Vocabulary

Question 1

Welfare

Answer 1

The health, happiness, and fortune of a person or group.

The government is concerned about the welfare of its senior citizens.

Question 2

Cattle

Answer 2

1. bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
2. such animals together with other domesticated quadrupeds, as horses, swine, etc.
3. human beings.

Question 3

Scrubber

Answer 3

a. One who cleans floors, for example, by scrubbing.
b. A brush, appliance, or abrasive that is used in cleaning.
c. An apparatus that is used for removing impurities from a gas.

Question 4

Barge

Answer 4

a. A long, large, usually flatbottom boat for transporting freight that is generally unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft.
b. A large, open pleasure boat used for parties, pageants, or formal ceremonies.

Question 5

Freight

Answer 5

1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.
2. A burden; a load.
3. a. Commercial transportation of goods.
4. b. The charge for transporting goods. Also called freightage.
5. A railway train carrying goods only.

Question 6

Forage

Answer 6

1. Food for domestic animals; fodder.

2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.

Question 7

Yield

Answer 7

1. to give up; to surrender
2. to give way to force or pressure (Ceder)
3. to produce naturally, grow etc
   n. the amount produced by natural

Question 8

Strain

Answer 8

1 a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc) (raça)
2 a tendency in a person’s character (traço)
3 (often in plural) (the sound of) a tune (melodia)

Question 9

Throughout

Answer 9

prep.
1. In, to, through, or during every part of; all through

adv.

1. In or through all parts; everywhere
2. During the entire time or extent

Question 10

Caterpillar

Answer 10

n.

1. The wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth. (lagarta)
2. Any of various insect larvae similar to those of the butterfly or moth.

Question 11

Spare time

Answer 11

N.

1. a. time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoy
2. b. free time
3. time that is free from duties or responsibilities

Question 12

Weed

Answer 12

n. 1. any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted (erva daninha)
v. 1. to remove weeds (from) “to weed the garden.”

Question 13

Culprit

Answer 13

n.

1. One charged with an offense or crime.
2. One guilty of a fault or crime.

Question 14

Withstand

Answer 14

v. tr.
1. To oppose with force or resolution.
2. To be successful in resisting. See Synonyms at oppose.

Question 15

Burrow

Answer 15

Hole, tunnel (toca)

Question 16

Barnacle

Answer 16

Goose

Question 17

Cling

Answer 17

1. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining

Question 18

Condescending

Answer 18

Having or showing a feeling of padronizing superiority

Question 19

Amused

Answer 19

Cause (someone) to find something funny; Entertain

Question 20

Vents

Answer 20

5. Geology
   a. The opening of a volcano in the earth’s crust.
   b. An opening on the ocean floor that emits hot water and dissolved minerals.

Question 21

Downplays

Answer 21

Make (something) appear less important then it really is

Question 22

Extent

Answer 22

The degree to something has spread;

The size or scale of something;

Question 23

Slump

Answer 23

Fall, crash, decline, drop

Question 24

inherently

Answer 24

by it’s very nature

Question 25

absurd

Answer 25

lacks sense and order

Question 26

layman

Answer 26

not an expert in a given field of knowledge

Question 27

rule out

Answer 27

To remove from consideration; exclude