ENSK3DD05: LEV, PEL and PULS

Question 1

lever

Answer 1

a bar used for prying or moving sth up

Question 2

elevator

Answer 2

a platform used for taking things or people up or down in a building.

Question 3

levee

Answer 3

an embankment built up, or along rivers in order to prevent flooding

Question 4

elevate

Answer 4

to raise up or go up, i.e. running can elevate your heart rate.

Question 5

alleviate

Answer 5

to make more bearable, i.e. we need insulin to alleviate the symptoms.

Question 6

levitate

Answer 6

to rise into the air, especially in seeming defiance of gravity.

Question 7

relieve

Answer 7

to free from a burden or problem; release from a duty or position

Question 8

levity

Answer 8

silliness

Question 9

leverage

Answer 9

the action of a lever, pushing something; the power to make things happen, i.e. she has a lot of leverage with him because he is in love with her.

Question 10

propel

Answer 10

to push forward, i.e. a boat is propelled using the paddles

Question 11

propeller

Answer 11

a device with a hub in the middle and twisted blades around it in order to make i.e. helicopters move.

Question 12

pulse

Answer 12

a throbbing beat; to move in rhythm, i.e. can I check your pulse?

Question 13

expel

Answer 13

to push out or away, often permanently, either from a place or a group, i.e. she expelled air from her lungs as she looked up to the night sky. i.e. you can’t expel him! he’s the class president!

Question 14

repel

Answer 14

to prevent something from approaching, i.e. what can I do to repel bed bugs?

Question 15

compel

Answer 15

to push someone or something to do something, i.e. I am compelled to pay taxes by law. i.e. he compelled her to steal.

Question 16

impel

Answer 16

to get sth going, whether getting a thing moving or getting a person to do an action, especially by telling one it’s the “right thing to do”.

Question 17

repulsive

Answer 17

tending to repel, especially by causing aversion or disgust.

Question 18

compulsion

Answer 18

an irresistible urge to do sth that doesn’t really make any sense, i.e. Carl needs to flick the light switch on and off fourteen times before he goes to sleep, that’s his compulsion.

Question 19

impulsive

Answer 19

likely to do whatever one gets the urge to do, right away, i.e. she’s so impulsive! she always speaks out without thinking.

Question 20

dispel

Answer 20

to drive away or scatter away; to dispel a myth or a rumour, i.e. I quickly dispelled the rumour that Annie and I were separated by bringing her with me to the party.

Question 21

compulsory

Answer 21

required by rules or regulation, i.e. taking Icelandic classes is compulsory for many years in the Icelandic educational system.