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Vocab Test 31

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If the pandemic does not ameliorate, our company will surely ______.

a)

fall afoul

b)

hit out of the park

c)

go down the tubes

d)

go under the knife

2.

The business model you propose sounds amazing, but whether it might succeed in reality is where _____.

a)

rubber meets the road

b)

the shoe pinches

c)

the puck is heading

d)

hell freezes over

3.

Jack, your passion won't help you afford a living in this big city, wake up and smell ______.

a)

the tea

b)

the coffee

c)

the soda

d)

the roses

4.

John keeps himself so closed off that I've never understood the _____ of his thoughts.

a)

rock bottom

b)

bare bones

c)

think tank

d)

uncharted waters

5.

There are a lot of opportunities out there, but I've got to put my foot on the _____.

a)

pedal

b)

gas

c)

brake

d)

field

6.

The _____ language in your essay does nothing to address the problem but only unnecessarily lengthens the piece of writing and causes confusion for readers.

a)

convoluted

b)

elasticated

c)

sentimental

d)

dowdy

7.

The company's first _____ into the US market is considered somewhat venturesome for a firm of that scale.

a)

outing

b)

foray

c)

incursion

d)

pilgrimage

8.

Despite not being Buddhists ourselves, it is hard to deny that this religion still ____ every aspect of our life either consciously or subconsciously.

a)

ravels

b)

assails

c)

informs

d)

apprises

9.

The team played badly in the first half of the game but _____ in the second thanks to several changes in their tactics.

a)

rebounded

b)

rallied

c)

revived

d)

reignited

10.

She was fired after having many decisions that are in _____ of the company regulations.

a)

abdication

b)

infraction

c)

negligence

d)

contravention

11.

Loki’s ______ character reminds me of Captain Jack Sparrow, a pirate who is also a mixture of amusement and mischief.

a)

roguish

b)

narcissistic

c)

reticent

d)

ravenous

12.

Would it be too much of a(n) _____ to ask you to pick my children up after school today?

a)

tariff

b)

onus

c)

imposition

d)

angst

13.

Superficially, the mechanism of a camera is _____ to that of our eyes, yet there are still certain major differences in the way they record images.

a)

homogeneous

b)

kindred

c)

correlative

d)

analogous

14.

His wife _____ a fortune over the years in a secret bank account and ran away with her young lover.

a)

salted away

b)

plugged away

c)

mucked up

d)

heaped up

15.

If you keep ______ training like this, stop dreaming of cutting any weight and getting the job.

a)

poring over

b)

turning out

c)

sacking off

d)

ravelling out

16.

After being dismissed from school, Thomas Edison was (a)   by his mother (SCHOOL)

17.

The casino has long been suspected as a (a)   channel for laundering money. (DOOR)

18.

Annie looks so much like an Indian that it’s hard to believe this little girl is of Vietnamese (a)   . (TRACT)

19.

(a)   is a form of sustainable energy production, achieved by converting the kinetic energy of water into electrical or mechanical energy. (POWER)

20.

Although same-sex love is gaining more social recognition, (a)   relationship in our society remains heterosexual. (NORM)