70 New Vocabulary

Question 1

Bestow

Answer 1

present an honour/gift

Question 2

Exemplary

Answer 2

serving as a desirable model

Question 3

Affable

Answer 3

friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to

Question 4

Bantering

Answer 4

characterised by good-humoured teasing

Question 5

Assiduous

Answer 5

showing great care, attention, and effort

Question 6

Abominate

Answer 6

to hate something very much

Question 7

Avuncular

Answer 7

kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person (like expected behaviour of an uncle)

Question 8

Instigate

Answer 8

bring about or initiate an action or event

Question 9

Ambivalent

Answer 9

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 10

Treason

Answer 10

action of betraying someone or something

Question 11

Calumniate

Answer 11

make false and defamatory statements about someone that hurts their good reputation

Question 12

Expiate

Answer 12

make amends for guilt or wrongdoing

Question 13

Lampoon

Answer 13

publicly criticise someone or something by using ridicule (i.e. mockery), irony, or sarcasm

Question 14

Chastise

Answer 14

rebuke or reprimand severely (i.e. scold)

Question 15

Brusque

Answer 15

sudden/quick/abrupt and rude in manner or speech

Question 16

Truant

Answer 16

a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation

Question 17

Beguile

Answer 17

persuade/attract/interest someone in order to deceive them

Question 18

Purloin

Answer 18

to steal something

Question 19

Vindicate

Answer 19

to prove someone was not guilty after being blamed as guilty

Question 20

Defalcate

Answer 20

Defalcate - steal or misuse property or funds entrusted to one

Question 21

Incarcerate

Answer 21

to put/keep someone in prison and prevent them from leaving

Question 22

Apprise

Answer 22

inform or tell someone about something

Question 23

Verity

Answer 23

a true principle or belief, especially of a fundamental importance

Question 24

Assail

Answer 24

make a violent attack on or criticise strongly

Question 25

Rampant

Answer 25

getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way

Question 26

Abut

Answer 26

be next to or have a common boundary with

Question 27

Junket

Answer 27

trip for a group of public servants paid by the public

Question 28

Annul

Answer 28

officially announce that something such as a law no longer exists

Question 29

Adamant

Answer 29

impossible to persuade

Question 30

Indigent

Answer 30

poor enough to need help from others

Question 31

Candid

Answer 31

honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful

Question 32

Cower

Answer 32

to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards

Question 33

Ornate

Answer 33

having a lot of complicated decoration

Question 34

Toady

Answer 34

a person who flatters others for self-serving reasons

Question 35

Gape

Answer 35

be or become wide open

Question 36

Coruscate

Answer 36

to give off or reflect light in bright beams of flashes