day 5

Question 1

Anathema

Answer 1

/əˈnæθəmə/

Sth. That is complete opposite to what you believe

Question 2

Dismissal

Answer 2

1 [countable, uncountable] when someone is removed from their job
Wilson was claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.
No dismissals have been announced yet.
2 [uncountable] when someone decides or says that something is not important, serious, or true
Gill’s dismissal of the book as ‘386 pages of rubbish’
3 [countable, uncountable] a decision by a judge to stop a court case

Question 3

Ripe

Answer 3

If a fruit is ripe, it is well grown and ready to eat
be ripe for something
to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner

Question 4

Harry

Answer 4

1 to keep attacking an enemy
2 to keep asking someone for something in a way that is upsetting or annoying

Question 5

Dim

Answer 5

verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] if a light dims, or if you dim it, it becomes less bright
The lights in the theatre began to dim.
2 [intransitive, transitive] if a feeling, quality etc dims or is dimmed, it grows weaker or less
Even the rain could not dim their enthusiasm.
Hopes of a peaceful settlement have dimmed.
3 → dim your headlights/lights
Opp -> Undim

Noun
fairly dark or not giving much light, so that you cannot see well; OPP bright

Question 6

bureaucracy

Answer 6

/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi $ bjʊˈrɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural bureaucracies)
1 [uncountable] a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc → red tape
the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy
2 [countable, uncountable] the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc

Question 7

In hock

Answer 7

informal
a) in debt
be in hock to somebody
The fashion chain is still in hock to the banks.
b) something that is in hock has been sold temporarily because its owner needs some money
He’s a musician, but his guitar is in hock.

Question 8

Demeanor

Answer 8

= behavior

Question 9

Disconcert

Answer 9

to make someone feel slightly confused, embarrassed, or worried

Question 10

Congenial

Answer 10

1 pleasant in a way that makes you feel comfortable and relaxed
congenial atmosphere/surroundings/environment
The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.
Frank was a very congenial colleague.
congenial to
The summers out here are not congenial to the average North European.

2 suitable for something
Compost provides congenial conditions for roots to develop.

Question 11

Hefty

Answer 11

Large, heavy

Question 12

spur

Answer 12

noun.
1. a fact or event that make you try harder (spur to)
2. a piece of high ground which sticks out from the side of a hill or mountain

Verb, encourage, spur sb. to do sth,

Question 13

whip up

Answer 13

whip sb/ sth up
to try to make people feel strongly about something
e.g., whip up interest/opposition/support etc

Question 14

Hatred

Answer 14

an angry feeling of extreme dislike of/ for sth

Question 15

clique

Answer 15

a small group of sb. that feel they are special and do not want other people to join them

Question 16

maiden

Answer 16

noun
1. a young girl, or a woman who is not married
2. used to describe something that is being done for the first time
eg., The group could pay a maiden dividend this year
e.g., maiden flight/voyage, the first journey that a plane or ship makes

Question 16

rhetoric

Answer 16

/ˈretərɪk/
1 language that is used to persuade or influence people, especially language that sounds impressive but is not actually sincere or useful

rhetoric of
the rhetoric of socialism

2 the art of speaking or writing to persuade or influence people

Question 17

hoodwink

Answer 17

to trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself

Question 18

fervour (Fervor)

Answer 18

very strong belief or feeling

Question 19

chafe

Answer 19

1 [intransitive, transitive] if a part of your body chafes or if something chafes it, it becomes sore because of something rubbing against it
Wear a T-shirt under your wet suit to stop it chafing.
2 [intransitive] to feel impatient or annoyed
chafe at/against/under
Some hunters are chafing under the new restrictions.
3 [transitive] British English to rub part of your body to make it warm

Question 20

pesky

Answer 20

annoyingly troublesome; pesty

Question 20

demonize

Answer 20

to misrepresent (someone or something) as thoroughly evil or contemptible

Question 21

graft

Answer 21

noun
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.

Surgery. a portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth.

verb (used with object)
to insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant; insert a scion of (one plant) into another plant.
e.g., to cause (a plant) to reproduce through grafting.

verb (used without object)
to insert scions from one plant into another.

Question 22

dismantle

Answer 22

Verb
1 to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces
Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes.
2 to gradually get rid of a system or organization
an election promise to dismantle the existing tax legislatio

Question 23

traitor

Answer 23

some one who is not loyal to his country

Question 24

evade

Answer 24

= avoid, escape

Question 25

curb

Answer 25

verb, to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect eg., measures to curb the spread of the virus noun an influence which helps to control or limit something curb on e.g., We are trying to keep a curb on their activities.

Question 26

judiciary

Answer 26

all the judges in a country