Week 3: 22-28

Question 1

Grouse

Answer 1

(v) to complain, grumble
(n) a grievance, a persistent complaint
(n) any of various types of plump, chicken-like game birds

Question 2

Appreciable

Answer 2

(adj.) possible to see, measure, or estimate

Question 3

Dilate

Answer 3

(v) 1. to cause to expand, to widen or enlarge

2. to speak or write at length on a subjectq

Question 4

Subside

Answer 4

(v) to sink to a lower or normal level (such as a fever); to sink or settle down (as onto a couch or to the bottom of a river)
(v) to become less agitated or active

Question 5

Redundant

Answer 5

(adj. ) more than necessary; superfluous

(adj. ) excessively wordy or repetitive

Question 6

Antipathy

Answer 6

(n) an aversion, disliking, or distaste for

(n) an object of dislike or aversion

Question 7

Convuluted

Answer 7

(adj. ) having a great number of coils, loops, or folds

(adj. ) intricate or involved