Question 1

refuse

Accepted Answer

To say no; or, waste material.

Answer

As a result.

Answer

To drive away; or, to cause disgust.

Answer

To refuse to accept.

Question 2

repulse

Accepted Answer

To cause disgust; or, to drive back.

Answer

To refuse to accept.

Answer

To say no; or, waste material.

Answer

To drive away; or, to cause disgust.

Question 3

let up

Accepted Answer

To become less intense.

Answer

To cause disgust; or, to drive back.

Answer

To refuse to accept.

Answer

To say no; or, waste material.

Question 4

let off

Accepted Answer

To excuse from punishment; or, to release.

Answer

To cause disgust; or, to drive back.

Answer

To say no; or, waste material.

Answer

To become less intense.

Question 5

let out

Accepted Answer

To release; or, to make a garment larger.

Answer

To become less intense.

Answer

To excuse from punishment; or, to release.

Answer

To cause disgust; or, to drive back.

Question 6

let down

Accepted Answer

To disappoint; or, to lower.

Answer

To release; or, to make a garment larger.

Answer

To excuse from punishment; or, to release.

Answer

To become less intense.

Question 7

spin a yarn

Accepted Answer

To tell a long, imaginative story.

Answer

To release; or, to make a garment larger.

Answer

To excuse from punishment; or, to release.

Answer

To disappoint; or, to lower.

Question 8

save his skin

Accepted Answer

To rescue him from danger.

Answer

To tell a long, imaginative story.

Answer

To release; or, to make a garment larger.

Answer

To disappoint; or, to lower.

Question 9

face the music

Accepted Answer

To accept the consequences.

Answer

To rescue him from danger.

Answer

To tell a long, imaginative story.

Answer

To disappoint; or, to lower.

Question 10

bury the hatchet

Accepted Answer

To make peace.

Answer

To tell a long, imaginative story.

Answer

To rescue him from danger.

Answer

To accept the consequences.

Question 11

dim

Accepted Answer

Not bright; or, not smart.

Answer

To make peace.

Answer

To rescue him from danger.

Answer

To accept the consequences.

Question 12

wane

Accepted Answer

To decrease in strength.

Answer

To accept the consequences.

Answer

Not bright; or, not smart.

Answer

To make peace.

Question 13

vanish

Accepted Answer

To disappear.

Answer

To make peace.

Answer

To decrease in strength.

Answer

Not bright; or, not smart.

Question 14

recede

Accepted Answer

To move back or away.

Answer

To disappear.

Answer

Not bright; or, not smart.

Answer

To decrease in strength.

Question 15

had the best of both worlds

Accepted Answer

Enjoyed the advantages of two different things.

Answer

To decrease in strength.

Answer

To disappear.

Answer

To move back or away.

Question 16

struck while the iron was hot

Accepted Answer

Took advantage of an opportunity.

Answer

To move back or away.

Answer

To disappear.

Answer

Enjoyed the advantages of two different things.

Question 17

bit off more than she could chew

Accepted Answer

Tried to do too much.

Answer

To move back or away.

Answer

Took advantage of an opportunity.

Answer

Enjoyed the advantages of two different things.

Question 18

made a mountain out of a molehill

Accepted Answer

Exaggerated a small problem.

Answer

Took advantage of an opportunity.

Answer

Enjoyed the advantages of two different things.

Answer

Tried to do too much.

Question 19

overriding

Accepted Answer

More important than anything else.

Answer

Tried to do too much.

Answer

Took advantage of an opportunity.

Answer

Exaggerated a small problem.

Question 20

overacting

Accepted Answer

Acting in an exaggerated way.

Answer

Tried to do too much.

Answer

More important than anything else.

Answer

Exaggerated a small problem.

Question 21

overbearing

Accepted Answer

Unpleasantly overpowering or dominant.

Answer

Acting in an exaggerated way.

Answer

Exaggerated a small problem.

Answer

More important than anything else.

Question 22

overwhelming

Accepted Answer

Very great in amount; too much to handle.

Answer

More important than anything else.

Answer

Acting in an exaggerated way.

Answer

Unpleasantly overpowering or dominant.

Question 23

fallen on

Accepted Answer

Experienced or encountered.

Answer

Unpleasantly overpowering or dominant.

Answer

Very great in amount; too much to handle.

Answer

Acting in an exaggerated way.

Question 24

fallen for

Accepted Answer

Been tricked by; or, fallen in love with.

Answer

Unpleasantly overpowering or dominant.

Answer

Experienced or encountered.

Answer

Very great in amount; too much to handle.

Question 25

fallen into

Accepted Answer

Entered a particular state.

