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Question 1

Decant

Answer 1

To pour a liquid (especially wine) from one container into another.

Ex: The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted one hour before the meal.

Question 2

Diligent

Answer 2

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties.

Ex: After diligent searching, he found a parcel.

Question 3

Conscientious

Answer 3

Wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly.

Ex: A conscientious men, he took his duties very seriously.

Ex: He followed his doctor’s orders conscientiously.

Question 4

Contented

Answer 4

1. Feeling or expressing happiness or satisfaction

Ex: She gave a contented little smile

2. Willing to accept something, satisfied

Ex: I was never contented with half measures.

Question 5

Dishevelled

Answer 5

Untidy, disordered (a person’s hair, clothes, or appearance)

Ex: There was a loud rap at the door, after which a small, disheveled man entered.

Question 6

Rumple v.

Rumple n.

Answer 6

V. Give a creased, riffled or disheveled appearance to

Ex: A ruffled bed, suit

N. An untidy state

Ex: She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor.

Question 7

Brisk adj.

Answer 7

1. Active and energetic
   Ex: A good brisk walk | Business appeared to be brisk.
2. Showing a wish to deal with things quickly
   Ex: She adopted a brisk, businesslike tone.
3. Cold but pleasantly invigorating (weather or wind)
   Ex: The sea was shimmering and heaving beneath the brisk breeze.

Question 8

Shimmer

Answer 8

Shine with a soft, slightly wavering light.

Ex: The sea shimmered in the sunlight.

Question 9

Heave

Adj. Heaving - extremely crowded

Answer 9

1. V. To lift or pull something with effort.
   Ex: We heaved the box up onto the table.
2. • object To breath in or out in a slow or laud way.
     Ex: She sat down and heaved a sigh of relief.
3. • no object a) To move up and down repeatedly
     Ex: He stopped running and stood there with his chest heaving.

b) To be pushed up
Ex: The roads have begun to heave with frost.

Question 10

Waver

Answer 10

1. Move in a quivering way, flicker
   Ex: The flame wavered in the draught.
2. Become weaker, falter
   Ex: His lover for her had never wavered.
   Ex: She gave a wavering smile.
3. Be undecided about two courses of action.
   Ex: She never wavered from her decision.

Question 11

Heave to [phrasal verb]

Answer 11

For a boat or ship - to stop moving

Ex: The ship hove to.

Question 12

Stride

Answer 12

1. Walk with long decisive steps in a specified direction.
   Ex: We are striding confidently towards the future.
2. A step or a stage in progress towards an aim.
   Ex: Great strides have been made towards equality.

Expressions:
- break (one’s) stride
Slow or interrupt the pace at which one moves.
Ex: He ran 20km without breaking his stride.

• match someone stride for stride
  Manage to keep up with a competitor, bargain
  Ex: We managed to match their high price rivals stride for stride.
• take something in (one’s) stride
  Deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and accepting way.
  Ex: I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride.

Question 13

Decanter

Answer 13

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted.
“Lifting a glittering crystal decanter from the desk, he poured himself a generous helping of Firewhiskey and put his feet up on the desk.

Question 14

Invigorating

Answer 14

Making one feel strong, energetic and filled with energy.

Question 15

Scorching

Answer 15

Very hot, harsh, severe

Ex: It was a scorching hot day

Question 16

Shunt

Answer 16

Push or shove someone or something

Ex: He was shunted between different school in India for 11 years.

Question 17

Unruly

Answer 17

Disruptive and not amendable to discipline

Ex: He was unruly child. He fought a lot and was thrown out of three different schools.

Question 18

Turmoil

Answer 18

A state of great disturbance, confusion
Ex: India was convulsed by turmoil.
- the country was in turmoil.

Question 19

Quell

Answer 19

1. Put an end to, typically by the use if force.
   Ex: Thousands died before the British quelled the unrest.
2. Suppress a feeling.
   Ex: She quelled the urge to go up the stairs.

Question 20

Chastised

Answer 20

1. Rebuke or reprimand - порицавам

2. Punish, especially by beating.

Question 21

Rabble

Answer 21

A disorderly crowd, a mob, someone socially inferior

Question 22

Gnarled

Answer 22

Rough and twisted, especially with age

Question 23

Slender

Answer 23

Gracefully thin, barely sufficient

Ex: With nothing more than that slender opening, my father found a fuse to spark a conversation.

Question 24

To inquire after

Answer 24

To ask about

Ex: The man inquired after my father’s reason for being in Perth.

Question 25

Fiendish

Answer 25

Extremely cruel or unpleasant, awkward. Ex: His attempt to copy the Mona Lisa in watercolors was particularly fiendish. Ex: Fiendish methods of torture.

Question 26

Vociferous

Answer 26

Expressing/expressed in a very loud and forceful way. Medium Ex: He was a vociferous reader Ex: He was vociferous in his support of the proposal.

Question 27

Read up (on/about) sth

Answer 27

To spend time reading in order to find out information about something. Ex M: Why would you even want to read up on Vladimir Putin?

Question 28

Downtrodden

Answer 28

Oppressed or treated badly by people in power. Ex: Helping the poor and downtrodden.

Question 29

Fend for yourself

Answer 29

To take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else. Ex: As soon as I was old enough to fend for myself, I refused to play him at chess.

Question 30

Shriek

Answer 30

A short, loud high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of emotion. Ex: He suddenly let out a piercing shriek.

Question 31

A Litany of smtg

Answer 31

A long list of unpleasant things, especially things that are repeated. Ex: the manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers. Ex Medium: My father unleashed a litany of curses until the boy ran away.

Question 32

Coarse

Answer 32

Texture - rough, harsh | Person - rude, vulgar

Question 33

Churlish

Answer 33

Rude, unfriendly, unpleasant | Ex: They invited me to dinner and I thought it would be churlish to refuse.

Question 34

Conviction n.

Answer 34

A strong belief or opinion

Question 35

Sow

Answer 35

To put seeds in so that plants will grow

Question 36

Inflict

Answer 36

To force someone to experience something very unpleasant. Ex: The suffering inflicted on those children was unimaginable.

Question 37

Bestow

Answer 37

Ti give something as an honor or present. Ex: God bestows that grace unconditionally on all of us as a promise of redemption and a better world to come.

Question 38

Coy

Answer 38

1. (especially with reference to a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring: ‘she treated him to a coy smile of invitation’ 2Reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive: ‘he is coy about his age’ 'Others have been far less coy on the subject of drug use.’