Week 1

Question 1

particular importance or attention that you give to something

Answer 1

EMPHASIS

Question 2

an integer (number) which can always be divided by two

Answer 2

EVEN NUMBER

Question 3

a small roll of cotton that a woman puts in her vagina to absorb her monthly flow of blood

Answer 3

TAMPON

Question 4

not wanting to do something

Answer 4

RELUCTANT

Question 5

an integer (number) which can’t be divided by two

Answer 5

ODD NUMBER

Question 6

someone who knows a lot about science or technology, especially computers

Answer 6

GEEK

Question 7

easy to hurt or attack physically or emotionally

Answer 7

VULNERABLE

Question 8

very silly

Answer 8

RIDICULOUS

Question 9

the time when a business, organization, etc stops operating for ever

Answer 9

CLOSURE

Question 10

the man that she has promised to marry

Answer 10

FIANCE

Question 11

a performance of pop or rock music

Answer 11

GIG

Question 12

to give someone official permission to leave

Answer 12

DISMISS

Question 13

a small tool with two narrow pieces of metal joined at one end, used for picking up or pulling out very small things

Answer 13

TWEEZERS

Question 14

to communicate information, feelings, or images to someone

Answer 14

CONVEY

Question 15

easy to use or suiting your plans well

Answer 15

CONVENIENT

Question 16

in the past, the part of a ship in which passengers with the cheapest tickets travelled

Answer 16

STEERAGE

Question 17

to remove something quickly, without being careful

Answer 17

RIP

Question 18

to make a large jump or sudden movement, usually from one place to another

Answer 18

LEAP

Question 19

the long tube that carries solid waste from the stomach out of the body

Answer 19

BOWEL

Question 20

to persuade someone or make someone certain

Answer 20

CONVINCE

Question 21

to call somebody who acts in a strange way

Answer 21

CREEP

Question 22

brown skin from being in the sun

Answer 22

TAN

Question 23

to look for a long time at someone or something or in a particular direction

Answer 23

GAZE

Question 24

to die because you are under water and cannot breathe, or to kill someone in this way

Answer 24

DROWN

Question 25

extremely funny

Answer 25

HILARIOUS

Question 26

someone who you do not like because they try to control other people’s behaviour

Answer 26

FASCIST

Question 27

to change something so that it is more accurate

Answer 27

REVISE

Question 28

a sport in which two people fight and try to push each other to the ground

Answer 28

WRESTLING

Question 29

a performer who wears brightly coloured clothes and has a painted face and makes people laugh

Answer 29

CLOWN

Question 30

something that you say or do to show praise or admiration for someone

Answer 30

COMPLIMENT