Plagued by

Question 12

Personality that atracts people

Answer 12

Magnetic personality

Question 13

Wanting to gain advantage for oneself

Answer 13

Self-seeking

Question 14

Having a good understanding or good judgement in a situation.

Answer 14

Shrewd

It was a shrewd move to buy the house just before the prices had risen.

Question 15

Expensive or impressive

Answer 15

Flashy

Question 16

Thinking of others rather than oneself

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Altruistic

Question 17

Critical person

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A fault-finder

Question 18

Cause of destruction

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Downfall

Question 19

Extremely generous

Answer 19

Unstinting

She was unstinting in her praise

Question 20

Careful when using money (positive)

Answer 20

Frugal

A frugal lifestyle

Question 21

Unwilling to spend money

Answer 21

Stingy

Question 22

Not willing to spend money (formal disapproving)

Answer 22

Parsimonious (parsimony)

Question 23

Another word for diligent

Answer 23

Industrious

Question 24

Clever to see how to take advantage of a situation

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Astute

An astute investor

Question 25

Unwilling to smile or be pleasant

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Sullen

She looked up at the sullen sky.

Question 26

Laugh at sb in an unkind way

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Snigger (snicker)

What are you all sniggering at/about?

Question 27

To speak and laugh about a person that shows you think they are stupid or silly

Answer 27

Scoff

Critics scoffed at impressionistic paintings.

Question 28

Easily decieved or tricked

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Gullible (guy)

Question 29

A slang word for vomit

Answer 29

Puke

Question 30

Meet and begin to work with (informal)

Answer 30

Hook up

I hooked up with a few people in my class to work on the essay.

Question 31

Moving and sad description

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Poignant

Question 32

Dark and gloomy

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Lugubrious

Question 33

Very interesting and engaging story

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Page-turner

Question 34

Cruel and disgusting with death

Answer 34

Macabre

Question 35

Book that records events and times, for example, all the journeys made by lorry or ship

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Logbook

Question 37

Causing great fear

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Chilling

Question 38

Mysterious

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Enigmatic

Question 39

Rise memories or imagies

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Evocative

Question 40

Collection of, for example, poems or short stories by different authors

Answer 40

Anthology

Question 41

Collection of detailed, concise information about a particular subject

Answer 41

Compendium