Miscellaneous Vocabulary (F) MCQs

An act which is accepted legally as being outside human control.

Behave foolishly.

A genre of popular fiction.

'To aid memory'.

Italian - literally 'in the fresh'.

In a state of confusion and disorder.

Not at any price.

A burden which some unfortunate person has to carry.

The notion that for every wrong done there should be a compensating measure of justice.

A horrible year.

A stance, with the arms on the hips and elbows turned outwards.

Pertaining to, or having an interest in, the arts - often pretentiously and affectedly so.

Feelings of depression or anxiety, experienced by some mothers following childbirth.

Place a bet on all the horses in a race, except one.

A return to previously held values of decency.

To be in disgrace or out of favour.

Someone or something that disappoints expectations.

A day on which one's hair seems unmanageable.

A fanciful or ideal realm.

In a state of blissful happiness.

Without any knowledge or understanding.

In poor condition, but just managing to get the job done.

A type of slang in which words are replaced by words or phrases they rhyme with.

Nonsense.

Very cold weather conditions.

To 'get cold feet' is to become disheartened or timid, losing one's previous enthusiasm or courage.

A display of coldness or indifference, intended to wound.

Literal meaning (it means exactly what it says)

A weariness of and diminishing public response to frequent requests for charity.

The deliberate distorting of a firm's financial accounts, often with the aim of avoiding the payment of tax.

An exclamation of surprise.

High quality, especially of cooking.

A large, possibly exorbitant, amount of money.

To weep crocodile tears is to put on an insincere show of sorrow.

To emerge or occur incidentally or unexpectedly.

The military order Havoc!

Disinherited.

Get to the point - leaving out unnecessary preamble.

To wait upon someone in an overly assiduous or sycophantic manner.

Rape by an acquaintance during a social engagement.

The bottom of the sea; the resting place of drowned mariners.

Blatant and unfair overcharging.

A false and exaggerated belief about one's status or importance.

Heroic daring.

A short growth of beard, aimed to affect a rugged masculine or deliberately unkempt appearance.

An irrevocable choice has been made.

A person who holds stubbornly to a minority view, in defiance of the circumstances.

This term is usually part of 'a fine kettle of fish', 'a pretty kettle of fish' etc, which mean 'a muddle or awkward state of affairs'.

Spiteful and mean spirited.

A mess or muddle.

Dressed or displayed in an ostentatiously smart manner.

A very long time.

Don't bother to pursue your application further.

Don't change your leader or your basic position when part-way through a campaign or a project.

Don't offer advice to someone who has more experience than oneself.

A feeling of pessimism and despondency, often with regard to business or political prospects.

An act of treachery, perpetrated on a previous partner in a deceit.

Wasted and unrecoverable.

To fail to recall a memory or fail in some speculative effort.

Dressed flamboyantly or smartly.

A fight.

An affectionate term for wife.

A paid day's work in which the employee is allowed to stay at home for rest and relaxation.

Act submissively and apologetically, especially in admitting an error.

A display of confidence in a particular outcome.

Conveying an untrue version of events by leaving out the important facts.

The talking is over - there's no more to be said.

The English dictum that a man's home is his refuge.

Supposedly the last words of Julius Caesar.

A misheard lyric.

Please forgive my swearing.

A procedure whereby criminal suspects are sent for interrogation from one country to a second country, where less strict laws governing interrogation apply.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

The original meaning was 'the game is over - all is lost'.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

The original meaning was 'the game is over - all is lost'.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

The original meaning was 'the game is over - all is lost'.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

The original meaning was 'the game is over - all is lost'.

Don't concern yourself with something that's already in the past; accept it and move on to more productive pursuits.

Become irritated or annoyed.

The reply of Jesus when tempted by the Devil.

To apply unnecessary ornament - to over embellish.

Drunk; by drinking gin or other alcoholic drink.

Ginger beer = queer, i.e. homosexual.

To go wrong, to become overly excited or deranged.

Go very fast; in a vigorous manner.

Speak or act prematurely.

An expression of disdain, along the same lines as 'get lost', 'go and play in the traffic', etc.

Become ruined.

Prepare for a battle or adopt a warlike stance.

Well-behaved and obedient.

Dependable men, of rank and honour.

An expression of pleasure on seeing rid of some annoyance - usually an individual.

The abandonment of elderly relatives by their carers.

To tackle a difficult problem boldly.

Inform on someone to the police.

