Vocab

Question 1

petulance

Answer 1

the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered: a slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice.

Question 2

vindictiveness

Answer 2

having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge: the criticism was both vindictive and personalized.

Question 3

voracious

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engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm

Question 4

prodigious

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree: the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel | her memory was prodigious.

Question 5

to refute

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prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove: these claims have not been convincingly refuted.

Question 6

to roam

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move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area

Question 7

detractor

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a person who disparages someone or something. the island, say its detractors, has been devoured by development.

Question 8

to disparage

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regard or represent as being of little worth: he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors.

Question 9

unpretentious

Answer 9

not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed. a friendly and unpretentious hotel. in spite of his fame he was thoroughly unpretentious.

Question 10

cajole

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persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery: he hoped to cajole her into selling him her house.

Question 11

nudge

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touch or push (something) gently or gradually: the canoe nudged a bank of reeds.

Question 12

duplicitous

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deceitful: a duplicitous philanderer.( used to trick people)

Question 13

candid

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truthful and straightforward; frank: his responses were remarkably candid | a candid discussion.
(a photograph that is not staged)

Question 14

cunning

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having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion: a cunning look came into his eyes.
• ingenious: plants have evolved cunning defences.

Question 15

surreptitious

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kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of: low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen.

Question 16

intransigence

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unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something. her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent.

Question 17

sanguine

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optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation: he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy. the committee takes a more sanguine view.

Question 18

reticent

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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily: she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs.

Question 19

liberality

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1 the quality of giving or spending freely. noblemen were expected to live with a certain liberality and panache.
2 the quality of being open to new ideas and free from prejudice: liberality towards bisexuality.

Question 20

to infer

Answer 20

to arrive at a conclusion through reasoning

Question 21

smart

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intelligent, stylish, sassy

Question 22

chiefly

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above the rest, mostly, mainly but not exclusively;

looking for the most central element or most important explanation of something

Question 23

mime

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Pantomime Schauspieler

Question 24

peculiar

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1 different to what is normal or expected; strange: he gave her some very peculiar looks | Stella thought the play peculiar.
• [ predic. ] informal slightly and indefinably unwell: I felt a little peculiar for a while.
2 particular; special: any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties.
• (peculiar to) belonging exclusively to: some languages are peculiar to one region.

Question 25

self-effacing

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not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest: his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious, and polite.

Question 26

to wreak

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cause (a large amount of damage or harm): torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday | the environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining. • inflict (vengeance): he was determined to wreak his revenge on the girl who had rejected him.

Question 27

havoc

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widespread destruction: the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc.

Question 28

tenacious

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tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely: a tenacious grip.

Question 29

pretentious

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attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed: pretentious art films | the pretentious jargon of wine experts. CAN ALSO BE POSITIVELY CONNOTATED

Question 30

Invariably

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In every case or on every occasion, always

Question 31

miscellaneous

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of various types or of different sources

Question 32

to swoon

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to faint

Question 33

to court

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pay special attention to sb in an attempt to win their support or favour

Question 34

confluence

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an act or process of merging

Question 35

to trickle

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to flow in a small stream

Question 36

pall

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a cloth spread over a coffin; | a dark cloud

Question 37

acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling

Question 38

shoving

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to push sb/sth roughly

Question 39

matches

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a contest in which different teams compete against each other

Question 40

to weld

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to join together metal parts using high heat

Question 41

gracious

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courteous, kind and pleasant

Question 42

largess

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generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others

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palpable

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able to be touched or felt; | plain to see or comprehend

Question 44

easel

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a wooden frame for holding an artists work while it's being painted or drawn Staffelei

Question 45

innate

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inborn, natural

Question 46

ingenuity

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the quality of being clever, original and inventive

Question 47

lineage

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ancestry; pedigree

Question 48

capricious

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour

Question 49

decorous

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in keeping with good taste and propriety

Question 50

dispassionate

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no influenced by strong emotion and so able to be rational and impartial

Question 51

ossified

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cease developing; stagnate

Question 52

jingoism

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extreme patriotism

Question 53

convoluted

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extremely complex and difficult to follow

Question 54

folly

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foolishness

Question 55

perfidy

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the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy

Question 56

to epitomise

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to be a perfect example of

Question 57

to forage

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CHECK IT! Also in test

Question 58

inept

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having or showing no skill, clumsy

Question 59

aspersion

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an attack on the reputation or integrity of so or sth

Question 60

indigence

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a state of extreme poverty

Question 61

unintelligible

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impossible to understand

Question 62

inconclusive

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not ending to a firm conclusion or result

Question 63

detrimental

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harmful

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diaphanous

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light, delicate and translucent

Question 65

at once

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immediately, at the same time