Day 1

Question 1

operator

Answer 1

operator operate

Question 2

retrospect

Answer 2

In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more

Question 3

uphold

Answer 3

A committee that aims to uphold educational standards

Question 4

malignant

Answer 4

She developed a malignant tumour in her breast

Question 5

clause

Answer 5

confidantially clause

Question 6

beverages

Answer 6

alcoholic beverages

Question 7

perfound

Answer 7

perfound impact/effect

高调措辞 than deep

Question 8

prestige

Answer 8

The king wanted to enhance his prestige through the war

Question 9

assassinate

Answer 9

A plot assassinated Kennedy.

Question 10

compute

Answer 10

compute the answer/sum/result

calculate

Question 11

variation

Answer 11

Most of his poems are variations on the theme of love

Question 12

petrol

Answer 12

SYN gasoline

Question 13

weave

Answer 13

Cyclists weaving in and out of the traffic

Question 14

conspiracy

Answer 14

He was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

conspiracy of silence

Question 15

earnest

Answer 15

A rather earnest young man

Question 16

transient

Answer 16

Transient fashion

Question 17

caressed

Answer 17

Literacy, his hands gently caressed her body

Question 18

somewhat

Answer 18

To say that I was surperised is somewhat of an understatement

understatement

Question 19

appendix

Answer 19

C had to go into hospital to have her appendix out

Question 20

sufficient

Answer 20

SYN enough

Question 21

resort

Answer 21

We hope they will reslove the situation /without resort to force

/and** resort** to force

Question 22

discern

Answer 22

Official were keen to discern howmuch public support there was

Question 23

jargon

Answer 23

Keep it simple and avoid the use of** jargon**

Question 24

entail

Answer 24

Some foreign travel is entailed in the job

Question 25

appal

Answer 25

The decision to execute the two men has **appaled** many politicians | /horrify

Question 26

overlook

Answer 26

Our room **overlooks** the ocean

Question 27

chief

Answer 27

**Chief** causes of crime

Question 28

spine

Answer 28

cactus **spine**

Question 29

eccentric

Answer 29

strange unusual

Question 30

susceptible

Answer 30

A lot of TV advertising is aimed at **susceptible** young children | SYN impressionable

Question 31

bracket

Answer 31

[bracket] ( , ) be bracket together

Question 32

encounter

Answer 32

His first **encounter** with Wilson was back in1989

Question 33

fraction

Answer 33

**fraction** of second

Question 34

landlord

Answer 34

landlady/**landlord**

Question 35

racket

Answer 35

An international smuggling** racket**

Question 36

terminate

Answer 36

The court ruled that the contract must be **terminated** | end

Question 37

dismay

Answer 37

I found to my **dismay** that I had left my notes behind

Question 38

crude

Answer 38

A **crude** estimate of the population available for work

Question 39

virtue

Answer 39

Among her many **virtue** are loyalty, courage and truthfulness

Question 40

facility

Answer 40

She has an amazing **facility **in the US

Question 41

quench

Answer 41

We stopped at A small bar to **quench** our thirst | quench a fire/flames

Question 42

saturated

Answer 42

Our culture is saturated with television and AD | saturated fat 饱和脂肪