Reading Lesson 1 Vocabulary Quiz

to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining

• eliminate

• extinguish

• diversify

• firebreak

the feeling of great pleasure or joy that you get from a great success or victory

• triumph

• couvre-feu

• philatelist

• speculative

free, unrestricted

• unimpeded

• subsidized

• appointed

• dignified

Umami

• salty

• savory

• bitter

• sweet

• sour

Answer explanation

These animals have ....................... all the necessary qualities to help them catch their prey.

• evolved

• devolved

• revolved

• involved

Answer explanation

so brightly coloured, large or exaggerated that it attracts a lot of attention

• showy

• masculine

• locomotive

• prodigious

I was always being .................. for messy work by my mother.

• ticked off

• set off

• let off

• gone off

Answer explanation

When a country is in an economic __________, there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed

• recession

• affair

• sanction

• reform

Answer explanation

Economic recession

= Economic downturn

= Economic slowdown

= Economic crisis

What is the antonym of "masculine"?

(a)  

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