BYV17 T1P3-Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 17 - Test 1 Passage 3

Which word is a synonym for hunt in this sentence: Charles Spencer's latest book, To Catch a King, tells us the story of the hunt for King Charles II in the six weeks after his resounding defeat at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651.

• dubious

• sore

• pursuit

• pest

Which word is a synonym for resounding in this sentence: Charles Spencer's latest book, To Catch a King, tells us the story of the hunt for King Charles II in the six weeks after his resounding defeat at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651.

• very great

• bodyguard

• transmit

• loan

Which word is a synonym for defeat in this sentence: Charles Spencer's latest book, To Catch a King, tells us the story of the hunt for King Charles II in the six weeks after his resounding defeat at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651.

• exalted

• advocate

• loss

• reckless

Which word is a synonym for sacrifice in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

• convey

• insufficient

• give up

• disastrous

Which word is a synonym for principle in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

• respect

• value

• privilege

• prosecutor

Which word is a synonym for deal in this sentence: After his father was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, the young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots.

• beneath

• tick

• effective

• agreement

Which word is a synonym for thereby in this sentence: The young Charles II sacrificed one of the very principles his father had died for and did a deal with the Scots, thereby accepting Presbyterianism as the national religion in return for being crowned King of Scots.

• reflection

• constitute

• fleece

• thus

Which word is a synonym for prompt in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

• drown

• canvass

• quiver

• encourage

Which word is a synonym for invade in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

• enquire

• favorable

• referee

• attack

Which word is a synonym for pre-emptive strike in this sentence: His arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a pre-emptive strike.

• regime

• sharply

• responsible

• surprise attack