Pre-Final 1100 words

Question 0

to Solicit

Answer 0

To beg, seek earnestly

ex: to solicit contributions(вклады, взносы)

Question 1

Adverse

Answer 1

Unfavorable, harmful, preventing success, development.

ex: Adverse weather conditions.

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

Friendly, peaceful

ex: There will be an amicable settlement for the dispute.

Question 3

Malady

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Disease

ex: an incurable malady

Question 4

Inclement

Answer 4

Unfavorable, stormy, harsh

ex: Inclement weather

Question 5

To peruse

Answer 5

To read carefully

ex: He sat at his desk, trying to peruse a company report.

Question 6

Premonition

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Forewarning, a strong feeling that something is going to happen, esp sth unpleasant

ex: A premonition of calamity

Question 7

To desist

Answer 7

To cease

ex: A premonition of calamity that besieged him wouldn’t desist.

Question 8

To recoil

Answer 8

To draw back

ex: He recoiled when the phone rang.

Question 9

Pertinent

Answer 9

Appropriate, to the point

ex: The astute lawyer was able to elicit the pertinent information from the key witness.

Question 10

A mastiff

Answer 10

A large dog

Question 11

To obsess

Answer 11

To preoccupy, to haunt

Question 12

Doleful

Answer 12

Sad, Melancholy

Question 13

Wan

[won]

Answer 13

Sickly pale

ex: She was looking wan.

Question 14

Histrionics

Answer 14

Display of emotions

ex: The doctor explained the situation calmly, avoiding histrionics.

Question 15

Elusive

Answer 15

Hard to grasp

ex: The elusive dog had frustrated all attempts to find him so far.

Question 16

Symptomatic

Answer 16

Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative

ex: …symptomatic of rabies.

Question 17

To interject

Answer 17

To interrupt, to insert

ex: The policeman interjected that there hadn’t been a case of a mad dog in the county in over twenty years.

Question 18

Inert

Answer 18

ინერტული, without power to move

ex: She lay inert in her bed.

Question 19

Salient

Answer 19

Prominent, outstanding, most noticeable

ex: Once the salient characteristics appear, then death will be imminent.

Question 20

Imminent

Answer 20

Likely to happen, threatening

ex: You’re in imminent danger.

Question 21

Squeamish

Answer 21

Easily shocked, over sensitive, easily made to feel sick/disgusted/faint

ex: He was squeamish at the sight of blood.

Question 22

Engrossed

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Absorbed

ex: They seemed to be engrossed in conversation.

Question 23

To inundate

Answer 23

To flood, to swamp

ex: The station was inundated with phone calls.

Question 24

Fruitless

Answer 24

Useless

Question 25

Poignant

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Moving, painful to the feelings ex: A poignant reminder of the passing time.

Question 26

Garbled

Answer 26

Confused, mixed up

Question 27

Sanguine

Answer 27

Optimistic ex: There was little tangible evidence, but the police remained sanguine.

Question 28

Phlegmatic | [fleg mat' ik]

Answer 28

Calm, hard to rouse to action, sluggish(slow-moving) ex: The normally phlegmatic Jerry Hart was deeply upset.

Question 29

To corroborate

Answer 29

To confirm, support ex: Even if the rabies could not be corroborated Jerry was determined to see that his son received the vaccine.

Question 30

Zealous | [zel' es]

Answer 30

Enthusiastic ex: The comprehensive search party was zealously fanning out in circles around the supermarket.

Question 31

To coerce

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To force e: They were coerced into silence.

Question 32

To elapse

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To slip by ex: Forty hours had elapsed before the police work and the publicity paid off.

Question 33

Meticulous

Answer 33

Careful ex: The police was meticulously checking registrations of every car.

Question 34

Domicile (noun) | [dom' e sil]

Answer 34

Home ex: A man's domicile is his castle.

Question 35

Lax (adj)

Answer 35

Careless, negligent ex: The lax control of the borders enabled the enemies to raid the country.

Question 36

Sporadic

Answer 36

Occasional

Question 37

Rash

Answer 37

Too hasty, reckless ex: It would extremely rush to make such assumption.

Question 38

To obviate

Answer 38

To do away with, eliminate ex: The necessity for preparing sandwiches was obviated when the picnic was postponed.

Question 39

Lurid

Answer 39

Sensational ex: The newspaper switched from mundane coverage to lurid reporting.

Question 40

Quip

Answer 40

To joke ex: "His bark was worse than his bite," quipped Jerry.