Vocabulary Exam Michealmas Term 2023 (Form 2)

Question 1

Tumult/tumultuous

Answer 1

Great noisy chaos

Question 2

Great Noisy Chaos

Answer 2

Tumult OR Tumultuous

Question 3

Abyss

Answer 3

A seemingly endless, bottomless hole or chasm.

Question 4

Abysmal

Answer 4

seemingly endless, bottomless hole or chasm

Question 5

Abysmally

Answer 5

seemingly endless bottomless hole or chasm

Question 6

Corpulent

Answer 6

referring to having a big body, being massive or fat.

Question 7

derision

Answer 7

a mockingly derogatory comment

Question 8

Noun form of derisively

Answer 8

derision - a mockingly derogatory comment or action

Question 9

Verb form of derision

Answer 9

to deride - to perform mockingly derogatory actions or comments, or putting someone down.

Question 10

Adjective form of derision

Answer 10

derisive - mockingly derogatory

Question 11

Adverb form of derision

Answer 11

derisively - and adverb referring to a mockingly derogatory act or comment; putting someone down.

Question 12

gesticulate

Answer 12

to use dramatic gestures (v)

Question 13

antagonism

Answer 13

hostility and opposition

Question 14

scapegoat

Answer 14

someone who is excluded to create group cohesion/someone who is blamed for the mistakes of others

Question 15

tacit

Answer 15

adj. unspoken

Question 16

tacitly

Answer 16

adv. in an unspoken manner

Question 17

blatant

Answer 17

adj. obvious, extremely clear

Question 18

blatantly

Answer 18

adv. in an obvious, extremely clear manner

Question 19

trivial

Answer 19

adj. of low importance, insignificance.

Question 20

belligerence

Answer 20

warlike, aggressive behaviour

Question 21

belligerent

Answer 21

in a warlike, agressive manner

Question 22

taboo

Answer 22

adj+n forbidden

Question 23

sow

Answer 23

to plant seeds v.

Question 24

a sow

Answer 24

a female pig

Question 25

specious

Answer 25

adj. misleading, deceptive

Question 26

speciousness

Answer 26

n. misleading, deception

Question 27

enmity

Answer 27

noun hostility

Question 28

Apprehension

Answer 28

n anxiety, especially towards the future

Question 29

apprehensive

Answer 29

anxious, especially towards

Question 30

apprehensively

Answer 30

anxious, especially towards the future.

Question 31

fulcrum

Answer 31

a point at which a lever turns

Question 32

INCREDULOUS

Answer 32

NOT BELIEVINGIN

Question 33

INCREDIBLE

Answer 33

UNBELIEVABLE

Question 34

Incredulity

Answer 34

the state of not believing

Question 35

incredulously

Answer 35

not believingly

Question 36

credulous

Answer 36

believing