Academic Vocabulary Review

Multiple Select

Which if these words are synonyms of IMPORTANT?

• Crucial

• Trivial

• Paramount

• Significant

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"What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else's opinion." What does "disregard" mean in this sentence?

• the fact of showing no care or respect for something

• the act of feeling superior to everyone else

• to not allow something to influence you; ignore:

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"Their decision could be detrimental to the future of the company" The word DETRIMENTAL is a synonym of ...

• harmful

• innocuous

• damaging

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"He cleverly nudges us towards the conclusion he himself has reached." Which picture illustrates better the meaning of the word nudge?

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Complete the sentence with one word. "We find in his theory no satisfactory attempt to d_________ between the pleasure aimed at by the altruist and the immediate pleasure of egoistic action."

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To give our opinion we may use the expression " I'm ________ convinved that"

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To give our opinion we may use the expression "As far as I'm ________________"

Multiple Choice

What expression means: a choice between two equally(good/bad) options

• a toss-up

• a no-brainer

• on the fence

• take the rap

Multiple Choice

What expression means "be punished or blamed for something"

• between a rock and a hard place

• take the rap

• choose the lesser of two evils

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"With their natural resources they are potentially a very wealthy country" - Which is a synonym for the word RICH?

• wealthy

• affluent

• impoverished

Multiple Choice

Spouse, parents, children, grandparents are called ...

• immediate family

• time family

• constant family

• relative family

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A friend that you have had for most of your life is a ...

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How to call a close family with common interests?

• Close bond family

• Close relative family

• Close knit family

• Close up family

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Uncles, aunts, and cousins form part of the ...

Multiple Choice

Someone who is your friend only when you are cheerful and successful.

• Bad friend

• Fair-weather friend

• Cheerful friend

• Windy friend

Multiple Choice

Your parents are married for 15 years, they must have been _______________.

• through fat and skinny together

• through clouds and earth together

• thought thick and thin together

• through thick and thin together

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To agree is ...

• to be head to head

• to sit hand to hand

• to see eye to eye

• to run leg to leg

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A person related to you who lived a long time ago

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A person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild

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The sister of your father or mother is your ...

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A brother or a sister in one word is ...

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A person's husband or wife is ...

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The woman who is married to someone's father but who is not their real mother

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The wife of your brother or sister, or the sister of your husband or wife, or the wife of the brother or sister of your husband or wife

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The relationship between members of the same family

• kinfolk

• kindred

• infant

• kinship

Multiple Choice

For the first year after birth, a baby is called an __________.

• infant

• adolescent

• inherit

• heir

Multiple Choice

1 SINCERE, DEEPLY AND STRONGLY FELT.

• HEARTFELT

• INFORMATION

• HEARTWARMING

• DOMINANT

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2. A CONTAINER FOR HOUSEHOLD, ESPECIALLY ONE KEPT OUTSIDE

• DUSTBINS

• INNOVATION

• REFUSE

• PNEUMONIA

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3. TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTARY OR ADDITIONAL HELP & SUPPORT

• COMB AT

• AUXILIARY

• NATION

• NAVAL

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4. ENDURING OR HAVING ENDURED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

• LONG-LASTING

• PATIENCE

• SHORT-LIVED

• EPHEMERAL

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5. IN A WAY THAT RELATES TO ECONOMICS OR FINANCE

• ECONOMICALLY

• DEBT

• LIABILITY

• NET WORTH

Multiple Choice

6. A SURPRISING AND WELCOME EVENT THAT IS NOT EXPLICABLE BY NATURAL OR SCIENTIFIC LAW

• MIRACLE

• DESIGN

• GRAVE

• ARCANE

Multiple Choice

7. POLITELY OR PATIENTLY RESTRAIN AN IMPULSE TO DO SOMETHING

• FORBIDDEN

• FORBEAR

• FORGOTTEN

• FOREVER

Multiple Choice

8. NOT IMPORTANT OR WELL KNOWN.

• HIDE

• RESENTMENT

• OBSECURE

• RELIGIOUS ACT

Multiple Choice

9. UNDERSTOOD BY FEW, MYSTERIOUS OR SECRET

• CANE

• CHAIN

• LANDSLIDE

• ARCANE

Multiple Choice

10. TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO ACHIEVE OR COMPLETE SOMETHING

• ATTEMPT

• EXPIRE

• CONQUER

• WASTEBASKET

Multiple Choice

Being a student means I’m on a tight _____ so I have to be careful with money.

• budget

• service

• wallet

• bank

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After you've spent some time _______ in the mall, you may find it difficult to decide what to buy.

• room shopping

• furniture shopping

• chair shopping

• window shopping

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We’ve got a few ______ and a few independent stores in my neighborhood but I have to go to the city center for big ______. 

• high street names - local shops

• local shops - high street names

• local street names - high shops

• local streets - high names

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I hate it when the sales are on due to crowds of people trying to _____ a bargain.

• move over

• pick down

• snap up

• put up

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Sometimes I get annoyed when shop assistants try to give me the______ when all I want to do is look around

• pricey purchase

• difficult choice

• hard time

• hard sell

Multiple Choice

During the huge advertising campaign for the latest Apple Macbook, I was so keen to have one that I kept telling my parents that the device was _____. 

• shopping spree

• an arm and a leg

• value for money 

• window shopping

Multiple Choice

Last week, we tried to shop ______ the shopping mall to see if we could pick up a bargain.

• forward

• throughout

• into

• around

Multiple Choice

During the summer sales, prices are often _______ on big brand names wherever you go.

