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Question 1

• A person who likes spending time at home rather than going out with friends or travelling to different places.
• Hemkär

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Homebody

Question 2

• Feeling worried about something you are going to do or something that is going to happen.
• orolig

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apprehensive

Question 3

• in a way that shows you’re not certain or confident

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tentatively

Question 4

• fat and solid looking (esp. of older people)

* kraftig

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stout

Question 5

• confused and uncertain

* förvirrad, osäker

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bewildered

Question 6

• unhappy, annoyed and unwilling to speak or smile

* sur

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morose

Question 7

• in a critical or unkind way that shows you do not respect someone or something.
• nedlåtande

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disparagingly

Question 8

• a torn piece of old cloth

* trasa

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rag

Question 9

• to slightly confuse someone

* förvirra någon

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bemusing

Question 10

• in a way that shows that your beliefs are strong and sincerely felt.
• Ex: She has ** supported the president in the past.
• I’d like to do anything I can, one young man told me **.

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fervently

Question 11

• shocking and very bad

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appalling

Question 12

• in a way that shows someone is extremely sad and disappointed

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disconsolately

Question 13

• feeling of not wanting or not being able to believe something

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incredulity (noun)

Question 14

• slowly and with little energy, often in an attractive way
• Ex: She lounged ** by the swimming pool.
• The cat lay ** on the piano.

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languidly

Question 15

• in an extremely eager or interested way

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avidly (adverb)

Question 16

• producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part. Ex: an ** lamp.
• Extremely bright

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incandescent

Question 17

• causing or wanting to cause harm or evil. Ex: Malfoy is usually ** towards Harry.

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malevolent (adjective)

Question 18

• a person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself/herself to be morally better than other people

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priggish

Question 19

• (of a man) polite and kind towards women, esp. in public.

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gallant

Question 20

• a man who’s polite, honest, fair and kind towards women.

* gentlemannamässigt

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chivalrous

Question 21

• an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence

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insurrection (noun)

Question 22

• the fact of being boring and making you feel unhappy. Ex: I was fed upp with the cold and ** of this country.

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dreariness (noun)

Question 23

• respect and politeness.

* Ex: she covered her head out of/in ** to Muslim custom. (because of a polite respect for)

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deference (noun)

Question 24

• producing a great number or amount of something

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prolific

Question 25

(esp. of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable

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dowdy

Question 26

* to go up to or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way

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accosting

Question 27

* a ** man esp. a rich man who lives in an immoral way * confidently careless and informal * Ex: Donald Trump is a ** man.

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rakish / rake

Question 28

* The situation in which someone or something is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value. Ex: Her speech was met with hoots/howls of **.

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derision

Question 29

* famous, well respected and admired. | * Ex: she comes from an ** political family that includes two former Cabinet ministers.

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illustrious

Question 30

* priest who is a leader of a church

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vicar

Question 31

(esp of women) quiet and well behaved

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demure

Question 32

* intentionally keeping something secret. * (esp of women) being or pretending to be shy, or like a child * acting shy, uncertain or unwilling to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it.

Answer 32

coy