Vocabulary

Question 1

n. something that is helpful or useful

Answer 1

advantage

Question 2

v. to help yourself by treating others unfairly

Answer 2

take advantage of

Question 3

v. to surprise or amaze

Answer 3

astonish

Question 4

n. great surprise or amazement

Answer 4

astonishment

Question 5

v. to prove to be true

Answer 5

confirm

Question 6

v. to approve or agree to

Answer 6

confirm

Question 7

adj. very far away in time

Answer 7

distant

Question 8

adj. very far away

Answer 8

distant

Question 9

n. the amount of space between two places

Answer 9

distance

Question 10

n. a person who makes something new

Answer 10

founder

Question 11

v. to sink below water

Answer 11

founder

Question 12

n. a small village

Answer 12

hamlet

Question 13

n. a large number

Answer 13

host

Question 14

n. someone who greets and entertains guests

Answer 14

host

Question 15

n. a feeling of worry about the future

Answer 15

misgiving

Question 16

v. to become very dry

Answer 16

parch

Question 17

adj. thirsty or lacking water

Answer 17

parched

Question 18

n. something that is waited for

Answer 18

prospect

Question 19

v. to look in the ground for gold or silver

Answer 19

prospect

Question 20

n. a person who looks for valuable metals like gold or silver

Answer 20

prospector

Question 21

adj. not a lot of

Answer 21

scarce

Question 22

n. a shortage of something

Answer 22

scarcity

Question 23

adj. clever; good at knowing what is needed and acting on it

Answer 23

shrewd

Question 24

adj. being the only one; belonging to one person or group

Answer 24

sole

Question 25

n. the bottom of a foot or shoe

Answer 25

sole

Question 26

n. a flat fish that people eat

Answer 26

sole

Question 27

n. great pain or suffereing

Answer 27

torment

Question 28

v. to cause pain or suffereing

Answer 28

torment

Question 29

adj. common or being similar to others of its kind

Answer 29

typical