• flushed

• slashed

• pumped

• bargained

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Using credit cards is much more convenient than paying in cash. However, people are more likely to _____ debt and _____ a credit card bill as they can easily buy anything anywhere.

• get into - run up

• get up - run up

• get into - run into

• get up - run into

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On ‘Black Friday’, people are encouraged to ______ and buy the latest must-have products.

• run up a credit card bill

• be on commission

• shop until they drop

• give someone the hard sell

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Several shops make use of _____ cards to get customers back in the store.

• disloyal

• loyal

• loyalty

• disloyalty

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To create a positive shopping experience, shops should not make customers feel pressurised. I know shop assistants are probably on _____ but if I’m looking for clothes, for example, I like to take my time.

• loyalty card

• local shops

• a tight budget

• commission

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Criminals can steal personal information to go on a shopping _____ before banks or cardholders realise they are being targeted.

• trip

• window

• spree

• victim

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Having found out that the phone I purchased was _____, I took it back to the shop and successfully got a refund.

• underrated

• overrated

• underpriced

• overpriced

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My cousin is such a _____ that he cuts his hair himself, instead of going to the barbershop.

• fashion victim

• cheapskate

• shopaholic

• compulsive shopper

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Buying authentic branded products can _______. They are not affordable to most people.

• cost an arm and a leg

• prohibitively expensive

• reasonably priced

• extravagant

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when you need someone or something in order to exist or continue as before

• focus on

• drawback

• dependence (on)

• the next step

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a type of animal or plant that soon may not exist because there are very few now alive

• wildlife conservation programme

• endangered species

• fresh air

• extinction

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the place where animals live or plants grow naturally

• zero emissions

• nature reserve

• scenery

• natural habitat

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something that produces a lot of electricity

• power station/ power plant

• a major source of electricity

• fossil fuels

• infrastructure

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a place where animals and plants live and are protected

• nature reserve

• release into the atmosphere

• natural habitat

• yield

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to use any information that you have to guess how much something will cost

• estimate the cost up

• advance payment

• harness energy

• zero emissions

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areas of land that have not been changed or damaged by people

• sceptical

• rising sea levels

• calculate

• unspoilt countryside

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If something such as a machine or an industry has zero emissions, it does not release any harmful substances into the atmosphere.

• estimate the cost

• zero emissions

• harness energy

• renewable energy

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the increased height of the level of seas and oceans

• destruction

• rising sea levels

• climate change

• challenge

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to use any information that you have to guess how much something will cost

• estimate the cost

• produce profitably

• infrastructure

• elease into the atmosphere

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to produce something in such a way that it makes profit

• produce profitably

• advance payment

• calculate

• destruction

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What is the synonym for "to witness"

• to see

• to own

• to possess

• asset

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank.

"Have you ever...seasick?"

• ace

• become

• became

• shown

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym for "to die"?

• death

• dead

• pass away

• occur

Multiple Choice

What is the antonym for "wise"

• clever

• intelligent

• smart

• foolish

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym for "effective"

• productive

• useless

• harmful

• incompetent

Multiple Choice

Which of the following word is a "gerund"

• progress

• personally

• trying

• mind

Multiple Choice

In the equation 3x - 3 = 15, x = ?

• 6

• 8

• 4

• 3

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym for "to figure out"?

• review

• choose

• to solve

• memorize

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What is the synonym for "progress"?

• position

• technique

• pleasant

• improvement

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What is the antonym for "fascinating"?

• interesting

• boring

• exciting

• thrilling

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• importance

• relation

• entertainment

• lottery ticket

Multiple Choice

What is "humorous"?

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"The number of vehicles on freeways and streets is growing at an alarming rate."

What is the meaning of "alarming"?

• constant

• foolish

• sparse

• making you feel worried or frightened

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"In countries where rainfall is very sparse, scientists must constantly seek ways to increase supplies of water."

What is the meaning of "sparse"?

• small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area

• potential

• arid

• all the time, or very often

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"Additionally, there is the danger that a huge block of ice floating off an arid coast could have unexpected environmental effects."

What is the meaning of "arid"?

• severe and sudden

• very dry because it has very little rain

• indefinite

• complex

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"While such scientific achievements may ultimately benefit humankind, they have also created complex legal and ethical issues."

What is the meaning "ultimately"?

• scarcely

• indefinitely

• ethically

• finally

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"Recently, the world was stunned by the successful cloning of a human embryo."

What is the meaning of "stunned"?

• too surprised or shocked to speak

• minor

• critical

• suspicious

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"In fact, you may actually develop stomachaches, headaches, sleeplessness, lethargy, or other physical symptoms."

What is the meaning of "lethargy"?

• obsession

• any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease

• upheaval

• the feeling of having little energy or of being unable or unwilling to do anything

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"This increase of motor vehicles is creating hazardous conditions."

What is the meaning of "hazardous"?

• impatient

• endangered

• dangerous

• aggressive

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Negative changes to the world weather patterns

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Soil and land pollution as as desertification

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energy resources like gas and oil

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an increase in temperature all-over the world, as a result of greenhouse effect

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an event like an earthquake, hurricane etc

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Rain which is polluted by chemicals

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animals or plants are on the verge of extinction

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the place where animals and plants would normally be found

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the gradual warming of the air surrounding the Earth as a result of heating

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the processes of reprocessing waste paper for reuse

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Lack of natural resources worldwide

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The pollution of our oceans and seas

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heating of the atmosphere due to the carbon dioxide and other gases

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widespread damage or loss of life brought about by action of humans

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The increasing population of the world

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poisonous rubbish, produced by industrial processes

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to protect animals and plants and their habitats

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a diversity in nature, among plants and animals

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