Week 6

Question 1

ONSET (n)

Answer 1

the beginning of sth (especially unpleasant things)

Question 2

SELF-RELIANCE (n)

Answer 2

the quality of not needing help or support from other people.

Question 3

CONTRADICTION (n)

Answer 3

the fact of sth being the complete opposite of sth else or very different from sth else, so that one of them must be wrong

Question 4

SATURATE (v)

Answer 4

1. make wet
   to make sth or someone completely wet

2.fill
to fill a thing or place completely so that no more can be added

Question 5

ADVOCATE (n)

Answer 5

1. supporter
   someone who publicly support sth
2. lawyer
   a lawyer who defends someone in a law court

Question 6

RECONCILE (v)

Answer 6

to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to other can agree and exist together

be reconciled
when two people are reconciled, they become friendly again after they have argued

Question 7

FOSTER (v)

Answer 7

to encourage the development of growth of ideas or feelings

Question 8

ABET (v)

Answer 8

to help or encourage someone to do sth wrong or illegal

Question 9

UBIQUITOUS (adj)

Answer 9

seeming to be everywhere

Question 10

ACUTE (adj)

Answer 10

1. extreme
   if a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage
2. an acute pain or illness is one that quickly becomes very severe

Question 11

TIMID (adj)

Answer 11

shy and nervous; without much confidence; easily frightened

Question 12

INCLUSIVE (adj)

Answer 12

1. cost
   an inclusive price or amount includes everything
2. people
   inclusive groups try to include many different types of people

Question 13

EGALITARIAN (adj)

Answer 13

believing that everyone should have the same freedom and oppurtunities

Question 14

LEGITIMATE (adj)

Answer 14

1. allowed by law

2. a legitimate complaint or fear can be understood or believed

Question 15

EXCEED (v)

Answer 15

to be more than a particular number or amount

exceed the speed limit

Question 16

BEND (v)

Answer 16

to move your body or part of your body so that is not straight

Question 17

EXPLOIT (v)

Answer 17

to not pay or reward someone enough for sth

Question 18

IDEOLOGICAL (adj)

Answer 18

based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs

Question 19

OUTBREAK (n)

Answer 19

the time when sth unpleasant and difficult to control starts, such as a war or disease

Question 20

PREVALENT (adj)

Answer 20

existing a lot in a particular group, area, or a particular time

Question 21

LIABLE (adj)

be liable to do sth

Answer 21

1. to be likely to do sth.

2. legally responsible

Question 22

ASSEMBLE (v)

Answer 22

to join other people somewhere to make a group, or to bring people together into a group

Question 23

IMITATE (v)

Answer 23

to copy the way someone or sth looks, sounds, or behaves

Question 24

PLOT (n)

Answer 24

the things that happen in a story

Question 25

COMPILE (v)

Answer 25

to collect information and arrange it in a book, report, or list

Question 26

ACCUSTOMED (adj)

accustomed to sth/doing sth

Answer 26

if you are accustomed to sth, you have experienced it often enough for it to seem normal to you

Question 27

CONTAMINATE (v)

Answer 27

to make sth dirty or poisonous

Question 28

INEVITABLE (adj)

Answer 28

if sth is inevitable, you cannot avoid or prevent it

Question 29

DEMOLISH (v)

Answer 29

to destroy sth such as a building