Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 09 - Test 3 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for DEBATE  in this sentence: Popular linguistic DEBATE regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic.

• fragile
• argument
• omission
• gentle

Which word is a synonym for DETERIORATES  in this sentence: Popular linguistic debate regularly DETERIORATES into invective and polemic.

• revolution
• destine
• motionless
• worsen

Which word is a synonym for MINOR  in this sentence: Arguments can start as easily over MINOR points of usage as over major policies of linguistic education.

• trench
• hypocrisy
• small
• gratis

Which word is a synonym for CRITICISED in this sentence: Language, moreover, is a very public behaviour, so it is easy for different usages to be noted and CRITICISED.

• baffle
• assess
• sneak
• imprisonment

Which word is a synonym for EXEMPT in this sentence: No part of society or social behaviour is EXEMPT: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival.

• external
• discretion
• except
• strip

Which word is a synonym for PERSONALITY in this sentence: No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge PERSONALITY, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social survival.

• dubious
• character
• prohibitive
• insult

Which word is a synonym for APTITUDE in this sentence: No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job APTITUDE, and many other areas of identity and social survival.

• banquet
• fracture
• budget
• ability

Which word is a synonym for IDENTITY  in this sentence: No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of IDENTITY and social survival.

• insufficient
• archaeology
• personality
• opponent

Which word is a synonym for SURVIVAL in this sentence: No part of society or social behaviour is exempt: linguistic factors influence how we judge personality, intelligence, social status, educational standards, job aptitude, and many other areas of identity and social SURVIVAL.

• groan
• monumental
• stroke
• existence

Which word is a synonym for INHERENTLY  in this sentence: In its most general sense, prescriptivism is the view that one variety of language has an INHERENTLY higher value than others, and that this ought to be imposed on the whole of the speech community.

• drill
• impractical
• dock
• naturally