CAE M 8 Vocabulary

Clearly, they have no idea what____________ there.

• lurks out

• rakes over

Let's not _________________ my embarrassing past.

• lurk out

• rake over

I didn't think telling a___________would get Sid in trouble.

• white lie

• fib

• chitchat

Now that you're both here, we can dispense with the mindless ______________.

• white lie

• chitchat

• fib

Why do you not come out like men and tell the truth instead of going round and round _______________?

• subterfuging

• inverting

• prevaricating

It was clear that they must have obtained the information by ________________.

• subterfuge

• prevarication

• impunity

There is no __________________reason why this should be the case.

• discernible

• forensic

• deranged

• catalytic

Rescuers were engaged in a _____________all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.

• catalytic

• deranged

• forensic

• frantic

In order to write this last formula somewhat more ______________, we introduce yet the following notations.

• keenly

• concisely

• frantically

• solely

get a kick out of

• to get a sense of enjoyment,amusement, or excitement from someone or something

• to be expelled from an educational institution

• to receive some profit or benefit from participating in something illegal