word 3

Question 1

substantiate

Answer 1

Prove
Give proof of
they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations

Question 2

Restrain

Answer 2

Self-control
Self-resistant
he urged the protesters to exercise restraint
decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

Question 3

supplementary

Answer 3

the centre’s work was to be seen as supplementary to orthodox treatment and not a substitute for it

Question 4

Whereby

Answer 4

by which.
a system whereby people could vote by telephone

Question 5

Jot

Answer 5

write
when you’ve found the answers, jot them down
​​you didn’t care a jot

Question 6

Blot

Answer 6

blot of ink
spot

Question 7

Reed

Answer 7

a reed curtain

Question 8

Dissertation

Answer 8

Thesis

Question 9

so-called

Answer 9

Next on the list are so-called “soft” chemicals like phosphorous acid

Question 10

Heuristic

Answer 10

innovative

Question 11

reluctant

Answer 11

unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
the rural community was disinclined to abandon the old ways
Maddox was reluctant to talk about it.

Question 12

Rectitude

Answer 12

there’s a strain of Victorian rectitude in him(temper, character, tendency, nature)

Question 13

Invoke

Answer 13

the antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked today

Question 14

Ongoing

Answer 14

ongoing negotiations
In progress
Under way

Question 15

Infirmity

Answer 15

he remains a great leader despite age and infirmity

Question 16

notwithstanding

Answer 16

notwithstanding the evidence, the consensus is that the jury will not reach a verdict

Question 17

Consensus

Answer 17

Agreement
Consensus view

Question 18

Inspection

Answer 18

Check, examination
on closer inspection it looked like a fossil

Question 19

Infer

Answer 19

from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing
conclude
Deduce

Question 20

inclination

Answer 20

Tendency
Urge
Slop
Burger King and Wendy’s didn’t show any inclination to jump into a price war with McDonald’s

Question 21

intrusive