Miscellaneous Vocabulary (I) MCQs

A temperamental outburst; a tantrum.

Live in the present, not the past.

Get off to a brisk and successful start.

The difference between the value of the imports and exports that a nation makes.

Completely bald.

A 20th century slang term, meaning wife.

My husband or my wife.

Literal meaning (it means exactly what it says)

Fail, due to being unable to choose between two alternatives.

A scapegoat; one who takes on the responsibilities or workload of others.

A euphemism for 'to acquire illegally'.

Commit suicide or offer your resignation.

The floozie (or floosie or floozy) in the jacuzzi is the nickname of the bronze statue, properly called Anna Livia, previously in O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Ships' goods which are lost at sea.

Alludes to the position of being able to freely observe a situation without being oneself noticed.

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.

A scapegoat; one who takes on the responsibilities or workload of others.

A euphemism for 'to acquire illegally'.

Commit suicide or offer your resignation.

Someone who slavishly follows fashion trends.

Be inconstant and unreliable.

Soundly asleep.

Someone sympathetic toward a certain point of view without being a fully paid-up member of the club.

Literal meaning (it means exactly what it says)

A day of excitement or a circumstance of opportunity.

Excellent - especially of food.

Clumsy, unable to hold things steadily in one's hands.

Of the highest quality.

The floozie (or floosie or floozy) in the jacuzzi is the nickname of the bronze statue, properly called Anna Livia, previously in O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Ships' goods which are lost at sea.

Alludes to the position of being able to freely observe a situation without being oneself noticed.

For Christ's sake.

Indefinitely.

There is an appropriate time for everything.

Jew.

Alluding to the alleged inherent weakness of character of women.

A colloquial expression, used to denote icy weather.

One's children.

A stuffy or foolishly old-fashioned person.

Complete, the whole thing.

A derogatory term for a black person, especially one with fuzzy hair.

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

The process is in active existence.

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.

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

To emerge or occur incidentally or unexpectedly.

The military order Havoc!

A scruffy or dirty person; one who washes rarely.

Betrayed or cheated.

A rogue or scamp.

A spelling contest.

To use a public lavatory.

Entirely new - fresh or unused.