Word meanings

Question 1

Memento

Answer 1

Souvenir (Memory)

She brought back a memento from her trip.

Question 2

Encumber

Answer 2

Burden, Cumbersome
To restrict someone from doing something, to obstruct. Restricted from freedom
He felt encumbered by her mother as she kept telling him to do the dishes.

Question 3

Instigate

Answer 3

To stir up

She was instigating drama

Question 4

Colony

Answer 4

Territory, dependency, settlement

The US has occupied the colony of Germany

Question 5

Felicity

Answer 5

Extreme Happiness, eloquence,

As she got her degree, she was feeling felicity

Question 6

Untenanted

Answer 6

The land/house had not been occupied

The house was untenanted for very long

Question 7

Phosphates

Answer 7

a kind of medicine

She took phosphates to help with her headache

Question 8

Congenial

Answer 8

an interest or something one enjoys doing

He was doing a congenial activity, an activity that he really enjoys

Question 9

Grotesque

Answer 9

Disgusted by something

the gory scenes in the movie were grotesque, it made me feel sick

Question 10

Fancies

Answer 10

A liking for something

Collecting stickers was one of their fancies.

Question 11

fatuity

Answer 11

something silly and pointless

he spent his time saying silly things, his fatuity bothered me

Question 12

Avarice

Answer 12

Greed

He was avaricious of his companion that had great amounts of wealth

Question 13

Basely

Answer 13

Shows no honor or moral

His attitude was basely

Question 14

smouldering

Answer 14

Present participle for show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion

Question 15

temperament

Answer 15

A person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour

Question 16

inexplicable

Answer 16

Not easily accounted for

Question 17

waddling

Answer 17

Present participle for to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side

Question 18

misconstrued

Answer 18

Past tense for to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly

Question 19

Hereditary

Answer 19

Able to be inherited, or passed from parents to their children

Question 20

queer

Answer 20

Deviating from what is considered normal

Question 21

phosphates

Answer 21

Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid

Question 22

tonics

Answer 22

A medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being

Question 23

neglect

Answer 23

The state of being uncared for

Question 24

wharf

Answer 24

A level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload

Question 25

earnest

Answer 25

Having a serious demeanor

Question 26

undulating

Answer 26

Moving up and down like waves

Question 27

interminable

Answer 27

Seemingly endless because boring

Question 28

repellant

Answer 28

Extremely unpleasant, offensive or repugnant

Question 29

riotous

Answer 29

Characterized by wild and uncontrolled behaviour

Question 30

budding

Answer 30

Beginning to develop

Question 31

conscientiously

Answer 31

Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail

Question 32

derision

Answer 32

Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail

Question 33

plantain

Answer 33

a low-growing plant that typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike, widely growing as a weed in lawns.

Question 34

commodious

Answer 34

Roomy and comfortable

The house felt commodious, it was homely.

Question 35

liberality

Answer 35

The state or quality of being munificent or generous

He radiated a sense of liberality, he was super sweet.

Question 36

brooded

Answer 36

To have ruminated or mulled over

he brooded over the news, trying to understand it.

Question 37

falsified

Answer 37

Demonstrated to be false

the fact was falsified, in other words, it was wrong.

Question 38

contrive

Answer 38

To plot something using skill or ingenuity

He contrived a plan, one that took a lot of thinking.

Question 39

disposition

Answer 39

An inclination or tendency

she had the disposition to bite her nails when she was nervous.

Question 40

conductress

Answer 40

A female conductor

she was a conductress

Question 41

sprite

Answer 41

An elf or fairy

as she had fairy wings in her room, she dressed up as a sprite for Halloween

Question 42

helm

Answer 42

The position or place of command or leadership

he was the helm of the country, commanding the soldiers to follow his orders.

Question 43

Acumen

Answer 43

Ability to understand and reason

She was acumen, able to understand concepts really easily