Vocabulary 12

Question 1

Abbreviate

Answer 1

Shorten

Question 2

Absorbing

Answer 2

Very interesting

Question 3

Accompanied

Answer 3

Go somewhere with someone with you. (Or play an instrument with someone else playing with you)

Question 4

Advance

Answer 4

To make progress

Question 5

Affirmative

Answer 5

Agreeing with something

Question 6

Banish

Answer 6

Ban / send someone away as a punishment

Question 7

Bearded

Answer 7

Having a beard

Question 8

Blustery

Answer 8

Very windy

Question 9

Brisk

Answer 9

Active and energetic

Question 10

Bumper

Answer 10

Very large (also a horizontal bar across the front or back of a vehicle used to reduce damage in a crash)

Question 11

Challenging

Answer 11

Difficult

Question 12

Coarse

Answer 12

Rough

Question 13

Compliant

Answer 13

Obeying the rules

Question 14

Comrade

Answer 14

Friend

Question 15

Contempt

Answer 15

Feeling that a person or thing is worthless

Question 16

Dawn

Answer 16

The beginning of the morning when the sun first rises

Question 17

Destitute

Answer 17

Very poor

Question 18

Eccentric

Answer 18

Slightly strange or unusual (used to describe a person’s behaviour)

Question 19

Educated

Answer 19

Having had a good education

Question 20

Fantasy

Answer 20

An idea that is impossible or unlikely

Question 21

Flashy

Answer 21

Attractive or impressive

Question 22

Flimsy

Answer 22

Easily damaged

Question 23

Formal

Answer 23

Suitable for an official or important occasion

Question 24

Granted

Answer 24

To allow or agree with a request

Question 25

Ignorant

Answer 25

Not knowing something

Question 26

Inaudible

Answer 26

A sound that's too quiet to hear

Question 27

Inhale

Answer 27

Breathe in

Question 28

Insert

Answer 28

Put something into something else

Question 29

Intentional

Answer 29

On purpose

Question 30

Intrepid

Answer 30

Fearless / adventurous

Question 31

Landlord

Answer 31

Someone who rents out a building

Question 32

Leisurely

Answer 32

Doing something without rushing or ina relaxed way

Question 33

Magnify

Answer 33

To make something seem larger than it is, say by using a magnifying glass or microscope

Question 34

Miserly

Answer 34

Not spending much money (used to describe a person's behaviour)

Question 35

Omit

Answer 35

Leave out

Question 36

Outgoing

Answer 36

Friendly and confident

Question 37

Overcast

Answer 37

When the sky is full of grey clouds

Question 38

Plentiful

Answer 38

When there is lots of something

Question 39

Postpone

Answer 39

To arrange for something to take place at a later time

Question 40

Precise

Answer 40

Accurate

Question 41

Reality

Answer 41

How things really are (opposite of fantasy)

Question 42

Reap

Answer 42

To gather plants (usually a harvest)

Question 43

Relapse

Answer 43

To become worse after something had previously become better

Question 44

Reluctant

Answer 44

Not willing to do something

Question 45

Retreat

Answer 45

To withdraw or move back

Question 46

Rowdy

Answer 46

Noisy

Question 47

Scarce

Answer 47

Not enough (usually used to describe money or food)

Question 48

Scorn

Answer 48

Feeling contempt for someone or something

Question 49

Sow

Answer 49

Plant seeds (also an adult female pig)

Question 50

Tenant

Answer 50

Someone who lives in a building that is owned by someone else

Question 51

Traitor

Answer 51

A person who betrays someone or something

Question 52

Turbulent

Answer 52

Used to describe something that is not calm

Question 53

Underdog

Answer 53

Someone who has not much chance of winning a fight/competition

Question 54

Unruffled

Answer 54

Not disordered or disarranged

Question 55

Vague

Answer 55

Not clear in meaning

Question 56

Valley

Answer 56

The area of low land in between hills and mountains

Question 57

Vile

Answer 57

Disgusting

Question 58

Wary

Answer 58

To be cautious about a potential danger