English Quiz (Part 19)

'Insightful' Meaning

• a shape made up of curves, each one above or wider than the one before

• a situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another

• showing a clear and usually original understanding of a complicated problem or situation

'Spiral' Meaning

• A situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another

• to increase in number or amount over a period of time

• a shape made up of curves, each one above or wider than the one before

'Downward spiral' Meaning

• A situation in which a price, etc., becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another

• to increase in number or amount over a period of time

• A distinguishing mark or feature makes someone or something different from similar people or things.

'Distinguishing' Meaning

• to increase in number or amount over a period of time

• If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks; to prevent a plan or process from succeeding

• A distinguishing mark or feature makes someone or something different from similar people or things.

'Rebound' Meaning

• If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks; to prevent a plan or process from succeeding.

• to bounce back after hitting a hard surface; If an action rebounds on you, it does not have the effect you hoped for but has an unpleasant effect on you instead; to rise in price after a fall; to exercise by performing jumps and movements on a rebounder (= a piece of equipment like a small trampoline); in sports, a ball or puck (= small, round, hard object used in ice hockey) that becomes available after an unsuccessful attempt to score, or an occasion when this happens; in basketball, an occasion when a player successfully gets the ball after a shot (= attempt to score) has been missed; to return to an earlier and better condition; improve; if an economy or a business activity rebounds, it improves after a difficult period of time

• to give your support to a person, plan, idea, etc., for a second time; to state something as true again

'Accrue' Meaning

• If a train derails or is derailed, it comes off the railway tracks; to prevent a plan or process from succeeding

• to give your support to a person, plan, idea, etc., for a second time; to state something as true again

• to increase in number or amount over a period of time