ESL Essential Words11

Question 1

Complacent

Answer 1

Pleased with oneself. Self-satisfied

Question 2

Wasp

Answer 2

An insect with a slender body and powerful sting

Question 3

Rehabilitate

Answer 3

Restore to good condition. Make over in a new form. Restore to a former standing, rank, reputation, etc.

Question 4

Parole

Answer 4

Word of honor. Conditional freedom. To free(a prisoner) under certain conditions

Question 5

Vertical

Answer 5

Straight up and down with reference to the horizon

Question 6

Multitude

Answer 6

A great number. A crowd

Question 7

Nominate

Answer 7

Name as a candidate for office. Appoint to an office

Question 8

Potential

Answer 8

Possibility as opposed to actuality. Capability oncoming into being or action

Question 9

Morgue

Answer 9

Place where bodies of unknown persons found dead are kept. The reference library of a newspaper office

Question 10

Preoccupied

Answer 10

Took up all the attention

Question 11

Upholstery

Answer 11

Coverings and cushions for furniture

Question 12

Indifference

Answer 12

Lack of interest, care, or attention

Question 13

Maintain

Answer 13

Keep. Keep up. Carry on. Uphold.support. Declare to be true

Question 14

Snub

Answer 14

Treat coldly, scornfully, or wish contempt. Cold treatment

Question 15

Endure

Answer 15

Last. Keep on. Undergo. Bear. Stand

Question 16

Wrath

Answer 16

Very great anger. Rage

Question 17

Exposé

Answer 17

Lay open. Uncover. Leave unprotected. Show openly

Question 18

Legend

Answer 18

Story coming from the past, which many people have believed. What is written on a coin or below a picture

Question 19

Ponder

Answer 19

Consider carefully

Question 20

Resign

Answer 20

Give up. Yield. Submit

Question 21

Drastic

Answer 21

Acting with force or violence

Question 22

Wharf

Answer 22

Platform built on the shore or out from the shore beside which ships can load or unload

Question 23

Amend

Answer 23

Change for the better. Correct. Change

Question 24

Ballot

Answer 24

Piece of papers used in voting. The whole number of votes cast. The method of secret voting. To vote or decide by using ballots

Question 25

Abate

Answer 25

To decrease in force or intensity. To decrease in value or amount

Question 26

Abhor

Answer 26

To regard with extreme distaste

Question 27

Acclimate

Answer 27

To adapt, to adjust

Question 28

Adage

Answer 28

A proverb

Question 29

Aegis

Answer 29

Defense. Sponsorship, a shield

Question 30

Affluent

Answer 30

Rich. Having material wealth

Question 31

Alleviate

Answer 31

Relieve. Lessen. Make more bearable

Question 32

Altercation

Answer 32

A noisy angry argument

Question 33

Antithesis

Answer 33

Opposite. Contrast

Question 34

Atheist

Answer 34

A person who denies the existence of God

Question 35

Avid

Answer 35

Extremely eager, enthusiastic

Question 36

Belligerent

Answer 36

A fighting attitude. Warlike

Question 37

Benevolent

Answer 37

Disposed to doing good. Generous. Charitable

Question 38

Benign

Answer 38

Favorable. Good-hearted. Kind

Question 39

Bizarre

Answer 39

Fantastically out of the ordinary. Odd

Question 40

Cajole

Answer 40

To persuade with flattery. To coax

Question 41

Candor

Answer 41

Honest, or sincere expression

Question 42

Caustic

Answer 42

Extremely sarcastic. Corrosive