Laura Katsuta Round 1

Question 1

Fumble

Answer 1

To use your hands in a way that is not smooth or steady or careful when you are doing something or looking for something.
JP: 手探りする

Question 2

“Fumble” Example Sentence

Answer 2

The woman fumbled in her bag for the key to the front door.

Question 3

Endow

Answer 3

To give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc. or to provide an income for it.
JP: 与える、寄贈する

Question 4

“Endow” Example Sentence

Answer 4

The United States Declaration of Independence says that all men are endowed with certain rights.

Question 5

Inveterate

Answer 5

Always doing something or enjoying something, and unlikely to stop.
JP: 常習的な

Question 6

“Inveterate” Example Sentence

Answer 6

Few believed his story because he was known to be an inveterate liar.

Question 7

Ratify

Answer 7

To make an agreement officially or legally valid by voting for or signing it.
JP: 批准する、承認する

Question 8

“Ratify” Example Sentence

Answer 8

Many countries have now ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child.

Question 9

Ulterior

Answer 9

(of a reason for doing something) that somebody keeps hidden and does not admit.
JP: 隠された、ずっと遠い

Question 10

“Ulterior” Example Sentence

Answer 10

Their job offer to me was so generous that I suspected an ulterior motive.

Question 11

Assuage

Answer 11

To make unpleasant feelings less strong.
JP: 不安などを和らげる、怒りなどを鎮める

Question 12

“Assuage” Example Sentence

Answer 12

His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.

Question 13

Renounce

Answer 13

To state officially that you are no longer going to keep a title, position, etc.
JP: 放棄する、と関係を絶つ

Question 14

“Renounce” Example Sentence

Answer 14

At an early age, the king renounced his throne and retreated into private life.

Question 15

Despondent

Answer 15

Unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm.
JP: 落胆した

Question 16

“Despondent” Example Sentence

Answer 16

Despondent and sullen, she finally realized she needed psychiatric help.

Question 17

Foment

Answer 17

To cause trouble to develop.
JP: 助長する、扇動する

Question 18

“Foment” Example Sentence

Answer 18

The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension.

Question 19

Parry

Answer 19

To defend yourself from a weapon or an attack by pushing the weapon away or by putting something between your body and the weapon.
JP: 攻撃、質問などをかわす

Question 20

“Parry” Example Sentence

Answer 20

Predictably the president parried enquiries about the arms scandal.

Question 21

Vilify

Answer 21

To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them.
JP: 中傷する

Question 22

“Vilify” Example Sentence

Answer 22

He claimed he was unfairly vilified by the press.

Question 23

Vestige

Answer 23

A small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past.
JP: 名残

Question 24

“Vestige” Example Sentence

Answer 24

The judge’s wigs were a vestige of the country’s colonial period.

Question 25

Lichen

Answer 25

A grey, green, or yellow plant-like organism that grows on rocks, walls, and trees. JP: 地衣(類)

Question 26

"Lichen" Example Sentence

Answer 26

The symbiotic state enables the lichen thallus to colonize extreme habitats where the separate bionts would not be able to survive.

Question 27

Didactic

Answer 27

Intended to teach, especially in a way that is too determined or eager, and often fixed and unwilling to change. JP: 教訓的な、説教がましい

Question 28

"Didactic" Example Sentence

Answer 28

A didactic approach to teaching.

Question 29

Torrid

Answer 29

Involving strong emotions, especially those of sexual love. JP: 熱烈、激しい、炎熱

Question 30

"Torrid" Example Sentence

Answer 30

After a couple of months of torrid sales, business began to settle down.