Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 14 - Test 3 - Passage 02

Which word is a synonym for POTENTIAL in this sentence: Zoologist Ross Piper looks at the POTENTIAL of insects in pharmaceutical research

• prospect
• parachute
• move
• laser

Which word is a synonym for PHARMACEUTICAL  in this sentence: Zoologist Ross Piper looks at the potential of insects in PHARMACEUTICAL research

• frame
• tolerate
• recourse
• medicinal

Which word is a synonym for DERIVED FROM in this sentence: More drugs than you might think are DERIVED FROM, or inspired by, compounds found in living things.

• canvas
• eloquent
• digestion
• originate

Which word is a synonym for SOOTHING  in this sentence: Looking to nature for the SOOTHING and curing of our ailments is nothing new - we have been doing it for tens of thousands of years.

• reducing
• solidarity
• tractor
• discreet

Which word is a synonym for CURING in this sentence: Looking to nature for the soothing and CURING of our ailments is nothing new - we have been doing it for tens of thousands of years.

• sturdy
• healing
• platform
• interrupt

Which word is a synonym for AILMENTS in this sentence: Looking to nature for the soothing and curing of our AILMENTS is nothing new - we have been doing it for tens of thousands of years.

• disease
• revenge
• funeral
• dairy

Which word is a synonym for RUB  in this sentence: You only have to look at other primates - such as the capuchin monkeys who RUB themselves with toxin-oozing millipedes to deter mosquitoes, or the chimpanzees who use noxious forest plants to rid themselves of intestinal parasites - to realise that our ancient ancestors too probably had a basic grasp of medicine.

• quota
• apply
• cruise
• melon

Which word is a synonym for TOXIN in this sentence: You only have to look at other primates - such as the capuchin monkeys who rub themselves with TOXIN-oozing millipedes to deter mosquitoes, or the chimpanzees who use noxious forest plants to rid themselves of intestinal parasites - to realise that our ancient ancestors too probably had a basic grasp of medicine.

• tolerable
• insulation
• poison
• engulf

Which word is a synonym for DETER in this sentence: You only have to look at other primates - such as the capuchin monkeys who rub themselves with toxin-oozing millipedes to DETER mosquitoes, or the chimpanzees who use noxious forest plants to rid themselves of intestinal parasites - to realise that our ancient ancestors too probably had a basic grasp of medicine.

• prevent
• chaos
• defective
• arbitrator

Which word is a synonym for NOXIOUS in this sentence: You only have to look at other primates - such as the capuchin monkeys who rub themselves with toxin-oozing millipedes to deter mosquitoes, or the chimpanzees who use NOXIOUS forest plants to rid themselves of intestinal parasites - to realise that our ancient ancestors too probably had a basic grasp of medicine.

• deliver
• haunt
• toxic
• spectrum