Friday 26 April Vocabulary Review

This is a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.

"She read out an _____ from an article in the New York Times."

• excerpt

• excess

• express

• extinct

• extant

This describes something that is clear or certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt.

"The police think that she killed her husband, but they don't have any _____ evidence."

• concrete

• consideration

• construct

• concise

• convict

This is a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done.

"Kimmy told a funny _____ about a time she got lost in a department store when she was 5 years old."

• anecdote

• anodyne

• antithesis

• ancilary

• androgynous

This means to make small changes to something in order to make it work as well as possible.

"My English teacher is helping me _____ _____ my speech before next weekend's competition."

• fine tune

• fine wear

• fine craft

• fine play

• fine strength

This means to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without having already planned it.

"I hadn't prepared a speech for the meeting, so I had to quickly _____ one quickly."

• improvise

• impair

• implant

• imperative

• implement

This describes something done or said without earlier planning or preparation.

"We found out that Leon's birthday was the next day, so we put together an _____ party for him."

• impromptu

• impossible

• impression

• impassioned

• implausible

This describes something that is able to be heard.

"Our neighbors were having an _____ argument in the apartment next door."

• audible

• auditory

• audit

• audacious

• audace