YL13 Unit 7 54-55 Vocabulary

a situation in which people, groups or countries disagree strongly or are involved in a serious argument

The prime minister wants to avoid ____ with the unions.

• conflict

• recognition

• explosive

• fortune

• manufacture

a powerful liquid explosive

• nitroglycerin

• explosion

• dynamite

• blast

• obituary

extremely shocked or frightened

He was ____ when he discovered the conditions in which they lived.

• horrified

• abolish

• conference

• significantly

• ironically

a formal agreement between two or more countries

a peace ______.

to draw up/sign/ratify a _____

• treaty

• railroad carriage

• vast

• opposing

• landmine

the act of remembering who somebody is when you see them, or of identifying what something is

He glanced briefly towards her but there was no sign of ____.

• conflict

• recognition

• explosive

• fortune

• manufacture

easily able or likely to explode

Hydrogen is highly ______.

• conflict

• recognition

• explosive

• fortune

• manufacture

a large amount of money

Her father made his _____ selling electronics.

• conflict

• recognition

• explosive

• fortune

• manufacture

to make goods in large quantities, using machines

This company _____s the equipment used to make contact lenses.

• conflict

• recognition

• explosive

• fortune

• manufacture

the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of something such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing something to explode

There were two loud _____s and then the building burst into flames.

• nitroglycerin

• explosion

• dynamite

• blast

• obituary

a powerful explosive

They used five tons of _____ to blow up the rock.

• nitroglycerin

• explosion

• dynamite

• blast

• obituary