Advanced 50-100

Question 1

beneficent

Answer 1

Bienfaisant, helping people and doing good acts (perform acts of kindness and charity)

“a beneficent leader”

to benefit

Question 2

bent

Answer 2

Personal inclination or tendency

Amel bent qui penche pour voyage lune

students with a scientific bent

Question 3

besiege

Answer 3

assiégée, attack with an army OR with many requests

“When the pop star tried to leave her hotel, she was besieged by waiting journalists and fans.”

Question 4

bevy

Answer 4

a large group of people, especially women or girls, or a large group of similar things

“Victorian postcards often featured bevies of bathing beauties./a bevy of girls”

Beverly groupe girls similar

Question 5

bifurcate

Answer 5

to divide into two parts

“A sample of water was taken from the point where the river bifurcates.”

Question 6

bilk

Answer 6

Escroquer, to get money from someone unfairly or dishonestly.

Bill casino 20m, but bilk

“It is no good bilking about this; the mass media like trouble and sensation and will get it if they can.
“

Question 7

blight

Answer 7

a disease that damages and kills plants / something that spoils or has a very bad effect on.

“Her career has been blighted by some clashes with the authorities
His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.”

grenade flashante, détruit plante et gache garden

Question 8

blithe

Answer 8

Joyous, merry; excessively carefree.someone who isn’t paying attention the way they should.

“She shows a blithe disregard for danger.
They cannot pass on increased costs to their customers with blithe disregard for the consequences.”

Lithe = souple; barbara souple circle, tres happy mais danger

Question 9

bombastic

Answer 9

Marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means. Someone that is overly wordy, pompous, or pretentious,
Like a politician who makes grand promises and doesn’t deliver.

“It is a monument of bombastic proportions.”

Bombarder hé hé ; speech présidence faux

Question 10

bonhomie

Answer 10

Friendliness and happiness,a cheerful friendly sort of person

“There was a lot of cheerful bonhomie amongst the people on the trip.”

Bon homme, bonhomme en mouse

Question 11

to wave

Answer 11

To raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression, brandish

imite vague

“I was waving my hand like mad but he never once looked in my direction.”

Question 12

brook

Answer 12

Tolerate

“She won’t brook any criticism of her work.”

Brook don’t tolere destroy casttle

Question 13

bucolic

Answer 13

relating to the countryside, often referred as ideal

“The painting shows a typically bucolic scene with peasants.”

Question 14

burnish

Answer 14

Polir / take action to improve it and make it more attractive.

chaussure en cuire, avec briquet

“The company is currently trying to burnish its socially responsible image.”

Question 15

calumny

Answer 15

(the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person

“He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.”

Question 16

canard

Answer 16

a false report or piece of information that is intended to deceive people

“It may also introduce a canard: as if only a few people built all the speculative houses.”

Canard kill jules césard

Question 17

cardinal

Answer 17

high rank in the Roman Catholic Church/Very important

“Cardinals elect and advise the Pope.
A cardinal rule is one that is central and should not be broken,It’s a cardinal principle that you use it to describe words of behavior like rule or sin”

Question 18

catholic

Answer 18

Universal, including many different types of thing.

“As a young person he had more catholic tastes than he does now.”

Catholic from spain conquer the world

Question 19

chicanery

Answer 19

Clever, dishonest talk or behaviour that is used to deceive people.

He wasn’t above using chicanery to win votes.

chercher querelles

Question 20

circumscribe

Answer 20

to limit/restrict something

“Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.”

Question 21

circumspect

Answer 21

Think carefully before doing or saying anything,

“Officials were circumspect about saying what the talks had achieved.”

suspect, so know need to be circumspect and circumscribe ce dont je veux parler

Question 22

clamber

Answer 22

to climb up, across, or into somewhere with difficulty

“I clambered into/onto the bus.”

Climb –clamb

Question 23

foolish

Answer 23

insensée

fool

Question 24

cloying

Answer 24

Ecoeurant , cause too sweet

“She criticized the cloying sentimentality of the film.
This is a wonderful wine - honeyed and rich without being remotely cloying.”

