Day-1

Question 1

Abound
-Verb

Answer 1

To exist in great numbers or quantities
( Stories about his travels abound.)

Question 2

Amorphous
Adj

Answer 2

Having no definite shape, form or structure.
-Shapeless

Question 3

Austere
Adj

Answer 3

Simple and plain; without any decorations
. The lonely, austere beauty of his paintings of a station in the snow

Question 4

Belie
V

Answer 4

Belie something- to give a false impression of somebody/ something
- My calm exterior belies my deep inner fear.

Question 5

Capricious
Adj

Answer 5

Showing sudden changes in attitude or behavior
- a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please

Question 6

Congenial
Adj

Answer 6

(Of a person) pleasant to spend time with because their interests and character are similar to your own.
- a congenial colleague

Question 7

Conspicuous
Adj

Answer 7

Easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention
- Bay windows are a conspicuous feature of his architecture.

Question 8

Cursory
Adj

Answer 8

Done quickly and without giving enough attention to details.
- a cursory glance/ examination/ inspection
- He gave the report a rather cursory look.

Question 9

Daunting
Adj

Answer 9

Making somebody feel nervous and less confident about doing something; likely to make somebody feel this way.
- Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.

Question 10

Deify
V

Answer 10

Deify somebody- to treat somebody as a god

Question 11

Didactic
Adj

Answer 11

Designed to teach people something, especially a moral lesson
. Didactic art

Question 12

Disseminate
V

Answer 12

Disseminate something- to spread information, knowledge, etc. so that it reaches many people
- Their findings have been widely disseminated.

Question 13

Feasible
Adj

Answer 13

That is possible and likely to be achieved.
- a feasible plan/ suggestion/ idea
- It’s just not feasible to manage the business on a part-time basis.

Question 14

Flout
V

Answer 14

Flout sth: to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it = defy
- Motorists regularly flout the law.
- to flout authority / convention

Question 15

Homogeneous
Adj

Answer 15

Consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same typ
- a homogeneous group/ mixture/ proportion
- Old people are not a homogeneous group, as some people seem to think.

Question 16

Humdrum
Adj

Answer 16

Boring and always the same
- dull, tedious
- a humdrum existence/ job/ life
- the use of computers to perform humdrum tasks
- the humdrum business of making money

Question 17

Insipid
Adj

Answer 17

Having almost no taste.
- a cup of insipid coffee.

Question 18

Loquacious
Adj

Answer 18

Talking a lot.
Talkative

Question 19

Misanthropic
Adj

Answer 19

Hating and avoiding other people.

Question 20

Misnomer
Adj

Answer 20

A name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate
- “Villa” was something of a misnomer- the place was no more than an old farmhouse.

Question 21

Negligent
Adj

Answer 21

(Law or formal) failing to give sbd/sth enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results
- The hospital was negligent in the way it cared for this young boy.
- The school had been negligent in not informing the child’s parents about the incident.

Question 22

Obsequious
Adj

Answer 22

Trying too hard to please someone, especially sbd who is important
- The service in the restaurant was attentive without being obsequious.

Question 23

Placate
V

Answer 23

placate sbd- to make sbd feel less angry about something.

Question 24

Proclivity
N

Answer 24

A natural desire or need that makes you tend to do sth, often something bad
- his sexual/criminal proclivities
- the government’s proclivity for spending money
- Most regimes have self-destructive proclivities.

Question 25

Puerile Adj

Answer 25

- childish - silly; suitable for a child rather than an adult

Question 26

Quixotic Adj

Answer 26

Having or involving ideas that show imagination but are usually not practical

Question 27

Spendthrift N

Answer 27

A person who spends too much money or who wastes money

Question 28

Tactiturn Adj

Answer 28

Tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly - a tactiturn and serious young man

Question 29

Wary Adj

Answer 29

- careful when dealing with somebody/ something because you think that there may be a danger or problem - cautious - she was wary of getting involved with him. -The police will need to keep a wary eye on this area of town.

Question 30

Adulterate V

Answer 30

To make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it. - The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil.