Week 7

Question 1

BENEFICIARY (n)

Answer 1

someone who receives money, help, etc from sth or someone else

Question 2

CONSCIENCE (n)

Answer 2

the part of you makes you feel guilty when you have behaved badly

Question 3

COAL (n)

Answer 3

a hard, black substance that is dug from under the ground and burnt as fuel

Question 4

INCORPORATE (v)

Answer 4

to include sth as part of another thing

Question 5

LIBERAL (adj)

Answer 5

accepting beliefs and behaviour that are new or different from your own

Question 6

CONSERVATIVE (adj)

Answer 6

not trusting sudden changes or new ideas

Question 7

EMIT (v)

Answer 7

to send out gas, heat, light ,etc into the air

Question 8

PRESERVATION (n)

Answer 8

keeping sth the same or preventing it from damaged or destroyed

Question 9

COMPENSATE (v)

Answer 9

to pay someone money because you are responsible for injuring them or damaging sth

Question 10

COMMENTARY (n)

Answer 10

a spoken description of an event on the radio or tv while the event is happening

Question 11

DETER (v)

Answer 11

to make someone less likely to do sth, or to make sth less likely to happen

Question 12

NUISANCE (n)

Answer 12

a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems for you

make a nuisance of yourself
to annoy someone or cause problems for them

Question 13

COMMODITY (n)

Answer 13

a product that you can buy or sell

Question 14

RECRUIT (v)

Answer 14

to try to persuade someone to work for a company or to join an organization

Question 15

VANISH (v)

Answer 15

to disappear suddenly

Question 16

WORTHWHILE (adj)

Answer 16

useful and enjoyable, despite needing a lot of effort

Question 17

CEASE (v)

Answer 17

to stop

Question 18

BENEATH (adv, preposition)

Answer 18

under sth, or in a lower position than sth

Question 19

HUMID (adj)

Answer 19

humid air or weather is hot and slightly wet

Question 20

ADDITIVE (n)

Answer 20

a chemical that is added to food in order to make it taste or look better or to keep it fresh

Question 21

PERIODICAL (n)

Answer 21

a magazine about a particular subject

Question 22

DAM (n)

Answer 22

a strong wall built across a river to stop the water and make a lake

to built a dam across a river

Question 23

PECULIAR (adj)

Answer 23

strange, often in an unpleasant way

Question 24

THREAD (n)

Answer 24

a long , thin piece of cotton, wool, etc that is used for sewing

Question 25

CONFIDENTIAL (adj)

Answer 25

secret, especially in an official situation

Question 26

BOUNDARY (n)

Answer 26

a line that divides two areas or forms an edge around an area

Question 27

COHESION (n)

Answer 27

a situation in which the members of a group or society are united

Question 28

DEFICIT (n)

Answer 28

the amount by which the money that you spend is more than the money that you receive

Question 29

PERSIST (v)

Answer 29

if an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist

Question 30

DISTINCT (adj)

Answer 30

different and separate

Question 31

DISILLUSIONED (adj)

Answer 31

feeling disappointed because sth is not as good as you thought it was

Question 32

INTERVENE (v)

Answer 32

to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop a fight, argument, problem, etc

Question 33

DISPUTE (n)

Answer 33

a disagreement, especially one that lasts a long time

Question 34

INSTANTANEOUS (adj)

Answer 34

happening immediately

Question 35

PREDOMINATE (v)

Answer 35

to be the largest in number or the most important