Deck 15

Question 1

maladjusted (adj)

/ˌmaləˈdʒʌstɪd/

Answer 1

Failing to cope with the demands of a normal social environment.

Question 2

explicate (v)

/ˈɛksplɪkeɪt/

Answer 2

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.

Analyse (a literary work) in order to reveal its meaning.

Question 3

all but …

Answer 3

nearly, almost

Question 4

versatile (adj)

/ˈvəːsətʌɪl/

Answer 4

1. Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
2. Changeable; inconstant.

Question 5

tacit (adj)

/ˈtasɪt/

Answer 5

Understood or implied without being stated.

Question 6

flummoxed (adj)

/ˈflʌməkst/

Answer 6

Bewildered or perplexed.

Question 7

pathologize / pathologise

Answer 7

Regard or treat as psychologically abnormal.

Question 8

incorrigible

/ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒɪb(ə)l/

Answer 8

1. (adj) (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.
2. (n) An incorrigible person.

Question 9

attest (v)

/əˈtɛst/

Answer 9

1. Provide or serve as clear evidence of.
   Declare that something exists or is the case.
   Witness or certify formally.
2. Enrol as ready for military service.
   Recruit (someone) for military service by putting them on oath to serve if called upon.

Question 10

let alone

Answer 10

1. to refrain from annoying or interfering with.

2. not to mention:

Question 11

nonplussed (adj)

/nɒnˈplʌst/

Answer 11

1. So surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.
2. Not disconcerted; unperturbed.

Question 12

vintage

/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

Answer 12

1. (n) The year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced.
2. (n) The time that something of quality was produced.
3. (adj) Relating to or denoting wine of high quality.
4. (adj) Denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind.

Question 13

taxonomy (n)

/takˈsɒnəmi/

Answer 13

The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.
The classification of something, especially organisms.
A scheme of classification.

Question 14

teem (v)

/tiːm/

Answer 14

1. Be full of or swarming with.

2. (of water, especially rain) pour down; fall heavily.

Question 15

devoid (adj)

/dɪˈvɔɪd/

Answer 15

Entirely lacking or free from.

Question 16

anathema (n)

/əˈnaθəmə/

Answer 16

1. Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
2. A formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.
   A strong curse.