Week 4 - Trends

Question 1

genuinely (adv.)

Answer 1

sincerely, authentically

Question 2

surreal (adj.)

Answer 2

unreal; fantastic

Question 3

camouflage (n.)

Answer 3

a way to hide, usually by looking like the area around you

Question 4

cynical (adj.)

Answer 4

bitterly distrustful or pessimistic

Question 5

imperative (n.)

Answer 5

a command; a requirement

Question 6

epidemic (n.)

Answer 6

large number of cases of an infectious disease

Question 7

word of mouth (idiom)

Answer 7

related to telling people

Question 8

hold (n.)

Answer 8

to be true

Question 9

get a hold of (phr. v)

Answer 9

contact; communicate with

Question 10

root (n.)

Answer 10

source; cause

Question 11

profile (v.)

Answer 11

describe

Question 12

vandalism (n.)

Answer 12

purposeful destruction

Question 13

mess (n.)

Answer 13

a dirty or or untidy thing or place

Question 14

generate (v.)

Answer 14

produce or create

Question 15

maven (n.)

Answer 15

a person who knows a lot about something; expert

Question 16

transmission (n.)

Answer 16

passing something from one person to another

Question 17

surroundings (n.)

Answer 17

the area around a smaller are or part

Question 18

vulnerable (adj.)

Answer 18

able to be hurt

Question 19

lucre (n.)

Answer 19

money; monetary reward or gain

Question 20

epitomize (v.)

Answer 20

serve as a typical example

Question 21

credit (v.)

Answer 21

to attribute; to show the root or source of something

Question 22

margins (n.)

Answer 22

border; edge

Question 23

appropriate (v.)

Answer 23

to take something without giving credit

Question 24

repressed (adj.)

Answer 24

held in; not expressing emotions healthily

Question 25

skepticism (n.)

Answer 25

doubt or disbelief