cpe 1, vocabulary revision units 2-7

What word describes a negative effect on something?

• reprehensible

• detrimental

• irreversible

• increasing

What word describes reduction in the number or quantity of something?

• exploitation

• threat

• consumption

• depletion

If you can't stop reading a certain book, its plot is probably...?

• influential

• accumulated

• gripping

• charged

I'll proceed in accordance ___ your wishes.

• to

• on

• with

• of

His novels are evocative ___ the 1950s.

• on

• in

• off

• of

If you are upfront, you are...?

• straightforward

• assertive

• antagonistic

• honest

If you like to fight, you are...

• timid

• impetuous

• tactful

• pugnacious

If you are impetuous, you are...?

• rash

• tactless

• passive

• forceful

What kind of pie do you need to eat if you want to admit you are in the wrong?

• delicious

• shy

• sad

• humble

If something cannot be avoided, it is ___?

• imminent

• unassailable

• definite

• inherent