Vocab Files C1 - Unit 8

VOCABULARY FILES C1

UNIT 8

Match

Match the words with their definitions.

• abate

• adroit

• accost

• aggravate

• arrogance

subside; become less in intensity

skillul; clever

meel and speak to sb in a way that seems

make worse and more serious

haughtiness

• subside; become less in intensity

• skillul; clever

• meel and speak to sb in a way that seems

• make worse and more serious

• haughtiness

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• brim

• chaste

• defect

• demolish

• commence

the upper edge, as of a glass

morally pure

become an apostate

tear down

begin; start

• the upper edge, as of a glass

• morally pure

• become an apostate

• tear down

• begin; start

Multiple Choice

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I bumped into John in Athens and he_____________me before I had time to speak first.

• accosted

• ajar

• brawled

• olted

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He's very whimsical; he does things on the____________of the moment.

• brim

• spur

• clap

• push

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He slipped and fell and________________his wrist.

• aroused

• flushed

• sprained

• chaste

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The doctor warned him that if he continued to pick the sore he would _______ it.

• demolish

• designate

• exasperate

• aggravate

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The board president designated a_____team to tear down the dilapidated building which jeopardised the passers-by.

• demolition

• castigating

• contaminating

• drenching

Multiple Choice

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The corrupt politician was bribed to____________to the opposing party.

• perfect

• defect

• infect

• reflect

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I detest that___________know-it-all expression on his face.

• bewildered

• arduous

• arrogant

• complexity

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The Secretary of State handled the matter_________and prevented a war.

• adroitly

• intensely

• abjectly

• slightly

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As soon as the storm____________the ships will be allowed to set sail.

• abets

• abtes

• forbids

• incites

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Let's hurry to the theater. The play is to___________at eight o'clock sharp.

• commend

• recommend

• commence

• comment

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I knew from the ​

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that the plan would turn out to be a flop.

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onset

onslaught

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Now, what’s the ​

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?

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snug

snag

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A clumsy driver may even collide with a ​

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vehicle.

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stationery

stationary

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No reverse could ​

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him from proceeding.

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defer

deter

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This is the fifth ​

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game they’re won this month.

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successful

successive

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What an ​

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day it has been.

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inventive

eventful

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Austere measures mean practising ​

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economics.

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frigid

rigid

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He was in a ​

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mood that day.

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trivial

jovial

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Malaria is a ​

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disease.

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contiguous

contagious

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Do you know how to ​

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the boat?

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stir

steer

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He suffered many ​

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throughout his life.

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reserves

reverses

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They live in a​

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little house.

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choosy

cosy

Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

​11.
A. flexibility

B. rigidity

C. elasticity

D. resilience

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

12.
A. prosper
B. decline
C. get on
D. flower

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

13.
A. trusted
B. funded
C. accounted D. stocked

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

Despite the continued (11)………….. of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey start-ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (12)……………. during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. lnstead he (13),.............. a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (14)................... were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs.”

14.
A. pretensions
B. objections
C. preoccupation D. intentions

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

lt offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains closed. The floors in the (18)…………………… named Grand Lobby are polished ltalian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a bas-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, swans, and scenes from Roman mythology. With the (19)……………………. inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression: The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the fire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is (20)………………….with 88 tiny lightbulbs to re-create a star-lit night.

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

18. A. aptly B. inappropriately C. seemingly D. frightfully

19. A. dizzying B. gaudy C. dazzling D. bland

20. A. holed B. studded C. supported D. magnified

He seems to have (15)……………….. to expense; most of the new building were strikingly (16)…………… . The first to be finished was the three-million-dollar limestone Community Center, home to the 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater, which has played (17)....................... since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances. lt offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains closed.

​Read the text below and choose the correct word A,B,C or D to fit the gaps.

15. A. spared B. spent C. allowed D. justified

16. A. impoverished B. unattractive C. poor D. opulent

17. A. hosting B. housing C. host D. homogeneously

Multiple Choice

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Employees who have a_______________are encouraged to discuss it with the management.

• hindrance

• grievance

• disturbance

• precaution

Multiple Choice

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Decrepitude seriously_______________vision and hearing.

• impairs

• enhances

• withers

• shrinks

Multiple Choice

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They_____________his proposal before accepting it.

• rejected

• ignored

• overlooked

• scrutinised

Multiple Select

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A few political extremists____________the crowd to attack the police.

• incited

• animated

• stirred

• agitated

Multiple Choice

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He spent his entire life_______round the world, never settling down.

• scattering

• roaming

• exploring

• transporting

Multiple Choice

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The examiner's cold stare_____________Mary.

• amazed

• dumbfounded

• imperiled

• disconcerted

Multiple Choice

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It’s high time we_____________the procedure.

• tortured

• occurred

• commenced

• soothed

Multiple Choice

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The judge decided to___________the trial till the following week.

• admire

• admit

• adjust

• adjourn

Multiple Choice

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I wouldn’t like to___________ my good name and reputation.

• enrich

• jeopardise

• constrain

• prolong

Multiple Choice

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If I was to do that, it would_________my empoyer’s displeasure.

• occur

• incur

• recur

• concur