The List 009

Question 1

allay

Answer 1

v. to ease (fear, suspicion or worry) ex: Gillard has tried to allay outrage from her key backers.

Question 2

incensed

Answer 2

very angry, enraged ex:she met with incensed union bosses

Question 3

squander

Answer 3

v. to waste (in a reckless and foolish manner)

Question 4

imminent

Answer 4

adj. about to happen. Ex: the disaster was imminent

Question 5

succumb

Answer 5

fail to resist

Question 6

bloke

Answer 6

a dude, a man, usually ordinary

Question 7

warden

Answer 7

n.man who in charge of a building/ officer / head of something

Question 8

vice

Answer 8

n. weakness or moral fault in a man etc: both of us have vices

Question 9

coitus

Answer 9

n. intercourse

Question 10

defect

Answer 10

v. to leave a country (nhấn âm 2)

Question 11

pantsing

Answer 11

n. to yank someone else’s pants down

Question 12

yank

Answer 12

v. to pull something forcefully with a quick movement

Question 13

frisk

Answer 13

to use hand to search somebody

Question 14

despise

Answer 14

v. hate ex: these two groups despise each other

Question 15

stutter

Answer 15

v. cà lăm ex: Did I stutter? (Did I make it clear?)

Question 16

cede

Answer 16

v. to give something such as ownership to someone else, especially unwillingly or because forced to do so

Question 17

exert

Answer 17

v. to use/ to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen

Question 18

excoriated

Answer 18

v. to criticize esp books, news, play.

Question 19

truce

Answer 19

n. a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time

Question 20

grovel

Answer 20

v. to please/ to act in certain way to please somebody ex: The French will grovel anyone with strength