Vocabulary (5)

Question 1

Curator (sust) (qureito)

Answer 1

A person in charge of a museum, library, etc

Question 2

Foreknowledge (sust, formal):

Answer 2

knowledge of an event before it happens

Question 3

Revise (verb 2)

Answer 3

(1) to study again something you have already learned, in preparation for an exam (2) To review an idea (esp a piece of writing) to find mistakes and improve it

Question 4

Amicable (adjective)

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Friendly and pleasant, despite a difficult situation

Question 5

Seize (verb)

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To take hold of something quickly and firmly

Question 6

Eddy (verb)

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(1) If a large group of people eddies somewhere, the people go there together while constantly moving around within their group (2) If water, wind, smoke, etc. eddies, it moves fast in a circle

Question 7

Brazen (adj)

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(usually of something bad) Obvious, without an attempt to hide it.

Question 8

Snag (verb and noun)

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verb (US informal)- to obtain or catch something by acting quickly ; noun- a problem of difficulty (informal)

Question 9

Seldom (adverb)

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Not often

Question 10

Misleading (adjective)

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When something makes someone believe something it’s true, although it isn’t

Question 11

Solace (noun)

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Comfort or help when you’re feeling sad or worried

Question 12

Skim (verb 2)

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(1) To read a text or book quickly to just get the main ideas (2) To move quickly upon a surface

Question 13

Peeve (Verb)

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To annoy someone

Question 14

Glittering (adjective)

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Very exciting or admired by many people, especially relating to famous or rich people

Question 15

Dispatch / despatch (verb)

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to send someone or something to a place for a particular purpose

Question 16

Meager (UK Meagre) (adjective)

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(of an amount or number) very small and not enough

Question 17

Gritty (adjective)

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Arenoso

Question 18

Frail (adjective)

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Week, unhealthy, or easily damaged/harmend

Question 19

Bargain (noun 2 and verb 1)

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noun- (1) something on sale at a lower price than its true value (2) an agreement between two or more people in which they promise to do sth for each other; verb- to try to convince someone to give you sth that is better for you, such as a lower price to purchase sth.

Question 20

Fetch (verb)

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to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back.

Question 21

Sneeze (verb)

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Estornudar.

Question 22

Stray (verb 2 and noun 1)

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verb- (1) to move from one place in which you should be or from a direction you should go (2) to be thinking about something that you shouldn’t at that moment; noun- a pet that has no home or that it cannot find it.

Question 23

Remark (noun and verb)

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To give a spoken statement about an opinion or the act of doing it

Question 24

Propitious (adjective)

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That is good or has a great chance of success. Favorable.

Question 25

Throng (sust and verb)

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sust- a broad, densely packed group of people or animals

verb- when a crowd surrounds something or fills an area

Question 26

Disdainful (adjective, formal)

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Showing a disinterest about something or showing someone or something doesn’t deserve your attention

Question 27

Hector (verb)

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to talk of behave towards someone boorishly and in a unpleasantly forceful way to make them act or think as you want

Question 28

Oblige (verb 2)

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(1) to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something (2) to please or help someone, especially by doing something they have asked you to do

Question 29

Gape at sth

Answer 29

To gaze at someone or something with your jaw dropped

Question 30

Resemblance (noun)

Answer 30

the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way