Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 14 - Test 4 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for NATIVE in this sentence: Pheidole dentata, a NATIVE ant of the south-eastern U.S., isn't immortal.

• plunder
• architect
• lodge
• resident

Which word is a synonym for IMMORTAL in this sentence: Pheidole dentata, a native ant of the south-eastern U.S., isn't IMMORTAL.

• precaution
• eternal
• marked
• rescue

Which word is a synonym for SHARP in this sentence: Old worker ants can do everything just as well as the youngsters, and their brains appear just as SHARP.

• appointment

• intelligent

• tan

• variable

Which word is a synonym for DECLINE,' in this sentence: We get a picture that these ants really don't DECLINE,' says Ysabel Giraldo, who studied the ants for her doctoral thesis at Boston University.

• exalted
• locomotive
• fall
• meticulous

Which word is a synonym for DEFYING in this sentence: Such age-DEFYING feats are rare in the animal kingdom. Naked mole rats can live for almost 30 years and stay fit for nearly their entire lives.

• commodity
• extinguish
• disobey
• rigidity

Which word is a synonym for FEATS in this sentence: Such age-defying FEATS are rare in the animal kingdom. .

• ominous
• sauce
• achievement
• grip

Which word is a synonym for RARE in this sentence: Such age-defying feats are RARE in the animal kingdom.

• slide
• pirate
• astronomer
• uncommon

Which word is a synonym for NAKED in this sentence: NAKED mole rats can live for almost 30 years and stay fit for nearly their entire lives.

• commandment
• attach
• nude
• somehow

Which word is a synonym for STAY FIT in this sentence: Naked mole rats can live for almost 30 years and STAY FIT for nearly their entire lives.

• commerce
• keep fit
• personnel
• pertinent

Which word is a synonym for REPRODUCE in this sentence: They can still REPRODUCE even when old, and they never get cancer.

• multiple
• capability
• nevertheless
• breed