Words of the Day and NG PT.1 Test 11-9-23

Question 1

Comeuppance

Answer 1

Noun concept/idea; deserved punishment/fate

Question 2

Inaudible

Answer 2

Adjective; unable to be heard

Question 3

Dismiss

Answer 3

Verb; order/allow to leave, send away; Discharge from employment or office; Treat as unworthy of serious consideration

Question 4

Transport

Answer 4

Verb; take/carry (people/goods) from 1 place to another; Overwhelm someone with a strong emotion; Noun: system/means of conveying something from place to place

Question 5

Unsubscribe

Answer 5

Verb: cancel a subscription to an electronic mailing list or online service

Question 6

Predict

Answer 6

Verb: say or estimate that (a specific thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

Question 7

Remit

Answer 7

Verb: send money in payment or as a gift
elease from or forget

Question 8

Curiosity

Answer 8

Noun (concept/ idea): strong desire to know or learn something; a strange or unusual object or fact

Question 9

Sustenace

Answer 9

Noun: Food and drink regarded as a source of strength, nourishment.

Question 10

Confuddled

Answer 10

Verb: In a state of extreme confusion, especially when unable to solve a frustrating problem.

Question 11

Fortifications

Answer 11

Noun: a defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attacks.

Question 12

Beseeech

Answer 12

Verb: ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something: implore.

Question 13

Insolent

Answer 13

Adjective: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.

Question 14

Melancholy

Answer 14

Noun: a feeling of intense sadness

Question 15

Encounter

Answer 15

Verb: unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult/hostile)
Noun: an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something

Question 16

Ominous

Answer 16

Adjective: giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

Question 17

Foreboding

Answer 17

Adjective: implying that something bad is going to happen
Noun: fearful apprehension, a feeling that something bad will happen

Question 18

Malice

Answer 18

Noun: the intention or desire to do evil, ill will.

Question 19

Sinister

Answer 19

Adjective: giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening.

Question 20

Offer

Answer 20

Verb: present(something) for (someone) to accept or reject as so desired.

Question 21

Empathy

Answer 21

Noun: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another