OSMAN ŞEVKİ VOCABULARY 1

1. The company canteen ........... for a hundred and fifty people daily, serving them a hot main course, salads and pudding.employs

• employs

• caters

• consumes

• responds

• inhabits

1. The .......... of the two sides to meet an agreement means that the war will continue for some time to come.

• defense

• posture

• proposal

• achievement

• failure

1. The fruit that is imported from South Africa is kept at a specific temperature during the sea voyage here, which ........... the ripening process, allowing it to keep fresh.

• retards

• hastens

• conceals

• repairs

• obstructs

1. The popular singer made a/an ........... contribution to his country, often appearing for charity and promoting children's health and well-being at every opportunity.

• modest

• indifferent

• outstanding

• fashionable

• useless

1. Every working day; the judge ........... tapped his pipe on the edge of his desk while his secretary read him the court's timetable for that day.

• sufficie

• mistakenly

• virtually

• habitually

• reluctantly

1. The great Mississippi flood of 1993 ........... out several small Illinois towns, literally leaving nothing of them behind.

• wiped

• washed

• soaked

• flowed

• drowned

1. Victor's .......... meant that he had never considered that somebody else might win.

• A) diligence                                                

• modesty

• lateness

• efficiency

• arrogance

1. Going to the dentist is not nearly as ........... as it used to be. Modern techniques mean that it doesn't hurt at all.

• A) pleasant

• dubious

• arbitraryc

• painful

• severe

1. I don't like neat gardens with tidy flowerbeds — I prefer to ............ seeds all over the place and see what happens.

• excavate

• deliver

• drip

• ferment

• scatter

1. The changes he is proposing are so ............ that I don't think they will be accepted because many people are not prepared for such big changes.

• original

• radical

• rational

• changeable

• temporary