WorksheetsReading News group
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 8mins
“Blew-up” means
Cut bursting, exploding
reduction
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
“ advocate” means
a person who expects the worst.
Support or promote
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
"Renaissance" means revival or renewal of something
True
False
“ Proponent” means
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it
a person who is nonpartisan.
Supporter, raising idea
Choose the wrong word with “fabrication”
Verity
Manufacture, to produce
Construction
“disastrous” means extremely bad or unsuccessful
True
False
“Paradoxically” means
Logically
Explicably
In contradiction
“Malfunction” means
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose.
Not work properly
Success
“designate” means
Appoint to specific position
Criticize
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
A person that does the same job or has the same function as a person in a different organization
businessman
counterpart
assistant
“ diminish” means
reduce
develop
average
“ disrupt ” = prevent
True
False
What is the meaning of “inequity”
to respect or think well of someone or something
embodying principes of justice
something that is not fair in a situation
To cause something bad to happen in the future
spell trouble
obvious
fortunate
“empowerment” (n) means
not feeling sympathy or emotions
refuse to accept
the process of giving a group of people more freedom or rights
“shake sth off” = get rid of
True
False
Believing that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life
inequality
egalitarian
distribution
What is the meaning of “reinforce”
To strengthen
To stop
To reduce
“discriminate ” means the ability to see the similarity between two things or people
True
False
" Heartthrob" means
a famous man, often a singer or an actor, who is attractive to many women
feeling very sad
the person who is responsible for managing an organization
a type of explosive
"Confrontation" means a fight or argument
relaxed and free from pain
one of the first pages in a book
the part of a vehicle that is nearest to its direction of movement
a fight or argument
Which of the following is a synonym for "manifestation"
Disappear
Appearance
Unlike
Festival
"Brunette" means a white woman or girl with dark hair
involving people of several different ethnicities (= groups of people with a shared culture, tradition, language, history, etc.)
variety
multiethnic
artist
immigration
1. Which of the following words describes the picture below?
Baby
Adult
Old person
Preteen: a boy or girl between the ages of about nine and twelve
"Prestigious" means
very much respected and admired, usually because of being important.
the force you produce when you press something.
the act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc.
the position of something, especially a town, building, etc.
The act or process of officially making something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies
Consecration
Church
Christian
Mainstream
"reminiscent " means making you remember someone/something.
True
False
Which one is one of the virtues : behavior showing high moral standards
Hot temper
Greedy
Patience
"Gritty" means:
weak and scared in dealing with an unpleasant situation
strong and determined to deal with an unpleasant situation.
strong and determined in dealing with a pleasant situation.
"Loneliness" means the state of being lonely
"resemblance" = "difference"
True
False
"Reeling" means:
Happy, full of energy
Having an unsettling feeling
Feel very confused or shocked and unable to act
"Ambivalence" means:
Agreement, unison
Carelessness, negligence
Confusion, indecision
"Forum" means a place on the internet where people cannot leave messages or discuss particular subjects with other people at the same time
True
False
Which is the synonym of "repertoire"
Nothingness
Collection
Lack
"Attribute" means
Regard something as being caused by something/someone.
See something/someone as useless, worthless.
Consider something as the cause of something/someone.
"Conventional" does not mean
Normal
Unique
Common
Which of the following is a synonym for giddy
Sick
Disaster
Dizzy
Headache
