Vocabulary November 2022 - Guardian

The exercise was created 2023-07-01 by jennyholmqvist. Question count: 20.

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  • gamut the complete range or scope of something
  • taupe gray with a tinge of brown
  • fawn a young deer in its first six months, or a light brown colour.
  • ecru the light fawn colour of unbleached linen
  • unfettered unrestrained or uninhibited¨
  • flouting the law openly disregarding the law
  • coerced confessions confessions obtained by using force or threats
  • the world's most prolific user present in a large number or quantity (eg about users around the world)
  • ousting drive out or remove from a position of power
  • gossamer a light, thin and insubstantial or delicate material
  • extradite hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to the jurisdiction of the foreign country where the crime was committed
  • hogmanay Scottish New Year's Eve
  • Ceilidh Scottish singing and dancing festivity
  • Lauded highly praised or admired
  • skew a bias towards one particular group or subject
  • quash reject as invalid, esp by legal procedure
  • doyenne the most respected or prominen woman in a particular field
  • red herring clue that is misleading
  • gauge an instrument that gives a visual display of the amount, the level or contents of something
  • libel förtal

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