IELTS Masterclass Unit 5

• The community chose to ignore its own failings and to _____ her instead.

• hollow out

• scapegoat

• weld

She is having a financial _____, so she can't withdraw enough money.

• persuasion

• • woes

• deprivation

After getting married, Lane decides to have a baby, and she is currently on _____ leave.

• maternity

• fraternity

• eternity

The government has _____ a state of emergency.

• declared

• decreased

• decayed

Our professor is on _____ this term, so you probably can't see him in the office.

• sabbatical

• maternity

• length

• The belief that we should do our duty is deeply _____ in most of us.

• labored

• described

• • ingrained

• His comments have _____ a lot of young voters.

• mortified

• externalized

• • alienated

I was _____ when I realized I had forgotten our lunch date.

• mortified

• scapegoated

• condemned

bubble tea stores are _____ to the Taiwanese culture.

• intrinsic

• relentless

• adjunct

The hot sun _____ our energy.

• sapped

• alienated

• adjuncts