English Vocabulary

Question 1

Indignation

Answer 1

anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

Question 2

contempt

Answer 2

the feeling the something or someone is beneath consideration; worthless

Question 3

propriety

Answer 3

the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals

Question 4

commendable

Answer 4

deserving praise

Question 5

listless

Answer 5

lacking energy or enthusiasm

Question 6

dreary

Answer 6

dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing

Question 7

humbug

Answer 7

deceptive or false talk or behaviour

Question 8

divine (verb)

Answer 8

discover by guesswork or intuition

Question 9

toady

Answer 9

brown-noser

Question 10

traverse

Answer 10

travel across or through

Question 11

pervade

Answer 11

be present and apparent throughout

Question 12

supercilious

Answer 12

looking or behaving superior to others

Question 13

precede

Answer 13

go ahead or in front of

Question 14

coax

Answer 14

persuade gradually or by flattery

Question 15

stupefy

Answer 15

make someone unable to think or feel properly; astonish and shock

Question 16

spellbind

Answer 16

hold someone’s complete attention as if by magic; fascinate

Question 17

ophthalmic

Answer 17

of or relating to the eye

Question 18

expound

Answer 18

present and explain systematically and in great detail

Question 19

vagrant

Answer 19

a person without regular work or home

Question 20

tramp

Answer 20

a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work as a vagrant or beggar

Question 21

cunning

Answer 21

having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion

Question 22

peril

Answer 22

serious and immediate danger

Question 23

snuffer

Answer 23

small metal cone used to extinguish a flame

Question 24

agency

Answer 24

the capacity to act in any given environment

Question 25

fortuitous

Answer 25

happening by chance rather than by design

Question 26

din

Answer 26

a loud, confused noise

Question 27

refractory

Answer 27

stubborn or unmanageable

Question 28

paroxysm

Answer 28

a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity

Question 29

Massif

Answer 29

a compact group of mountains, especially one that is separate from other groups.

Question 30

Scree

Answer 30

a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain.

Question 31

Subsidence

Answer 31

the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land.

Question 32

Languish

Answer 32

Grow weak or feeble

Question 33

anathema

Answer 33

something or someone one vehemently dislikes

Question 34

addendum

Answer 34

An item of additional material, typically omissions, added at the end of a book or other publications; appendix.

Question 35

recluse

Answer 35

hermit

Question 36

vigil

Answer 36

period of time awake to keep watch or pray