English Quiz (The Subtle Art...) Part 4

'surmount' Meaning

• to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem; to be on top of something tall

• without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by; (despite yourself)If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not

• to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted; to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen; to stop or block something from happening

'quash' Meaning

• without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by; (despite yourself)If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you do not want to or although you know you should not

• to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem; to be on top of something tall

• to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted; to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen; to stop or block something from happening

'inextricable' Meaning

• unable to be separated, released, freed, or escaped from

• to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way; to keep someone closed in a place, often by force; (be confined to somewhere/something)to exist only in a particular area or group of people; to keep someone or something within limits; If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them

• A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint

'nickles' Meaning

• to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way; to keep someone closed in a place, often by force; (be confined to somewhere/something)to exist only in a particular area or group of people; to keep someone or something within limits; If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them

• unable to be separated, released, freed, or escaped from

• A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint

'confine' Meaning

• not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way; small but important; achieved in a quiet way that does not attract attention to itself and is therefore good or clever

• to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way; to keep someone closed in a place, often by force; (be confined to somewhere/something)to exist only in a particular area or group of people; to keep someone or something within limits; If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them

• peaceful and calm; worried by nothing; peaceful and calm, or (of a person) not worried or excited

'serene' Meaning

• not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way; small but important; achieved in a quiet way that does not attract attention to itself and is therefore good or clever

• critical comments that are made in order to hurt someone's feelings; a comment of this type

• peaceful and calm; worried by nothing; peaceful and calm, or (of a person) not worried or excited