English Quiz (Part 149)

'buoyancy' Meaning

• the quality of being able to float; the quality of being successful or able to make a profit; a happy, positive quality, especially in spite of problems; the condition of increasing or staying at a high level

• politeness and good manners; great comfort and beauty

• a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a similar hole on the surface of plants or rocks

'pore' Meaning

• politeness and good manners; great comfort and beauty

• the quality of being able to float; the quality of being successful or able to make a profit; a happy, positive quality, especially in spite of problems; the condition of increasing or staying at a high level

• a very small hole in the skin of people or other animals, or a similar hole on the surface of plants or rocks

'graciousness' Meaning

• tending not to speak much; usually speaking very little

• politeness and good manners; great comfort and beauty

• to express great sadness or disappointment about something

'bewail' Meaning

• tending not to speak much; usually speaking very little

• unhappy and without hope; not expecting or believing anything good in a situation; dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see

• to express great sadness or disappointment about something

'taciturn' Meaning

• tending not to speak much; usually speaking very little

• to express great sadness or disappointment about something

• unhappy and without hope; not expecting or believing anything good in a situation; dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see

'gloomy' Meaning

• (of people) liking to be with other people; (especially of animals) living in groups

• unhappy and without hope; not expecting or believing anything good in a situation; dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see

• a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to work correctly; a physical condition in which something is wrong with a part of someone's body; to leave a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing one; something that is lacking or that is not exactly right in someone or something; a fault that spoils something or causes it not to work correctly; to leave one company or organization and form or join another; to stop buying a particular product or service and buy a different one instead