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Question 1

Assuage assuaged

Answer 1

to make unpleasant feelings less strong:
The government has tried to assuage the public’s fears.

Question 2

Freak out

Answer 2

to be very excited or emotional, or to cause someone be this way:
Here in Texas they freak out when there’s snow on the ground.

Question 3

Shave

Answer 3

to remove hair from the body, especially a man’s face, by cutting it close to the skin with a razor, so that the skin feels smooth:
John has to shave twice a day

Question 4

Razor

Answer 4

Бритва

small device with a sharp blade for removing hair, especially from the face or legs:
Do you use an electric razor or the kind that you have to put a razor blade in?

Question 5

Receptive

Answer 5

willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:
The government is not receptive to the idea of a Freedom of Information Act.

Question 6

Vacate

Answer 6

to leave a room, building, chair, etc. so that it is available for other people:
Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon.

Question 7

Grant

Answer 7

to give or allow someone something, usually in an official way:
[ + two objects ] They granted her an entry visa.

to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite or disapproving opinion:
[ + (that) clause ] I grant you (that) it must have been upsetting, but even so I think he made too big a deal of it.

Question 8

Escort

Answer 8

to go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain that he, she, or it leaves or arrives safely:
Several little boats escorted the sailing ship into the harbour.

Question 9

Defy

Answer 9

to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.:
It is rare to see children openly defying their teachers.

Question 10

Obey

Answer 10

to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction:
The soldiers refused to obey (orders).

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Question 11

Flawed

Answer 11

not perfect, or containing mistakes:
Diamonds are still valuable, even when they are flawed.

Question 12

Christen ˈkrɪs.ən/

Answer 12

to give a baby a name at a Christian ceremony and make him or her a member of the Christian Church:
She’s being christened in June.

Question 13

Sit tight

Answer 13

to stay where you are:
You’d better sit tight and I’ll call the doctor.

Question 14

Bear with someone

Answer 14

to be patient and wait while someone does something:
If you’ll just bear with me for a moment, I’ll find you a copy of the drawings.

Question 15

Comprehend

Answer 15

to understand something completely:
I fail to comprehend their attitude.

Question 16

Malicious

Answer 16

intended to harm or upset other people:
malicious gossip

Question 17

Retract

Answer 17

to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a statement was false:
retract an invitation/confession/promise

Question 18

Malice

Answer 18

the wish to harm or upset other people:
There certainly wasn’t any malice in her comments.

Question 19

Stow

Answer 19

to put something in a place where it can be kept safely:
Please stow your carry-on bags under the seat in front of you.

Question 20

Incentive

Answer 20

something that encourages a person to do something:
Tax incentives have been very effective in encouraging people to save and invest more of their income.

Question 21

Figure

Answer 21

to expect or think that something will happen:
[ + (that) ] We figured (that) you’d want to rest after your trip.

to be, appear, take part, or be included in something:
Their names did not figure in the list of finalists.

Question 22

Figure out

Answer 22

to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought:
[ + question word ] I can’t figure out why he did it.

Question 23

Make someone sweat. Sweated

Answer 23

to make someone wait nervously:
It seemed that the authorities had delayed the news just to make us sweat.

Question 24

Shuffle

Answer 24

to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:
I love shuffling through the fallen leaves.

to move similar things from one position or place to another, often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done:
She shuffled her papers nervously on her desk.

Question 25

Bluff

Answer 25

to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else:
Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?

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Question 26

Flush

Answer 26

If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again:
My children never flush the toilet after them.

When you flush, you become red in the face, especially as a result of strong emotions, heat, or alcohol:
She flushed with pleasure as she accepted the prize.

Question 27

Mushy

Answer 27

too emotional:
I hate those mushy love stories

Question 28

Mush

Answer 28

any unpleasant thick soft substance, such as food that has been cooked for too long:
If you overcook the cabbage it’ll turn to mush.

Question 29

Significant

Answer 29

important or noticeable:
There has been a significant increase in the number of women students in recent years.

Question 30

Slip up

Answer 30

a mistake or something that goes wrong

to make a mistake:
These figures don’t make sense - have we slipped up somewhere?

Question 31

Testify

Answer 31

of a person) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof:
[ + that ] He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.

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Question 32

Pristine

Answer 32

new or almost new, and in very good condition:
pristine new offices

Question 33

Unilateral

Answer 33

done independently by one group or country:
a unilateral action

Question 34

Chimes ciaim

Answer 34

(of bells) to make a clear ringing sound:
In the square the church bells chimed.

Question 35

Vigilant

Answer 35

always being careful to notice things, especially possible danger:
Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra vigilant.

Бдительный

Question 36

Proposal

Answer 36

asuggestion, sometimes a written one:

Congresshasrejectedthelatesteconomicproposalputforwardby thePresident.

Question 37

Powow

Answer 37

a meeting in which something important is discussed:
My brother’s getting divorced so I’m going home for a family powwow this weekend.

Question 38

Surveilance

Answer 38

the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.

Наблюдение

Question 39

Influx

Answer 39

the fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time:
Turkey is expecting an influx of several thousand refugees over the next few days.

Question 40

Assets

Answer 40

something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts:
liquid asset A lot of his wealth is in the form of stock, but he has little in liquid assets (= money or things that can easily be changed into money).

Question 41

Slash

Answer 41

to cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement:
The museum was broken into last night and several paintings were slashed

to very much reduce something, such as money or jobs:
Prices have been slashed by 50 percent!

Question 42

Prerogative

Answer 42

something that certain people are able or allowed to do or have, but is not possible or allowed for everyone:
Alex makes all the big decisions - that’s his prerogative as company director.

Question 43

Proposition

Answer 43

an offer or suggestion, usually in business:
He wrote to me last week regarding a business proposition he thought might interest me.

Question 44

Smurf

Answer 44

the activity of laundering money by conducting a large number of small transactions through banks and bureaux de change

Question 45

Coo

Answer 45

to speak in a soft, gentle, or loving way:
The baby lay in his cot, cooing and gurgling.

Question 46

Slander

Answer 46

a false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation, or the making of such a statement:
The doctor is suing his partner for slander.

Клевета

to damage someone’s reputation by making a false spoken statement about them

Question 47

To file

Answer 47

to send a document to an official authority, especially a tax authority, giving information or making a request:
Not filing a tax return can get you into big trouble.

Question 48

Semantics

Answer 48

the study of meanings in a language:
Syntax describes the rules by which words can be combined into sentences, while semantics describes what they mean.

Question 49

Stammer

Answer 49

to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness :
[ + speech ] “Wh-when can we g-go?” she stammered.

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Question 50

Constraint

Answer 50

something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits:
The constraints of politeness wouldn’t allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.