List 8

Question 1

alienate

Answer 1

(v) make someone feel estranged

Question 1

apathy

Answer 1

(adj) lack of interest or enthusiasm

Question 2

apropos

Answer 2

(adj) with reference to, concerning / very appropriate for a particular occasion

Question 3

apt

Answer 3

(adj) suitable in circumstances / quick to learn / have the tendency to do something

Question 4

cloak

Answer 4

(v) something act to hide or disguise

Question 5

consensus

Answer 5

(n) a general agreement

Question 6

distort

Answer 6

(v) pull or twist out of shape / give a misleading or false account of or impression of

Question 7

divergent

Answer 7

(adj) tending to be different or develop in different situations

Question 8

elated

Answer 8

(adj) make someone ecstatically happy

Question 9

enchant

Answer 9

(v) fill someone with great delight / put under a spell

Question 10

entrenched

Answer 10

(adj) (of an attitude, belief or habit) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change / ingrained

Question 11

exotic

Answer 11

(adj) organizing in or characteristics of a distant foreign country / specially produced

Question 12

exploitative

Answer 12

(adj) treat other unfairly to gain advantage

Question 13

foreseeable

Answer 13

(adj) able to be predicted or foresee

Question 14

forsake

Answer 14

(v) renounce

Question 15

gratify

Answer 15

(v) give someone pleasure or satisfaction

Question 16

heed

Answer 16

(v) pay attention to / take notice of

Question 17

judicious

Answer 17

(adj) showing, having done with good judgement

Question 18

lucid

Answer 18

(adj) expressed clearly, easy to understand

Question 19

pertinent

Answer 19

(adj) related to a matter or issue / apposite

Question 20

propriety

Answer 20

(n) conformity to commonly accepted standards of behavior / the condition of being right

Question 21

scintillation

Answer 21

(n) shining brightly / brilliantly clever

Question 22

sensational

Answer 22

(adj) creating public interest or exciment

Question 23

sophisticated

Answer 23

(adj) having, revealing or involving a great deal of knowledge and worldly experience in culture or fashion

Question 24

strife

Answer 24

(v) anger or bitter agreement over fundamental issues

Question 25

understated

Answer 25

(adj) presented or expressed in a subtle but effective way

Question 26

unscrupulous

Answer 26

(adj) not scrupulous / having or showing no moral principles

Question 27

veracity

Answer 27

(n) conformation to facts / habitual truthfulness

Question 28

virulent

Answer 28

(adj) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in effects / bitterly hostile

Question 29

violate

Answer 29

(v) (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperature / liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse

Question 30

antedate

Answer 30

(v) precede in time

Question 31

banish

Answer 31

(v) send someone away from a country as an official punishment / get rid of

Question 32

bridle

Answer 32

(v) used to control movement / show one's anger

Question 33

comply

Answer 33

(v) act in accordance with a wish or command

Question 34

crestfallen

Answer 34

(adj) sad and dissapointed

Question 35

curtain

Answer 35

(n) piece of material / a disastrous outcome

Question 36

elucidate

Answer 36

(v) make something clear / explain

Question 37

feckless

Answer 37

(adj) lacking initiative or strength in character / feeble

Question 38

fester

Answer 38

(v) (of wound) become septic / (of feeling) become worse

Question 39

iconoclastic

Answer 39

(adj) criticizing cherished beliefs or institutions

Question 40

immure

Answer 40

(v) confine or enclose against their will

Question 41

improvise

Answer 41

(v) create or perform spontaneously without prep

Question 42

inhibit

Answer 42

(v) prevent / make someone self-conscious

Question 43

inscrutable

Answer 43

(adj) impossible to understand or interpret

Question 44

evade

Answer 44

(v) escape or avoid something

Question 45

lionize

Answer 45

(v) give public attention and approval to someone

Question 46

monotonous

Answer 46

(adj) dull / lacking in variety

Question 47

peculiar

Answer 47

(adj) strange / particular / special / belonging specially to

Question 48

premeditate

Answer 48

(v) think or plan beforehand

Question 49

profligate

Answer 49

(v) wasteful in use of resources / licentious, dissolute

Question 50

recondite

Answer 50

(v) restore / settle / show to be compatible / reconcile

Question 51

refine

Answer 51

(v) remove impurities / make small changes to improve

Question 52

relinquish

Answer 52

(v) voluntarily cease to keep or claim / give up

Question 53

ruminate

Answer 53

(v) think deeply about something

Question 54

skittish

Answer 54

(adj) (of animal) easily scared / (of person) unpredictable, playfully frivolous

Question 55

superflous

Answer 55

(adj) unnecessary, especially more than enough / redundant

Question 56

synoptic

Answer 56

(adj) of or forming a general summary / taking or involving comprehensive mental views

Question 57

thorough

Answer 57

(adj) complete with regard to every details

Question 58

visionary

Answer 58

(adj) thinking about or planning the future with imagination

Question 59

vociferous

Answer 59

(adj) expressing by vehement opinions, loud and forceful / outspoken