Answer

Very great in amount; too much to handle.

Answer

Experienced or encountered.

Answer

Been tricked by; or, fallen in love with.

Question 26

fallen over

Accepted Answer

Lost balance and tumbled.

Answer

Entered a particular state.

Answer

Experienced or encountered.

Answer

Been tricked by; or, fallen in love with.

Question 27

elegance

Accepted Answer

Grace and style.

Answer

Entered a particular state.

Answer

Been tricked by; or, fallen in love with.

Answer

Lost balance and tumbled.

Question 28

diligence

Accepted Answer

Careful and persistent work.

Answer

Lost balance and tumbled.

Answer

Grace and style.

Answer

Entered a particular state.

Question 29

eloquence

Accepted Answer

Fluent and persuasive speech.

Answer

Grace and style.

Answer

Lost balance and tumbled.

Answer

Careful and persistent work.

Question 30

dramatisation

Accepted Answer

The adaptation of a story for performance.

Answer

Careful and persistent work.

Answer

Grace and style.

Answer

Fluent and persuasive speech.

Question 31

lavish

Accepted Answer

Rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Answer

The adaptation of a story for performance.

Answer

Fluent and persuasive speech.

Answer

Careful and persistent work.

Question 32

luxuriant

Accepted Answer

Rich and abundant; lush.

Answer

The adaptation of a story for performance.

Answer

Rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Answer

Fluent and persuasive speech.

Question 33

bountiful

Accepted Answer

Generously given or produced.

Answer

The adaptation of a story for performance.

Answer

Rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Answer

Rich and abundant; lush.

Question 34

abundant

Accepted Answer

Existing in large quantities.

Answer

Rich and abundant; lush.

Answer

Generously given or produced.

Answer

Rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Question 35

instantly

Accepted Answer

Immediately.

Answer

Existing in large quantities.

Answer

Rich and abundant; lush.

Answer

Generously given or produced.

Question 36

dreadfully

Accepted Answer

Very badly; extremely.

Answer

Existing in large quantities.

Answer

Generously given or produced.

Answer

Immediately.

Question 37

deplorably

Accepted Answer

In a way that is very bad and should be criticized.

Answer

Very badly; extremely.

Answer

Immediately.

Answer

Existing in large quantities.

Question 38

adequately

Accepted Answer

Sufficiently; to an acceptable degree.

Answer

Very badly; extremely.

Answer

Immediately.

Answer

In a way that is very bad and should be criticized.

Question 39

faulty

Accepted Answer

Having faults or defects.

Answer

In a way that is very bad and should be criticized.

Answer

Very badly; extremely.

Answer

Sufficiently; to an acceptable degree.

Question 40

amiss

Accepted Answer

Wrong or not as it should be.

Answer

Sufficiently; to an acceptable degree.

Answer

Having faults or defects.

Answer

In a way that is very bad and should be criticized.

Question 41

astray

Accepted Answer

Away from the correct path.

Answer

Sufficiently; to an acceptable degree.

Answer

Wrong or not as it should be.

Answer

Having faults or defects.

Question 42

flawed

Accepted Answer

Having a flaw; imperfect.

Answer

Wrong or not as it should be.

Answer

Having faults or defects.

Answer

Away from the correct path.

Question 43

let up

Accepted Answer

To become less intense.

Answer

Having a flaw; imperfect.

Answer

Wrong or not as it should be.

Answer

Away from the correct path.

Question 44

let off

Accepted Answer

To excuse from punishment.

Answer

Away from the correct path.

Answer

Having a flaw; imperfect.

Answer

To become less intense.

Question 45

let out

Accepted Answer

To release.

Answer

Having a flaw; imperfect.

Answer

To excuse from punishment.

Answer

To become less intense.

Question 46

let down

Accepted Answer

To disappoint.

Answer

To excuse from punishment.

Answer

To become less intense.

Answer

To release.

Question 47

obliged

Accepted Answer

Made to feel grateful; or, forced to do something.

Answer

To excuse from punishment.

Answer

To disappoint.

Answer

To release.

Question 48

acceded

Accepted Answer

Agreed to a request.

Answer

To release.

Answer

Made to feel grateful; or, forced to do something.

Answer

To disappoint.

Question 49

submitted

Accepted Answer

Yielded to authority; or, presented for consideration.

Answer

Made to feel grateful; or, forced to do something.

Answer

To disappoint.

Answer

Agreed to a request.

Question 50

surrendered

Accepted Answer

Gave up; yielded.

Answer

Agreed to a request.

Answer

Yielded to authority; or, presented for consideration.

Answer

Made to feel grateful; or, forced to do something.

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