DP Vocabulary 2

The student was quite __________ at avoiding disciplinary measures despite his bad behaviour.

• keen

• adroit

• stark

• foible

Dickens, Austen, the Brontës, George Elliot: all these authors __________ the idea of classic English literature.

• legacy

• repertoire

• embody

• foible

My grandfather was such a kind and generous man, it was easy to overlook his little __________.

• foibles

• fugitives

• nuances

• legacies

Even though he was a criminal, Neal Caffrey decided to work with the FBI. He didn't want to spend his life as a __________.

• irrepressible

• adroit

• legacy

• fugitive

Roger is always laughing. His good humour is __________.

• stark

• irrepressible

• keen

• fugitive

Joan made a great detective because of her observation skills, her experience as a surgeon, and her __________ intellect.

• stark

• keen

• irrepressible

• adroit

When Cristiano Ronaldo retires from football, he will leave behind him an enduring __________.

• foible

• nuance

• fugitive

• legacy

Paul tried to paraphrase using synonyms, but it didn't work because he didn't understand the __________ of the words.

• nuance

• embody

• legacy

• repertoire

Grigor's tennis coach advised him to hit a two-handed backhand but the shot wasn't in his __________.

• irrepressible

• adroit

• legacy

• repertoire

The difference between Captain America and Iron Man is __________.

• stark

• keen

• repertoire

• embody