Week 1

Question 1

Flicker

Answer 1

a momentary quickening <a> </a>

Question 2

Locksmith

Answer 2

: a person whose job is to make and repair locks

Question 3

Self-centered

Answer 3

: too interested in yourself and not caring about the needs or feelings of other people

Question 4

Doormat

Answer 4

: a mat that you put on the floor or ground on one side of a door so that people can wipe the bottoms of their shoes on it
: someone who is treated badly by other people and does not complain

Question 5

Bitchy

Answer 5

\: very unpleasant, unfriendly, or rude
Examples
a bitchy salesclerk
a bitchy attitude
a bitchy comment

Question 6

To compel / compelled / compelled

Answer 6

: to force (someone) to do something

: to make (something) happen : to force (something)

Question 7

Needless

Answer 7

: not needed or necessary

Question 8

Scribble / scribbled / scribbled

Answer 8

: to write (something) quickly and in a way that makes it difficult to read
: to draw lines, shapes, etc., that have no particular meaning in a quick and careless way

Question 9

Thereafter

Answer 9

After that

Examples
gave his farewell speech and left the room shortly thereafter

Question 10

Flimsy

Answer 10

: easily broken, torn, etc. : not strong or solid

: not likely to be true or to be believed

Question 11

Snippet

Answer 11

: a small part of something (such as a piece of music, a conversation, etc.)

Examples
read them a snippet of his latest poem

Question 12

Doorknob

Answer 12

: a round handle that you turn to open a door

Question 13

To dismiss / dismissed / dismissed

Answer 13

to decide not to think about or consider (something or someone)
: to send (someone) away : to cause or allow (someone) to leave
: to officially make (someone) leave a job : to end the employment or service of (someone)

Question 14

Await / Awaited / Awaited

Answer 14

: to wait for (someone or something)

: to be ready or waiting for (someone or something)

Question 15

To gaze / gazed / gazed

Answer 15

: to look at someone or something in a steady way and usually for a long time
Gaze = non

Question 16

To dwindle / dwindled / dwindled

Answer 16

to gradually become smaller
the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing
our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in

Question 17

To shrug / shrugged / shrugged

Answer 17

to raise and lower your shoulders usually to show that you do not know or care about something

Question 18

To slump / Slumped / slumped

Answer 18

: to sit or fall down suddenly and heavily
: to move down or forward suddenly
: to decrease suddenly and by a large amount

Question 19

Handy

Answer 19

: clever or skillful in using your hands, doing small jobs, etc.