Vocab 47

Question 1

Noun : a sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border:
……. into enemy territory

Answer 1

Incursion

Question 2

Noun : a sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border:
……. into enemy territory

Answer 2

Incursion

Question 3

Adjective: happy and confident

After reading the letter he was in a ……. mood.

Answer 3

buoyant

Question 4

Adjective (of a person or their behaviour) slightly dishonest, or not speaking the complete truth:

E.g.
It was ……….. of her to claim she had no financial interest in the case.

Answer 4

Disingenuous

Question 5

Adjective: strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening:

E.g.
It was …… the way that she always knew what he was thinking.
She bears an ……. resemblance to her father’s best friend.

Answer 5

Uncanny

Question 6

Noun: something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensive:
E.g.
Their production of “Sweeney Todd” was the worst I’ve ever seen - it was a …..
Langdale described the court ruling as a ……. of justice.

Answer 6

Travesty