English Quiz (Part 20)

'reaffirm' Meaning

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

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

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

'derail' Meaning

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

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

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

'Cease' Meaning

• Objects that, when they were produced, were not intended to last a long time or were specially produced for one occasion

• A ring of wood, metal, or plastic; a ring-shaped earring (= a piece of jewelry that hangs from the ear)

• to stop something

'Ephemera' Meaning

• real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

• Objects that, when they were produced, were not intended to last a long time or were specially produced for one occasion

• A ring of wood, metal, or plastic; a ring-shaped earring (= a piece of jewelry that hangs from the ear)

'Sag' Meaning

• To drop down to a lower level in the middle; to become weaker; a movement or position in which something has dropped down to a lower level; a reduction in something

• real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

• a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament

'Distort' Meaning

• A ring of wood, metal, or plastic; a ring-shaped earring (= a piece of jewelry that hangs from the ear)

• To change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural; no longer means what it was intended to mean; to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse; o make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave

• To experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken; to be made to lose money or have to pay a charge