Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 16 - Test 3 - Passage 01

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Which word is the synonym for sophisticated in this sentence: Shipbuilding today is based on science and ships are built using computers and sophisticated tools.

• naive

• unsophisticated

• simple

• complex

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Which word is the synonym for vanish in this sentence: As the ice has vanished, it has been giving up the treasures it has preserved in cold storage for the last 6,000 years – items such as ancient arrows and skis from Viking Age traders

• naive

• materialize

• appear

• disappear

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Which word is the synonym for tool in this sentence: Shipbuilding today is based on science and ships are built using computers and sophisticated tools.

• naive

• instrument

• machine

• complex

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Which word is the synonym for rely on in this sentence: Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.

• depend on

• disbelieve

• reliable

• distrust

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Which word is the synonym for ancient in this sentence: Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.

• naive

• new

• modern

• antique

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Which word is the synonym for estimation in this sentence: Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.

• dissatisfaction

• approximation

• rationalization

• discontinuation

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Which word is the synonym for inherit in this sentence: Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.

• receive

• rebut

• refuse

• reuse

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Which word is the synonym for technique in this sentence: Shipbuilding in ancient Rome, however, was more of an art relying on estimation, inherited techniques and personal experience.

• line

• path

• method

• way

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Which word is the synonym for conquer in this sentence: The Romans were not traditionally sailors but mostly landbased people, who learned to build ships from the people that they conquered, namely the Greeks and the Egyptians.

• lose

• liberate

• give up

• defeat

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Which word is the synonym for survive in this sentence: There are a few surviving written documents that give descriptions and representations of ancient Roman ships, including the sails and rigging

• lose

• liberate

• give up

• endure