Severe traffic congestion, where backed-up traffic blocks movement on intersecting roads and progress is completely halted.

Lose momentum and stop.

Grinning broadly.

A glance made with partially lowered eyelids.

Calm, peaceful days.

Pinch (steal).

A disparaging name for the form of Christian religious observance which is informal, musical and spontaneous.

Unprovoked attacks on individuals made in order to record the event, and especially the victim's shock and surprise, on video phones.

A sign, warning of bad things to come.

Have a look.

Have a dispute to take up with someone or, to have an ulterior motive; to have private ends to serve.

Have a vague intimation of; have a slight knowledge of.

An indication that a piece of information was obtained via an informal contact.

To one's (or your) heart's content means to one's complete inner satisfaction - until one's heart is content.

A mild exclamation of surprise.

Literal meaning (it means exactly what it says)

Agitated.

In a carefree, stylish manner.

A temperamental outburst; a tantrum.

Live in the present, not the past.

Get off to a brisk and successful start.

Injured by the device that you intended to use to injure others.

Pretentiously self-important, haughty or pompous.

Hold on; be patient.

Having a passionate nature, or being inclined to quick temper.

Freshly printed.

In close pursuit of someone/something, or immediately after some event.

A nonsense phrase with no real meaning as such, although it also sometimes used as a jovial greeting.

Literal meaning - it is especially painful to raise an ungrateful child.

In secret; in a clandestine manner.

I see you are ready and anxious to depart.

"I will kill you and am prepared to be hanged as a consequence", or "I will swing a punch at you".

Display your feelings openly, for all to see.

To have 'another think coming' is to be greatly mistaken.

Eager; ready to participate.

(Stumped means stuck) unable to proceed, often regarding being confounded by some intellectual puzzle.

To be in disgrace or out of favour.

Laughing uproariously.

Virtually secured - as good as in one's possession.

In perfect condition, especially of health.

In debt.

In an instant.

With the inside on the outside.

A jokey alternative version of 'Is the Pope Catholic?'.

A complete and sudden surprise.

Dancing.

Some pleasant event in the future, which is never likely to materialize.

Built in a makeshift and insubstantial manner.

Inextricably linked - inseparable.

A tiny amount.

To reach the point in a TV series that denotes it is irretrievably past its best by introducing some ridiculous or otherwise unbelievable plot device or characterisation in order to boost ratings.

Say nothing - especially in circumstances where saying the wrong thing may get you into trouble.

Remain resolute and unemotional in the face of adversity, or even tragedy.

Keep it secret.

Remain cheerful - keep your head held high.

Be prepared and save your resources until they are needed.

The skill of ball-juggling - to keep a ball in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off any part of the body that is allowed in the rules of football, i.e. any part except the hands and arms.

A dainty little trinket or ornament.

A reversal of fortune or disappointment.

To finish work for the day.

Used to highlight and ridicule snobbish forms of behaviour or speech.

The good life, full of pleasure and indulgence.

Work undertaken for the pleasure of it or for the benefit of a loved one.

Play the fool, in a childish or careless manner.

To laugh coarsely or loudly, especially at the discomfort of others.

A figure or object of ridicule and laughter.

Do not hold on to your anger for more than one day.

Without impediment.

Encourage many ideas from many sources.

Headlong; at full speed.

Keep out of sight; bide one's time.

Life begins to be better in one's middle age.

A lot; as in 'hurts like the dickens'.

A description of the British soldiers of WWI.

A person's eyes; more recently, the life force or consciousness.

The whole thing.

Old, especially of horses or people.

An unpredictable person or thing, liable to cause damage if not kept in check by others.

Completely mad.

A literary genre in which magical features and storylines appear and are accepted as everyday reality.

The most important issue.

Spiteful and mean spirited.

A mess or muddle.

Dressed or displayed in an ostentatiously smart manner.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

Of the highest quality.

An exclamation - a euphemistic shortening of God's hooks (the nails on the cross).

The process is in active existence.

A reference to the sometimes violent natural world, in which predatory animals unsentimentally cover their teeth and claws with the blood of their prey as they kill and devour them.

In earlier times a church festival or saint's day; more recently, any special day.

A thing which has neither rhyme nor reason makes no sense, from either a poetic or logical standpoint.

Verse from a nursery rhyme.

Bring something to an end.

Separating something from usual judgement and guaranteeing its protection, especially the funds of a project.