2000s

Question 1

1) Knead

2) Need

Answer 1

1) To press and stretch dough

2) To require something

Question 2

1) Queue

2) Cue

Answer 2

1) A line of people, cars, etc waiting for something

2) An action that is a signal to do something

Question 3

1) Quartz

2) Quarts

Answer 3

1) Any of various types of hard mineral substance

2) a unit of measuring liquid equal to two pints

Question 4

1) Coral

2) Choral

Answer 4

1) A red, pink or white hard substance formed on the bottom of the sea from the bones of tiny creatures

2) Composed for or sung by a choir

Question 5

1) Discrete

2) Discreet

Answer 5

1) Separate, distinct

2) Careful or showing good judgment in what says or does, not too obvious

Question 6

1) Epoch

2) Epic

Answer 6

1) A period of time in history especially marked by important events

2) a long poem about the deeds of great men and women

Question 7

1) Libel

2) Liable

Answer 7

1) Publishing fake statements damaging to a person’s reputation

2) Responsible by law, answerable

Question 8

1) Mail

2) Male

Answer 8

1) The official system of collecting, transporting and delivering letters and parcels

2) Of the sex that does not give birth to babies

Question 9

1) Banned

2) Band

Answer 9

1) To forbid something officially

2) A group of people playing popular music

Question 10

1) Barred

2) Bard

Answer 10

1) To fasten a door, gate with a metal or wooden bar

2) A poet

Question 11

1) Brooch

2) Broad

Answer 11

1) A small piece of jewellery with a pin at the back that is fastened to a woman’s clothes

2) Very wide

Question 12

1) Collision

2) Collusion

Answer 12

1) An accident that happens two vehicles hit each other

2) Agreement between people to do something illegal

Question 13

1) Fain

2) Feign

Answer 13

1) Willingly or happily

2) To pretend that you have a particular feeling

Question 14

1) Hoard

2) Horde

Answer 14

1) To collect that amounts of something and keep it in a safe, secret place

2) A large group of people

Question 15

1) Illusion

2) Delusion

Answer 15

1) An idea or belief which is not true

2) A false belief about yourself or your situation

Question 16

1) Persecute

2) Prosecute

Answer 16

1) To treat someone in a cruel or unfair manner

2) To officially charge someone with a crime in the court of law

Question 17

1) prescribe

2) Proscribe

Answer 17

1) To say what medical treatment someone should have

2) To not allow something

Question 18

1) Respectfully

2) respectively

Answer 18

1) In a way that shows you want to be polite or honour someone

2) Relating to or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have mentioned

Question 19

1) Complacent

2) Complaisant

Answer 19

1) Self satisfied

2) Willing to please, affably agreeable or obliging

Question 20

1) Auger

2) Augur

Answer 20

1) Tool with a screw point for boring in wood

2) Portend, serve as an omen

Question 21

1) Fain

2) Feign

Answer 21

1) willingly or happily

2) To pretend you have a particular feeling

Question 22

1) Emigrate

2) Immigrate

Answer 22

1) to leave one’s country

2) To settle in another country

Question 23

1) Envy

2) Jealousy

Answer 23

1) To wish for something that someone else has

2) Something that you wish to be or long for your own

Question 24

1) Invade

2) Attack

Answer 24

1) To enter a country using military force in order to take control of it

2) Try to hurt or defeat using force

Question 25

1) Trifling 2) Trivial

Answer 25

1) Unimportant or petty 2) Not important or serious

Question 26

1) Simulation 2) Dissimulation

Answer 26

1) Imitation, replication 2) An act of hiding the real feelings or intentions with a pretension

Question 27

1) Venal 2) Venial

Answer 27

1) Corruptible, money grabbing, likely to accept bribes 2) Not very serious therefore able to be forgotten

Question 28

1) Council 2) Counsel

Answer 28

1) An assembly summoned for advice 2) Advice

Question 29

1) Distinct 2) Distinctive

Answer 29

1) Separate, different 2) Distinguishing, characteristic

Question 30

1) Apposite 2) Opposite

Answer 30

1) suitable and right for the occasion 2) Having a position on the other side of somebody

Question 31

1) Deprecate 2) Depreciate

Answer 31

1) To express disapproval 2) Reduce the value

Question 32

1) Punctual 2) Punctilious

Answer 32

1) Keeping at the appointed time 2) Attentive to formality, precise in behaviour

Question 33

1) Judicial 2) Judicious

Answer 33

1) Pertaining to court of law 2) Wise

Question 34

1) Salutary 2) Salubrious

Answer 34

1) having a good effect on someone or something 2) Health giving, clean and healthy

