Catalyst Vocabulary

1.      Aunt Alice’s cake recipe ____________ mainly of flour and water but also included a few other rare ingredients.

2.      In the last few months, the ____________ rate of the Pound Sterling into US dollars has declined markedly.

3.      According to statistics, a proper diet and daily exercises may ____________ productive and healthy life up to seven years.

4.      Though the octopus stew looked ____________ to my seafood-loving wife, she decided to pass on it because she was firm in her determination to lose weight.

5.      The newly discovered enzyme was a ____________ that triggered a faster and cheaper chemical reaction.

6.      Although costs are still high, the latest brands of ____________ meat taste almost like the genuine, natural product.

7.      If grandmother sits down for a prolonged period of time, her old bones become ____________ and rigid, and it takes her several minutes to be able to stand up and walk again.

8.      Sarah was panting after the ____________ of climbing one flight of stairs; she must resume going to the gym.

9.      Jessica had to undergo a ____________ surgery and, subsequently, a protracted period of painful recovery in bed.

10.      The restaurant has been in lockdown for three months now; to the dismay of the owner, law mandates that ____________ stay home receiving their full salaries.