V4

Question 1

compensation [n]

/kɒmpɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n,kɒmp(ə)nˈseɪʃ(ə)n/

Answer 1

1. something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
   e. g. He is seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work.
2. the action or process of awarding compensation.
   e. g. The compensation of victims.

• something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs.
  e. g. The grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa.

3. [NORTH AMERICAN] the money received by an employee from an employer as a salary or wages.
   e. g. Send your CV and current compensation to Executive Search Consultant.

Question 2

custody [n]

/ˈkʌstədi/

Answer 2

• the protective care or guardianship of someone or something.
  e. g. The property was placed in the custody of a trustee.
• [LAW] responsibility for the care, maintenance, and upbringing of a child or children.
  e. g. He was trying to get custody of their child.

2. imprisonment.
   e. g. My father was being taken into custody.

Question 3

chief [n] [adj]

/tʃiːf/

Answer 3

1. [n]
   - a leader or ruler of a people or clan.
   “the chief of the village”

• the head of an organization.
  “a union chief”
• an informal form of address to a man, especially one of superior rank or status.
  “it’s quite simple, chief”

2. [adj]
   - most important.
   “the chief reason for the spending cuts”

• having or denoting the highest rank.
  “the chief economist of a leading bank”

Question 4

chief cook and bottle-washer

Answer 4

INFORMAL

- a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks.

Question 5

in chief

Answer 5

HERALDRY

- at the top; in the upper part.

Question 6

-in-chief

Answer 6

[combining form]
- supreme.
“commander-in-chief”

Question 7

primitive [adj] [n]

/ˈprɪmɪtɪv/

Answer 7

[adj]
1. relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.
“primitive mammals”

• relating to or denoting a preliterate, non-industrial society or culture characterized by simple social and economic organization.
  “primitive people”
• (of behaviour or emotion) apparently originating in unconscious needs or desires and unaffected by objective reasoning.
  “the primitive responses we share with many animals”
• of or denoting a simple, naive style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques.
  “the Fauves saw primitive art as a liberating force”

2. very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency.
   “the accommodation at the camp was a bit primitive”
3. not developed or derived from anything else.
   “primitive material of the universe”

[n]
1. a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.
“reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives”
2. a pre-Renaissance painter, or one who imitates the pre-Renaissance style.
an artist deliberately employing a simple, naive style.
“the Catalan primitives”
a painting by a primitive artist, or an object in a primitive style.
“Santa Fe style antiques and Mexican primitives”

Question 8

too many chiefs and not enough Indians

Answer 8

OFFENSIVE•DATED

-used to describe a situation where there are too many people giving orders and not enough people to carry them out.

Question 9

splendour [n]

/ˈsplɛndə/

Answer 9

• magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.
  “the barren splendour of the Lake District”
• magnificent features or qualities.
  “the splendours of the imperial court”

Question 10

trustee

/trʌsˈtiː/

Answer 10

LAW
- an individual person or member of a board given control or powers of administration of property in trust with a legal obligation to administer it solely for the purposes specified.
“pension fund trustees”

Question 11

quota [n]

/ˈkwəʊtə/

Answer 11

• a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.
  “the county is falling short of its quota of blood donations”
• a limited quantity of a particular product which under official controls can be produced, exported, or imported.
  “the country may be exceeding its OPEC quota of 1,100,000 barrels of oil per day”
• a fixed minimum or maximum number of a particular group of people allowed to do something, such as immigrants to enter a country, workers to undertake a job, or students to enrol for a course.
  “the removal of entry quotas encouraged young people to enter universities”
• (in a system of proportional representation) the minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate.