Vocabulary Part. 2

Question 1

imminence

Answer 1

the state of being liable to happen soon

Question 2

debacle

Answer 2

a sudden and complete disaster

Question 3

ubiquitous

Answer 3

being present everywhere at once

Question 4

remuneration

Answer 4

paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

Question 5

slovenly

Answer 5

messy in dress and person

Question 6

belated

Answer 6

after the expected or usual time

Question 7

de facto

Answer 7

existing, whether with lawful authority or not

Question 8

expendable

Answer 8

unnecessary, can be disposed of

Question 9

tacitly

Answer 9

by unexpressed agreement

Question 10

trump

Answer 10

get the better of, to beat

Question 11

indeterminate

Answer 11

not fixed or known in advance

Question 12

dilapidated

Answer 12

in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration

Question 13

emulating

Answer 13

strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Question 14

gulag

Answer 14

a Russian prison camp for political prisoners

Question 15

disenchantment

Answer 15

freedom from false belief or illusions

Question 16

risqué

Answer 16

suggestive of sexual impropriety

Question 17

paean

Answer 17

a hymn of praise

Question 18

imperative

Answer 18

requiring attention or action

Question 19

tumultuous

Answer 19

characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

Question 20

bona fide

Answer 20

not counterfeit or copied

Question 21

fodder

Answer 21

coarse food composed of plants or leaves and stalks

Question 22

vagary

Answer 22

an unexpected and inexplicable change in something

Question 23

parody

Answer 23

a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

Question 24

vindicated

Answer 24

freed from any question of guilt

Question 25

manic

Answer 25

affected with or marked by frenzy uncontrolled by reason

Question 26

treacherous

Answer 26

dangerously unstable and unpredictable

Question 27

serenity

Answer 27

the absence of mental stress or anxiety

Question 28

subterfuge

Answer 28

something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity

Question 29

queued

Answer 29

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

Question 30

apologist

Answer 30

a person who argues to defend some policy or institution

Question 31

progeny

Answer 31

the immediate descendants of a person

Question 32

lithe

Answer 32

moving and bending with ease

Question 33

dissolution

Answer 33

separation into component parts

Question 34

augur

Answer 34

predict from an omen

Question 35

euphoric

Answer 35

characterized by a feeling of well-being or elation

Question 36

elude

Answer 36

escape, either physically or mentally

Question 37

insinuate

Answer 37

suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand

Question 38

albeit

Answer 38

although/ even though

Question 39

ostensible

Answer 39

appearing as such but not necessarily so