Olympic 10 - 2016

I. WORD CHOICE
succumb (to something): to die from the effect of a disease or an injury

 His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.

merge (into something): if two things merge, or if one thing merges into another, the
differences between them gradually disappear so that it is impossible to separate them

 The hills merged into the dark sky behind them.

 The figures gradually merged into the darkness.

culminate (in/with something): to end with a particular result, or at a particular point

 a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officer

fruitful (adjective): producing many useful results

 a fruitful collaboration/discussion

prolific (adjective): producing many works, etc.

 a prolific author

struck a discordant note (phrase): is used to describe something that looks or sounds different
or wrong compared to everything else.

 The contemporary dialogue for me struck a discordant note.

Paint the town red (idiom): going out and having an enjoyable time

 We decided to celebrate by going out and painting the town red.

Feeble excuse (collocation): a weak or unconvincing reason

 Not being able to find your phone is a pretty feeble excuse for not contacting me.

in the teeth of something: despite problems, opposition, etc.

 The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.

II. PHRASAL VERB AND PREPOSITIONS

Turn out: to be discovered to be; to prove to be

Bribe (v): a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade
them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest
 It turned out that the mayor had bribed several councilors to vote.

lay off (informal): used to tell somebody to stop doing something

 Lay off me will you—it's nothing to do with me
lay off (informal): to stop employing somebody because there is not enough work for them to do

 200 workers at the factory have been laid off.

Skeptical (adj): having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that something will happen

 I am skeptical about his chances of winning.

endow with: to believe or imagine that somebody/something has a particular quality

 She had endowed Marcus with the qualities she wanted him to possess.

III. WORD FORMATION

Oppose (v)  Opponent (n): a person you are playing or fighting against in a game, competition,
argument, etc.

 she became well-known as a consistent (OPPOSE) opponent of slavery.

Correct (v)  Corrigendum (n): something to be corrected, especially a mistake in a printed book

 (Correct) Corrigendum is a list of errors in a printed work as a separate

page of corrections, known as an errata page.

Nose (n )  Nasal (adj):