2014.12.26-[SGRE10]-6

Question 0

urbane

/ɜrˈbeɪn/
adj

Answer 0

› having an understanding of the world and showing experience and confidence; elegant refined in manners:

u-e conversation/pleasures

His u-e manners impressed me.

Question 1

obloquy

/ˈɒbləkwɪ/
n, pl -quies

Answer 1

› defamatory or censorious statements, esp when directed against one person:

› disgrace brought about by public abuse:

“I have had enough o-y for one lifetime” said Anthony Eden.

Poor Hester Prynne who was forced to wear a red “A” on her chest for “adultery” knows all about o-y.

Question 2

expatiate

/ekˈspeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/
verb [I]
formal
disapproving

Answer 2

› to speak or write about something in great detail or for a long time; to roam; wander freely:

She e-ed on/upon her work for the duration of the meal.

Question 3

churl

/tʃɜːl/

Answer 3

› a surly ill-bred person; bad-tempered person:

Some c-ls may say: ‘I won’t buy so-and-so; what else have the women got to do?

› [Historical Terms] a farm laborer

› [Historical Terms] a variant spelling of ceorl

Question 4

effluvium
plural: effluvia or effluviums

noun
/ɛˈfluːvɪəm/
plural: /ɛˈfluːvɪə/

Answer 4

› outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor; an unpleasant smell or exhalation, as of gaseous waste or decaying matter:

You wouldn’t want to breathe in the e-m from a cargo ship or you might become ill.

Question 5

summary

adjective 
[before noun]
/ˈsʌm.ɚ.i/
--------
summarily

adverb

Answer 5

s-y arrest/dismissal/execution

› briefly without delay

Question 6

saturnine

adjective
/ˈsæt.ə.naɪn/
literary

Answer 6

› serious and unfriendly; gloomy; dark; sullen; morose:

a s-e character

a s-e look

Question 7

maladroit

adjective
/ˌmæl.əˈdrɔɪt/
formal

Answer 7

› awkward in movement or unskilled in behavior or action; tactless clumsy:

She can be a little m-t in social situations.

Question 8

putrefaction

noun [U]
/ˌpjuː.trɪˈfæk.ʃən/
formal

Answer 8

› the state of decaying; becoming rotten:

That place is full of mud, gore and dead animals in various stages of p-n.

Question 9

luculent

/ˈlu•kjʊ•lənt/
adj

Answer 9

› (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; convincing; cogent:

The other is among the Robinson Papers: doubtless very l-t to Robinson, who is now home in England, but remembers many a thing.

› clear or lucid:

And the largest and the most l-t of those pearls came forward to make of its own accord my wish content.

Question 10

splenetic

/splɪˈnɛt•ɪk/
adj
also: splenetical

Answer 10

› irritable; peevish; spiteful; bad-tempered:

The news ignited s-c fury from European politicians, who say the allegations could sour their trade negotiations with Washington.

› affected with or tending to produce melancholy:

Bev’s funeral gathers the s-c Weston clan for an emotional summit most of the members would just as soon sit out.

› of the spleen; splenic:

Question 11

augury

noun
/ˈɔːɡ.jʊ.ri/
/ˈɑːɡ.jɚ.i/
formal

Answer 11

› [C] a sign of what might happen in the future; omen:

These sales figures are a good a-y for another profitable year.

› [U] the skill of knowing what will happen in the future:

His remarkable recovery defied all medical a-y.

Question 12

prude

noun [C]
/prud/
disapproving
-------- 
prudish    

/ˈpru•dɪʃ/
adjective

Answer 12

› a person who is excessively concerned with being or appearing to be proper, modest, or righteous.

› a person who is easily shocked by rude things:

› to be extremely proper, almost a little too proper:

To be called p-h isn’t a compliment.

Question 13

demur

verb [I]
/dɪˈmɜr/

Answer 13

› to express disagreement or refusal to do something; to hesitate raise objections:

Jack urged me to go, but I d-rred.

Question 14

teetotal

adjective
/ˌtiːˈtəʊ.təl/
/ˌtiːˈtoʊ.t̬əl/

teetotaler
/ˌtiːˈtəʊ.təlɚ/
noun [C]

Answer 14

› never drinking alcohol or opposed to the drinking of alcohol:

“I happen to be t-l,” she said.