Vocabulary 12

Like economic development, political ------ does indeed need to be part of the solution for Afghanistan.

• development

• exception

• intention

• resolution

• reconciliation

There is no metal that does not ---- electricity entirely, but there are some metals that are less effective conductors than others.

• cruise

• spread

• flow

• conduct

• cover

The leaders of a society might argue they have ----- poverty if they ensure that no citizens are homeless or starving.

• accused

• abolished

• executed

• entailed

• frustrated

New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller, outlying islands, which are so----- that they range from the tropical to the Antarctic.

• adopted

• based

• gifted

• scattered

• expended

US scientists are developing a light-sensitive chip that will be implanted into the eyes of blind people to ----- some of their vision.

• enforce

• insure

• reduce

• restore

• stem

An interview is defined as a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, ------ or evaluate another person.

• expand

• consult

• improve

• provide

• respect

Chocolate, when it was ----- to Europe by the Spaniards, was so expensive that none but the very rich could buy it.

• introduced

• perpetrated

• deemed

• tempted

• undermined

Even though it had been snowing all day, a great many people ----- to get to the end-of-term concert.

• applauded

• appealed

• reiterated

• managed

• restrained

Besides the kinetic and potential energy of ordinary objects, there are other forms of energy, which ----- electric energy, nuclear energy, thermal energy, and chemical energy.

• cast

• explore

• constitute

• relax

• include

A key factor in achieving good sleep is to ---- having arguments in the evenings - which might seem a little easier said than done.

• refer

• obsess

• commit

• imply

• avoid