Set 1

Question 1

dissuade

Answer 1

to persuade someone not to do something OPP persuade

dissuade somebody from (doing) something

Question 2

bust

Answer 2

arrest (police), break, demote in military

Question 3

commemorate

Answer 3

to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past

Question 4

Contemporary

Answer 4

belonging to the present time SYN modern,
happening or done in the same period of time:
contemporary with

Question 5

prevalent

Answer 5

common at a particular time, in a particular place, or among a particular group of people
prevalent in/among etc

Question 6

aristocracy

Answer 6

the people in the highest social class, who traditionally have a lot of land, money, and power

Question 7

herb

Answer 7

a small plant that is used to improve the taste of food, or to make medicine → spice

Question 8

thriving

Answer 8

a thriving company, business etc is very successful SYN flourishing

Question 9

shroud

Answer 9

a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person’s body before it is buried

Question 10

bland

Answer 10

without any excitement, strong opinions, or special character SYN dull,
food that is bland has very little taste SYN tasteless

Question 11

fortification

Answer 11

towers, walls etc built around a place in order to protect it or defend it,
the process of making something stronger or more effective

Question 12

assess

Answer 12

to make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it SYN judge,
to calculate the value or cost of something

Question 13

incorporate

Answer 13

to include something as part of a group, system, plan etc

incorporate something into/in something

Question 14

inposition

Answer 14

the introduction of something such as a rule, punishment, tax etc,
formal something that someone expects or asks you to do for them, which is not convenient for you

Question 15

requisition

Answer 15

if someone in authority, especially the army, requisitions a building, vehicle, or food, they officially demand to have it during an emergency such as a war SYN commandeer

Question 16

rob

Answer 16

steal,

rob somebody of something

Question 17

stunt

Answer 17

something that is done to attract people’s attention, especially in advertising or politics

Question 18

disaffection

Answer 18

not satisfied with your government, leader etc, and therefore no longer loyal to them or no longer believing they can help you

Question 19

sow

Answer 19

to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground,
sow something with something,
to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future,sow doubt/confusion/dissatisfaction etc

Question 20

substansial

Answer 20

large in amount or number SYN considerable OPP insubstantial

Question 21

stimulate

Answer 21

to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further OPP suppress

Question 22

friction

Answer 22

disagreement, angry feelings, or unfriendliness between people SYN tension

Question 23

kiln

Answer 23

a special oven for baking clay pots, bricks etc

Question 24

clay

Answer 24

a type of heavy sticky earth that can be used for making pots, bricks etc,
خاک رس

Question 25

excess

Answer 25

a larger amount of something than is allowed or needed, excess of

Question 26

far/further/farthest afield

Answer 26

far away, especially from home

Question 27

entwine

Answer 27

to twist two things together or to wind one thing around another,

Question 28

artisan

Answer 28

someone who does skilled work, making things with their hands SYN craftsman

Question 29

auxiliary

Answer 29

auxiliary workers provide additional help for another group of workers, an auxiliary motor, piece of equipment etc is kept ready to be used if the main one stops working properly

Question 30

hereditary

Answer 30

a hereditary position, rank, or title can be passed from an older to a younger person in the same family, usually when the older one dies → inherit,

Question 31

regiment

Answer 31

a large group of soldiers, usually consisting of several battalions, a large number of people, animals, or things

Question 32

ad hoc

Answer 32

not planned, but arranged or done only when necessary | ad hoc committee/group etc

Question 33

evidently

Answer 33

used to say that something is true because you can see that it is true SYN clearly, used to say that you have been told that something is true SYN apparently

Question 34

whence

Answer 34

old use from where

Question 35

garrison

Answer 35

a group of soldiers living in a town or fort and defending it

Question 36

presumably

Answer 36

used to say that you think something is probably true

Question 37

cease

Answer 37

formal to stop doing something or stop happening

Question 38

resentment

Answer 38

a feeling of anger because something has happened that you think is unfair SYN bitterness

Question 39

attain

Answer 39

achieve, acomplish reach

Question 40

attest

Answer 40

confirm, testify, prove, show

Question 41

avid

Answer 41

ambitious, enthusiastic, eager

Question 42

barge

Answer 42

boat, scow, narrowboat

Question 43

barrier

Answer 43

impediment, obstacle, block

Question 44

beforehand

Answer 44

in advance, foredrain

Question 45

beckon

Answer 45

invite, attract, interest

Question 46

blossom

Answer 46

flourish, thrive, prosper, bloom, burgeon

Question 47

boast

Answer 47

exaggerate, puff, overstate

Question 48

periphery

Answer 48

boundary

Question 49

boon

Answer 49

great benefit

Question 50

disrupt

Answer 50

to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems

Question 51

innovative

Answer 51

an innovative idea or way of doing something is new, different, and better than those that existed before

Question 52

nonconformist

Answer 52

someone who does not accept the ways of thinking or behaving accepted by most other people in their society or group

Question 53

chronic

Answer 53

chronic problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved

Question 54

incubate

Answer 54

medical if a disease incubates, or if you incubate it, it develops in your body until you show physical signs of it, if a bird incubates its eggs, or if the eggs incubate, they are kept warm until they hatch

Question 55

delegate

Answer 55

someone who has been elected or chosen to speak, vote, or take decisions for a group → representative

Question 56

agony

Answer 56

very severe pain, a very sad, difficult, or unpleasant experience

Question 57

vice

Answer 57

a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour OPP virtue, criminal activities that involve sex or drugs, a bad habit

Question 58

virtue

Answer 58

formal moral goodness of character and behaviour OPP vice, an advantage that makes something better or more useful than something else virtue of