English Quiz (Part 161)

'sentinel' Meaning

• a small, light boat for rowing or sailing, usually used by only one person

• to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all; to flood an area with water; to bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with; To inundate is also to flood (an area) with water

• a person employed to guard something; Sentinel is also used in the names of some newspapers

'skiff' Meaning

• a small, light boat for rowing or sailing, usually used by only one person

• a person employed to guard something; Sentinel is also used in the names of some newspapers

• to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all; to flood an area with water; to bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with; To inundate is also to flood (an area) with water

'inundated' Meaning

• a plant with a large, brightly coloured, bell-shaped flower on a stem that grows from a bulb, or the flower itself

• to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all; to flood an area with water; to bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with; To inundate is also to flood (an area) with water

• respect for or a good opinion of someone

'tulip' Meaning

• a plant with a large, brightly coloured, bell-shaped flower on a stem that grows from a bulb, or the flower itself

• the part of a nut that is inside the shell and can be eaten; the whole seed of the maize plant; the most important part of something, although it might not always be easy to find

• respect for or a good opinion of someone

'esteem' Meaning

• the part of a nut that is inside the shell and can be eaten; the whole seed of the maize plant; the most important part of something, although it might not always be easy to find

• a plant with a large, brightly coloured, bell-shaped flower on a stem that grows from a bulb, or the flower itself

• respect for or a good opinion of someone

'kernel' Meaning

• (especially of animals) not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans; not interesting or exciting; to control something dangerous or powerful; If an entertainment is tame, it is not very exciting.

• the part of a nut that is inside the shell and can be eaten; the whole seed of the maize plant; the most important part of something, although it might not always be easy to find

• to change to suit different conditions of life, weather, etc., or to make someone or something do this