English Quiz (Part 210)

'waver' Meaning

• a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen; an occasion when someone is chosen for an important job without having to win an election or other competition

• to lose strength, determination, or purpose, especially temporarily; If you waver between two possibilities, you cannot decide which of them to choose or you keep choosing one way and then the other

• a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal; to pay money in order to set someone free; a sum of money demanded in exchange for someone or something that has been taken

'ransom' Meaning

• to lose strength, determination, or purpose, especially temporarily; If you waver between two possibilities, you cannot decide which of them to choose or you keep choosing one way and then the other

• a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen; an occasion when someone is chosen for an important job without having to win an election or other competition

• a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal; to pay money in order to set someone free; a sum of money demanded in exchange for someone or something that has been taken

'coronation' Meaning

• a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen; an occasion when someone is chosen for an important job without having to win an election or other competition

• in a way that is very surprising or difficult to believe

• high; Lofty ideas, etc. are of a high moral standard; If you have a lofty way of behaving or talking, etc., you act as if you think you are better than other people

'lofty' Meaning

• honesty and correct moral behaviour

• in a way that is very surprising or difficult to believe

• high; Lofty ideas, etc. are of a high moral standard; If you have a lofty way of behaving or talking, etc., you act as if you think you are better than other people

'miraculously' Meaning

• high; Lofty ideas, etc. are of a high moral standard; If you have a lofty way of behaving or talking, etc., you act as if you think you are better than other people

• in a way that is very surprising or difficult to believe

• honesty and correct moral behaviour

'rectitude' Meaning

• honesty and correct moral behaviour

• in a way that is very surprising or difficult to believe

• to stop doing something, especially something that someone else does not want you to do