Vocab 18

Question 1

Adjective: not wanting or not able to believe something, and usually showing this

A few …….. spectators watched on as Paterson, ranked 23rd in the world, beat the champion.

Answer 1

Incredulous

Question 2

Adjective: having a sloping direction, angle, or position

Through the window came the last few …….. rays of evening sunshine.

He gave her an ……… glance.

Answer 2

oblique

Question 3

Adjective: mysterious and impossible to understand completely

E.g. The Mona Lisa has a famously ……. smile.
E.g. He left an ……. message on my answering machine.

Answer 3

enigmatic

Question 4

Adjecitve: having some of the same qualities

e.g. They speak a language …… to French

Answer 4

akin

Question 5

Verb: to steal something:
I was using a pen that I’d …….from the office.

Answer 5

Purloin

Question 6

Verb: to organize something according to a particular system:
The mentoring process needs to be…….. in order to be truly effective.

Answer 6

Systematised

Question 7

Adjective: to describe or mark the edge of something:
The main characters are clearly …… in the first chapter.
The boundary of the car park is …….by a low brick wall.

Answer 7

Delineated

Question 8

Adjective: having no excitement, interest, or new and different events:
……… life/existence We lead such a …..life/existence.
Most of the work is fairly ………..

Answer 8

Humdrum

Question 9

Verb: to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected

E.g. his mother …….. him for not eating all his dinner
You have nothing to …….. yourself for/with

Answer 9

Reproach