450-500

Question 1

Supersede

Answer 1

Remplacer (especially something older or more old-fashioned)
Rapide ;remplace vite
“Issues of cost-containment are reality, but they should not supersede the requirement of justice to protect all patients from disease.”

Question 2

Supplicate

Answer 2

Supplier (to ask for something in a humble way)
In this dance, they supplicate the diwata for a bountiful harvest.
Surricate

Question 3

Surfeit

Answer 3

Excés ; glut (Rhetoric may produce a surfeit of judgments.)

Surfer

Question 4

Sumrise

Answer 4

Présumer

Sumrise sun rise

We surmised that the ceremonial area was abandoned after a violent attack.

Question 5

sycophant

Answer 5

Qui flatte, non sincére
1er ministre suffoque
The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants.

Question 6

Synchronous

Answer 6

Syncronisé ; happening or done at the same time or speed:

Question 7

Table

Answer 7

1: to suggest something for discussion: An amendment to the proposal was tabled by Mrs James
2: to delay discussion of a subject:The suggestion was tabled for discussion at a later date.

In a table

(opposite because US delay, UK now)

Question 8

Tacit

Answer 8

understood without being expressed directly, sous entendu

tacit agreement/approval/support

Question 9

Taciturn

Answer 9

Qui reste volontiers silencieux, renfermé

Question 10

Tangential

Answer 10

only slightly relevant, going off topic

“What we considered the main problems in fact were remote and tangential to the central themes of the family members’ comments and stories.”

Question 11

Temperance

Answer 11

moderation, self-control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasures; total abstinence from alcohol

Tempéré

Question 12

Tenuous

Answer 12

Ténu: trés mince et fin / slender; flimsy ; A tenuous connection, idea

Tenir pers faible

If the rights of property could not be enforced , respect for property could well have been more tenuous.

Question 13

Timely

Answer 13

Opportun, en temps opportun, happening at the best possible moment

“It is thus timely to have a book that considers them in great detail in the process.”

Question 14

Timorous

Answer 14

timide
Similar word
What more impressive knight could a timorous maiden wish for?

Question 15

Tirade

Answer 15

broadside ; bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack

Question 16

Torpor

Answer 16

Torpeur: the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm. sluggishness, lethargy, apathy

Taupe qui hiberne

Many animals survive cold frosty nights through torpor, a short-term temporary drop in body temperature.

Question 17

Torrid

Answer 17

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times. (difficult)

Question 18

Tractable

Answer 18

Malléable / docible/ easy deal with

Tracteur gens dociles

The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected.

Question 19

Trifling

Answer 19

Insignifiant a trifling man

Trefle insignifiant

Question 20

Trite

Answer 20

Banal (Hackneyed)

Que des Truites lac

But the formulation of principles that capture the workings of this mechanism is anything but trite.

Question 21

Ubiquitous

Answer 21

Omniprésent, everywhere

The state, cannot be physically ubiquitous by showing its physical presence in every sphere of the society.

Question 22

Undermine

Answer 22

Saper / miner

Question 23

Underscore

Answer 23

Souligner (emphasize)

Question 24

Unearth

Answer 24

Déterrer

Creuser terre

Ex: A private detective has unearthed some fresh evidence.

Question 25

Unequivocal

Answer 25

Clair, sans équivoque

The prime minister, he said, had the party’s unequivocal support.

Question 26

Unseemly

Answer 26

Non convenable (seemly)

Seemly–seems

These passages imply that certain things would be unseemly if let out carelessly.

Question 27

Veracity

Answer 27

truthfulness, accuracy; qui dit la vérité

His claim of rationality, morality, and veracity guarantees his authority to make assertions about immigration and the behavior of immigrants.

Question 28

Verbose

Answer 28

Verbeux, dit des choses en trop de mots

The introduction is rather hard going, being extremely verbose.

Question 29

Vintage

Answer 29

(adj, n) related to items of high quality from a previous era, old-fashioned, antique (adj); the wine of a particular year (noun)

Question 30

Virtual

Answer 30

Virtuel or quasi

Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country’s economy.

Question 31

Vituperate

Answer 31

Blamer (berate) /fustiger

tupe inverse, with vite (hight rate)

Question 32

Warranted

Answer 32

Justifié

Question 33

Wary

Answer 33

Méfiant

War, attention war
Nvy, in the navy

Question 34

Whimsical

Answer 34

unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying,erratic, unpredictable
Whim=caprice ou fantaisie

Question 35

Wily

Answer 35

Rusé / astucieux (crafty, cunning)

Wily the renard

The recruiters needed to be both tough and wily to do their business.

Question 36

Zeal

Answer 36

Ardeur, enthousiasme

sans zeal

In his zeal to get his work finished on time, he made a lot of mistakes.

Question 37

Zenith

Answer 37

high point, culmination

Tolstoy was at the zenith of his achievement.