Cloy==perdre son charme chanson suisse oyiyo

Question 25

coagulate

Answer 25

to change from liquid to a more solid state, or to cause something to do this

“The venom of this snake coagulates the blood.”

Question 26

coda

Answer 26

Epilogue, Final part of a musical composition

musicien coda sa musique

Question 27

coffer

Answer 27

to store or hoard up in a coffer

“coffered his military memorabilia”

Question 28

collude

Answer 28

comploter,to act together secretly or illegally in order to do something bad

“It was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.”

collusion

Question 29

compendium

Answer 29

a short but complete account of a particular subject, especially in the form of a book, abstract

“a one-volume compendium of the multivolume original”

compend –> compound –> about subjects

Question 30

complaisant

Answer 30

means willing to do something to please others
(=/= complacent which means self-satisfied)

“She carried on passionate love affairs with the consent of her complaisant husband.”

Question 31

confound

Answer 31

“to mistake” and “to confuse.”

“The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.”
If you decide to treat a dessert, you might find yourself confounded by the number of choices

attention 2 choices

Question 32

contrite

Answer 32

Repentir, feeling very sorry and guilty for something bad that you have done

“a contrite criminal
a contrite apology”

something banal (trite) in a stupid way, feel con

Question 33

contumacious

Answer 33

Rebelle, stubbornly disobedient

“The court has the power to apply sanctions for contumacious conduct.”

con matious, rebelle

Question 34

convoke

Answer 34

to arrange or call people to attend a large formal meeting

“He has convoked a summit conference in Brussels.”

Convoke for a meeting

Question 35

cosset

Answer 35

Choyer (to pamper), dorloter

“Children sometimes need to be cosseted.”

Cosette

Question 36

coterie

Answer 36

A small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them

“Other isolated individuals may form a coterie of like-minded colleagues.
“

Cote de porc, same interest, group

Question 37

cupidity

Answer 37

Désir immodéré d’argent, de richesses. Avarice

“Her theme is that a mixture of ignorance and cupidity on both sides produced a great many boomerang effects.
“

Question 38

curmudgeon

Answer 38

an old person who is often in a bad mood

armodegon, voit météorite

Question 39

declaim

Answer 39

when someone is speaking very passionately against something OR describe reciting words aloud for practice

“speakers declaimed on a variety of issues”
““The end of the world is at hand!” the poster declaimed.”

claim,(say)– declaim say against

Question 40

declivity

Answer 40

déclivité,État de ce qui est en pente, a downward slope of any kind.

“Difficulty of access, harsh climate and declivity should also be taken into account.”

Question 41

demagogue

Answer 41

a person, especially a political leader, who wins support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas

“Consequently, parastates shunned electoral politics because of its domination by corrupt demagogues and condemned legislatures for their parochialism.”

Question 42

demur

Answer 42

to express hesitation, disagreement or refuse to do something

“The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred.”

fruit mure refuse de les prendre

Question 43

desultory

Answer 43

Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose and flit from one thing to another without showing interest

“She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
He wandered around, cleaning up in a desultory way.”

Pense illusion ok pour présentation these

Question 44

diaphanous

Answer 44

diaphane. A diaphanous substance, especially cloth, is so delicate and thin that you can see through it.

“In some conditions these will become visible behind the first diaphanous layer”

roi diaphragme

Question 45

dichotomy

Answer 45

a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things:

“There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do.”

Question 46

dictum

Answer 46

Maxime, dicton

“He followed the famous American dictum “Don’t get mad, get even”.”

Question 47

diffident

Answer 47

shy and not confident of your abilities

“You shouldn’t be so diffident about your achievements - you’ve done really well!”

Dissident, 6eme fraction vivant caché

Question 48

diffuse

Answer 48

To diffuse is ALSO to make something less noticeable or weaker
“The guide tried to diffuse the tension with his grin.”

OR a diffuse speech is scattered and unclear.

diffuser music pour faire penser a autre chose