Question 35

1) Canvas 2) Canvass

Answer 35

1) A heavy closely woven cloth 2) Try to get political support or votes

Question 36

1) veracity 2) Voracity

Answer 36

1) Truthfulness 2) Excessive eagerness

Question 37

1) Persecute 2) Prosecute

Answer 37

1) To treat someone in a cruel and unfair manner 2) To institute a legal suit

Question 38

1) Moat 2) Mote

Answer 38

1) a deep wide cannel that was dug around a castle and usually filled with water 2) a small particle of dust

Question 39

1) Loath 2) Loathe

Answer 39

1) Reluctant or indisposed 2) To dislike someone very much

Question 40

1) Ingenious 2) Ingenuous

Answer 40

1) Clever and shrewd 2) Honest, sincere, trusting

Question 41

1) fain 2) Feign

Answer 41

1) Willingly or happily 2) To pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill

Question 42

1) Emigrate 2) Immigrate

Answer 42

1) A person who leaves his country 2) a person who settles in another country

Question 43

1) Wreak 2) Wreck

Answer 43

1) To cause something very harmful or damaging 2) Ruin, destruction

Question 44

1) Affluence 2) Effluence

Answer 44

1) the state of having a lot of money 2) Flowing out (of light, electricity, water) (The mist was an effluence from the swamp)

Question 45

1) Wretch 2) Retch

Answer 45

1) A deplorable or despised person 2) to try to vomit

Question 46

1) Euphemistic 2) Euphuistic

Answer 46

1) Mild or vague expression substituted for a harsher or more direct one 2) Using an affected style of writing English

Question 47

1) Amoral 2) Immoral

Answer 47

1) Without moral principles (The behaviour of animals are amoral) 2) Not conforming to accepted morality

Question 48

1) imperial 2) imperious

Answer 48

1) connected with an empire 2) Proud

Question 49

1) Degrade 2) denigrate

Answer 49

1) Bring into dishonour or contempt 2) To criticise someone or something unfairly

Question 50

1) Temporal 2) Temporary

Answer 50

1) Worldy 2) Lasting or intended for a short time

Question 51

1) precipitate 2) Precipitous

Answer 51

1) Thrown down headlong 2) Sudden a great steep (If the stock market goes down precipitously, it will be awful for the economy)

Question 52

1) Mitigate 2) Alleviate

Answer 52

1) To make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad 2) To make something bad less severe

Question 53

1) Persecute 2) Prosecute

Answer 53

1) Fo treat someone in a cruel manner 2) to officially charge someone with a crime

Question 54

1) Popular 2) Populace

Answer 54

1) liked by many 2) The people who live in a country

Question 55

1) Compliment 2) Complement

Answer 55

1) A remark expressing admiration 2) Makes a good pair with something else

Question 56

1) Excite 2) Incite

Answer 56

1) To make someone feel very pleased 2) to encourage someone to do something violent

Question 57

1) Voracity 2) Veracity

Answer 57

1) Excessive eagerness 1) The quality of being true, honest, accurate

Question 58

1) Virtuous 2) Virtual

Answer 58

1) Having good moral qualities and behaviour 2) describes something which can be done or seen on a computer

Question 59

1) Exceptional 2) Exceptionable

Answer 59

1) Much greater than usual especially in a skill 2) Offensive or upsetting

Question 60

1) Persecute 2) Prosecute

Answer 60

1) Treat someone in a cruel way 2) Officially charged with a crime

Question 61

1) Luxuriant 2) Luxurious

Answer 61

1) growing thickly or strongly in a way that is attractive 2) very comfortable and expensive

Question 62

1) Mean 2) Mien

Answer 62

1) To express or represent something such as an idea 2) A person’s appearance especially in a typical way such expression on their face

Question 63

1) Observation 2) Observance

Answer 63

1) The act of watching someone or something closely 2) The practice of obeying a law or religious custom

Question 64

1) Naughty 2) Knotty

Answer 64

1) Behaving badly 2) complicated and difficult to solve

Question 65

1) Ghostly 2) Ghastly

Answer 65

1) Pale and transparent 2) Unpleasant and shocking

Question 66

1) Hew 2) Hue

Answer 66

1) To cut a large piece out of a way in a rough way 2) A colour (In the Caribbean waters, there are fish of every hue)