PEER-GENERATED LEXICO TEST 5

They have been wrong about the impact of the recession-particularly on our ______ manufacturing industry.

• encircled

• beleaguered

• liberated

• circumvented

Talking about money now would be a ______ from the main purpose of this meeting.

• circumlocution

• misdirection

• tangent

• digression

The decision to settle out of court was seen as a ______ admission of guilt.

• blatant

• oblique

• unspoken

• tacit

He has conceded that companies have had to move into areas other than chocolates and ______ simply because the domestic market is not buoyant.

• pleat

• confectionery

• patisserie

• edibles

The writer, however, views these parties as ______ and immoral, especially in a time of war, and they raise his ire.

• decadent

• upstanding

• municipal

• raucous

Such symptoms include confusional states, ______, falls or reduced mobility.

• syncope

• eidetic

• anxiety

• tumultuous

Benefits of the income-related scheme are a function of the number of years of employment, age-weighted ______ rate, and the wage.

• ascetic

• ardent

• ascent

• accrual

The EU was founded on a rejection of the ______ power politics that had plagued the continent for much of the previous four centuries

• hegemonic

• domineering

• inimitable

• inert

Only 41.4 % of rural households had ______ tubed water, compared to 74.1 % in urban areas.

• digestible

• potable

• non-hazardous

• safeguard

Five different pits were used in the study, with three being in the ______ area and two in the deciduous woodland.

• riveting

• verdant

• riverine

• resplendent