Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS Advanced (Unit 12 revision)

It was hard to return to _______ matters after such excitement.

• drab

• chic

• impractical

• mundane

 Little sports cars are (a)   for large families.

Now, with the (a)   (invention, arrival) and popularity of the home computer, its advantages and disadvantages have been a subject of discussion.

The magazine was created for ______ consumers, and offers information on fashion, makeup, bags, accessories, and related topics.

• all the rage

• fashion-conscious

• know what is in fashion

• up-to-date

 Life was now (a)   compared with the more exciting life style overseas.

We have taken effective measures to ______ our natural resources.

• preserve

• eradicate

• hoard

• retain

He is too poor to _____ his family.

• dispose of

• maintain

• eradicate

• discard

to throw something away

• abandon

• eradicate

• discard

• hoard

The election results were nullified because of voter ______

• savvy

• embrace

• fraud

• hoard

The state needs more (a)   (knowing a lot about modern technology, especially computers) workers for its hi-tech industries.