Week 3

Question 1

abundance

Answer 1

The situation in which there is more than enough of something

Question 2

adept

Answer 2

Skilled

Question 3

boon

Answer 3

Something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life

Question 4

coalesce

Answer 4

To combine into a single group or thing

Question 5

conjure up

Answer 5

To make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind

Question 6

deft

Answer 6

Skilful, clever, or quick

Question 7

disseminating

Answer 7

To spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people

Question 8

elicited

Answer 8

To get or produce something, especially information or a reaction

Question 9

erudite

Answer 9

Having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by very few people

Question 10

evoked

Answer 10

To make someone remember something or feel an emotion

Question 11

explicated

Answer 11

To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Question 12

germinal

Answer 12

In the earliest stages of development

Question 13

hallmark (of)

Answer 13

A typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing

Question 14

ingenious

Answer 14

(Of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas and methods

Question 15

obscurity

Answer 15

The state of not being known to many people

Question 16

outstrips

Answer 16

To be or become greater in amount, degree, or success than something or someone

Question 17

pithy

Answer 17

(Of speech or writing) expressing an idea cleverly in a few words

Question 18

provoked

Answer 18

To cause a reaction, especially a negative one

Question 19

quirks

Answer 19

An unusual habit or part of someone’s personality, or something that is strange and unexpected

Question 20

redress

Answer 20

To put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done