ANSWERS FOR THE FINAL REVIEW vocabulary

Hi, Juliana. As you can see, I haven't posted all the answers yet, I just organized the page so I could do that later. I'll probably continue doing it later, as I get the book. You can help me, if you like:

1. a person/organization to whom money is owed - CREDITOR

2. a priest believed to have magical powers and be able to cure people - SHAMAN/MEDICINE MAN

3. a person, team, etc that is expected to lose in a competition with another - UNDERDOG

4. sickness - MALADY - DISEASE

5. to only be able to make enough money for one’s basic needs - TO MAKE ENDS MEET

6. to make a search (for); try to find or get something - TO SEEK

7. a written plan for a law - A BILL

8. to resolve; to end a disagreement - TO SETTLE

9. to destroy by violently breaking into pieces -

10. a difficult or painful experience - AN ORDEAL

11. native - INDIGENOUS

12. able to be sold - MARKETABLE

13. small; slight - SLIM

14. cancel - CALL OFF

15. to get worse -

16. to provide anything wished for or desired - TO CATER FOR

17. to win the top prize money in a lottery or other game - TO HIT THE JACKPOT

18. a short oral or written test - POP QUIZ

19. to flunk - TO BOMB

20. requiring caution or skill - TRICKY

21. the popularity of a TV or radio program as estimated by a poll of segments of the audience - RATINGS

22. a period of play in some games and sports that occupies a specified time -

23. to play the leading role in a film or theatrical production - TO STAR

24. the feeling that something (often unpleasant) is going to happen - PREMONITION

25. to have some points in the game - TO BE ON THE BOARD

26. burning with little smoke and no flame - SMOLDERING

27. clear and detailed - VIVID

28. to be with us again; watch this program - TUNE IN

29. not enough in quantity or quality - POOR

30. to cause to be unable to breathe comfortably -

31. no straight; twisted - CROOKED

32. to dry completely - DEHYDRATE

33. during the same period of time - MEANWHILE

34. to walk slowly with difficulty - PLOD

35. to give too little attention or care to - NEGLECT

36. intended, esp., by fate, for some special purpose - DESTINED

37. thin - SCRAWNY

38. unable to pay one’s debts - BANKRUPT

39. any of the 12 pairs of bones running round the chest of a person or animal from the spine to where they join at the front - RIB

40. (usu. Animal) descended from parents of one very good breed - THOUROUGHBRED

41. very near -

42. to greatly impress someone - TO BLOW SOMEONE AWAY

43. a shape or area which one cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it’s moving too fast - A BLUR

44. to get ahead -

45. to state -

46. to prevent someone from doing something -

47. to do something better or more impressively -

48. to master something - GET THE HANG OF SOMETHING

49. to take apart - TO DISASSEMBLE

50. to know nothing about something - NOT TO HAVE A CLUE

51. to put in time on something and to keep a record of that time - TO LOG

52. something or someone that is essential, especially for something or someone else to succeed - THE CORNERSTONE

53. role or position - CAPACITY

54. idea or notion -

55. always, constantly - INVARIABLY

56. to advance or proceed in an event or through life with little or no effort - TO COAST

57. a small container of glass or plastic used to hold liquids - A VIAL

58. a patient sent by his/her doctor to see another doctor, presumably a specialist who will better diagnose and treat his/her problem or condition - REFERRAL

59. a powerful and important business - AN EMPIRE

60. to make a book/report from facts/information found in various places - TO COMPILE

61. to treat in a proper way -

62. not careful -

63. words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what’s being said - SUBTITLES

64. simple -

65. certain to happen -

66. express in clean and forceful way without using more words than necessary - STRAIGHTFOWARD

67. formal statement -

68. to be certain -

69. printing error - TYPO

70. to wait for something to happen or for a good opportunity before doing something- TO BIDE ONE'S TIME

71. to give oneself up to another’s power or control, especially as a prisoner -

72. remember, keep in mind -

73. to retain; to hang on -

74. a person completely under the control of another -

75. to continue to be -

76. to go with -

77. to become healthy and normal again -

78. a crowd of noisy, disorderly people -

79. to make a loud, high-pitched sound by forcing one’s breath through the lips -

80. a large body of troops -

81. a method, instrument or process which makes something possible -

82. close by -

83. the amount of confidence or optimism one feels in a difficult or important situation-

84. to interpret or understand in a particular way -

85. the crime of betraying one’s country, for example, by helping its enemy or enemies -

86. not doing anything -

87. British English - guy; fellow -

88. the state of being held prisoner -

89. British slang - to get either killed or seriously injured -

90. the general opinion held by a group of people about a subject or about how something

should be done -

91. at the same time -

92. at full speed -

93. true -

94. to remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid, like water, without sinking -

95. a town or city by the sea or on a river having a harbor for ships - A PORT

96. a person thing whose arrival or appearance is a cause for joy or relief -

97. stimulating to the senses -

98. to be heading for -

99. to have a strong, pleasing sensation or feeling -

100. to move back and forth or from side to side with a swinging motion - TO SWING, TO SWAY

101. to make lively or spirited -

102. the narrow opening in a machine or container, for example, the hole in a pay phone

where you place the coins - THE SLOT

103. to really enjoy oneself -

104. a port where a ship docks in the course of its voyage - A PORT-OF-CALL

105. a life preserver in the form of a jacket - A LIFE VEST

106. a special tube that enables a swimmer to breathe underwater at a certain depth - A SNORKLE

107. friendly, welcoming the generous to guests or strangers - HOSPITABLE

108. a self-governing nation or state that is voluntarily associated with the USA - A POSSESSION

109. the act of traveling around in order to see place of interest, for pleasure, education, etc- TO SEE THE SIGHTS, TO DO SIGHTSEEING

110. a strategic or ideal place for observation - VANTAGE POINT

111. exciting and impressive - BREATHTAKING

112. cheerful and rhythmical - LILTING

113. amazing; wonderful - ASTOUNDING

114. a contest in which contestants compete for prizes - TOURNAMENT