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Question 1

Catastrophe [n]

/ kə’tæstrəfi /

Answer 1

• A terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction, suffering, or death **SYN disaster **

**environmental/nuclear/economic etc catastrophe **

*>>The Black Sea is facing ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution. *

prevent/avert a catastrophe

*>>Sudan requires food immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. *

— catastrophic / kætə’strɑfɪk / adjective:

**— catastrophically ** adverb

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Question 2

Compensate [v]

/ ‘kɒmpənseɪt /

Answer 2

• To replace or balance the effect of something bad:

**compensate for **

*Her intelligence more than compensates for her lack of experience. *

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Question 3

Disparate [adj]

/ ‘dɪspərɪt /

Answer 3

• Consisting of things or people that are very different and not related to each other:
• a meeting covering many disparate subjects *
• the difficulties of dealing with disparate groups of people *

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Question 4

Flow [n]

/ floʊ /

Answer 4

• Smooth steady movement of liquid, gas, or electricity

**flow of **

*He struggled to swim against the flow of the water. *

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Question 5

Indispensable [adj]

/ ɪndɪ’spensəbəl /

Answer 5

• Someone or something that is indispensable is so important or useful that it is impossible to manage without them **SYN essential **

**indispensable to **

*This book is indispensable to anyone interested in space exploration. *

**indispensable for/in (doing) something **

Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives.

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Question 6

Inexplicable [adj]

/ ɪnɪk’splɪkəbəl /

Answer 6

• Too unusual or strange to be explained or understood SYN incomprehensible, strange:
• For some inexplicable reason, he felt depressed*.

— inexplicably adverb

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Question 7

**Inquiry **[n]

/ ɪnkwaɪri /

Answer 7

1. A question you ask in order to get information

**inquiry about **

• We’re getting a lot of inquiries about our new London–Rio service. *
  2. The act or process of asking questions in order to get information:
• On further inquiry, it emerged that Malcolm had not been involved in the incident. *
  3. An official process to find out about something

**inquiry into **

*a judicial inquiry into the deaths *

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Question 8

Perseverance [n]

/ pɜ:sə’vɪərəns /

Answer 8

• Determination to keep trying to achieve something in spite of difficulties – use this to show approval :
• It took perseverance to overcome his reading problems. *

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Question 9

Rally [v]

/ ‘ræli /

Answer 9

• To come together, or to bring people together, to support an idea, a political party etc

**rally to **

*Fellow Republicans rallied to the President’s defense. *

**rally to do something **

*Surely the local business community could have rallied to raise the cash. *

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Question 10

Requisite [adj, n]

/ ‘rekwɪzət /

Answer 10

• [adj] Needed for a particular purpose **SYN necessary, required: **
• He lacks the requisite qualifications. *

**- [n] **something that is needed for a particular purpose

**requisite of/for **

*He lacked the moral requisites for marriage. *

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Question 11

Tow [v]

/ toʊ /

Answer 11

To pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain: * *

**tow something away **

*Our car had been towed away *

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Question 12

Triumph [n]

/ ‘traɪəmf /

Answer 12

1. An important victory or success after a difficult struggle :

**triumph for **

*a tremendous diplomatic triumph for France *

**triumph over **

• the triumph over hardship *
  2. A feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get from victory or success:

**in triumph **

*He rode in triumph to the Tsar. *

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Question 13

Utterly [adv]

/ ‘ʌtəli /

Answer 13

- (Completely) used especially to emphasize that something is very bad, or that a feeling is very strong :

*You look utterly miserable. *

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Question 14

Vilify [v]

/ ‘vɪlɪfaɪ /

Answer 14

• To say or write bad things about someone or something

vilify somebody/something for (doing) something

*Johnson was vilified in the press for refusing to resign. *

— vilification noun

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