English Quiz (Part 236)

'lapse' Meaning

• a temporary failure; a period of time passing between two things happening; to end legally or officially by not being continued or made effective for a longer period; a failure to do something that happens as a particular event at a particular time; a period of time after an event or between two events; to end something, either intentionally or accidentally, that might be continued or that should continue; if something such as an agreement lapses, it ends legally or officially because nothing has been done to make it continue, for example because payments are not made

• great courage; great bravery

• the expression of feelings of hate or extreme anger

'valor' Meaning

• the expression of feelings of hate or extreme anger

• great courage; great bravery

• a temporary failure; a period of time passing between two things happening; to end legally or officially by not being continued or made effective for a longer period; a failure to do something that happens as a particular event at a particular time; a period of time after an event or between two events; to end something, either intentionally or accidentally, that might be continued or that should continue; if something such as an agreement lapses, it ends legally or officially because nothing has been done to make it continue, for example because payments are not made

'peril' Meaning

• great danger, or something that is very dangerous; (do something at your peril)to do something that might be very dangerous for you; the cause of an injury, the reason something has been damaged, etc.

• a state of extreme happiness or excitement

• If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other, and if you vary them, you cause them to be different from each other; to change or cause something to change in amount or level, especially from one occasion to another; to change in some way, or to cause similar things to differ

'vary' Meaning

• a state of extreme happiness or excitement

• great danger, or something that is very dangerous; (do something at your peril)to do something that might be very dangerous for you; the cause of an injury, the reason something has been damaged, etc.

• If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other, and if you vary them, you cause them to be different from each other; to change or cause something to change in amount or level, especially from one occasion to another; to change in some way, or to cause similar things to differ

'elation' Meaning

• a heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard

• a state of extreme happiness or excitement

• to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening; (call a halt to something)to prevent something from continuing

'halt' Meaning

• a heap of dung or refuse, especially in a farmyard

• to praise someone or something

• to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening; (call a halt to something)to prevent something from continuing