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INCREASING YOUR VOCABULARY

I. Match each word with its meaning:a. aloof 1. to turn aside or awayb. appall 2. an edge at the top of a steep placec. avert 3. removed or distant in interest or feeling; reserved

d. brink 4. not sharp, dulle. blunt 5. to overcome with horror; dismay

II. Choose the correct alternative:

1. Mary confessed that she found herself unable to break off an old attachment to another man, and she.................. her eyes from him.

a) turnedb) averted

c) strainedd) fixed

2. Humans brought the great whale to the brink of extinction.

a) vergeb) degree

c) placed) state

3. He was silent, and reserved, moving crumbs back and forth with the blunt blade of hisknife.

a) bloodyb) sharp

c) dulld)metal

4. He let himself be baited, kept to his rule never to tangle with him. He held...................

a) aloneb) tight

c) aloofd) aside

5. He told him that under the present manner of interpretation suggested that theseappalling shadows condemned our habitual manner of interpretation.

a) appealingb) disgusting c) dismayingd) terrificWorksheet 19




I. Match these words with their meaning:

1. devour a. faithfulness in allegiance to one’s government;constancy

2. dodge b. useless, vain3. futile c. to eat up greedily or ravenously4. loyalty d. unable to speak, dumb, silent5. mute e. to move suddenly aside, to avoid or evade by so

doing.

II. Choose the correct alternative:

1. So there was Joanna, loyal to the family, big on emotion, very potent, dangerous toneglect.

a) lazyb) constant

c) unfaithfuld)haughty

2. Corte’s confinement in the silent room had made him rusty, had shrou ded him in...................... heart-aching numbness.

a) painfulb) dull

c) muted) shrilling

3. It was outrageous what they devoured in their innocence.

a) utteredb) committed

c) consumedd) experienced

4. Albee was .................... through the crowd after him.

a) dodgingb) hurling

c) rattlingd) waiting

5. As long as she held out, all the specialists in the world were futile.

a) skillfulb) uselessc) shrewdd) detached




I. Match these words with their meanings:

1. outrage a. generally or widely accepted, widespread2. perilous b. to make or cause to make a series of clattering, knocking

sounds3. prevalent c. a violent or shameful act, injury, insult.4. prostrate d. dangerous, risky, hazardous4. rattle d. stretched out with face on the ground, flat

II. Choose the correct alternatives:

1. Do you regard genetics as being any more perilous than other fields of scientificexperimentation such as nuclear physics, for example?

a) spaciousb) dangerous

c) violentd) scientific

2. You keep going back to the knife, and the gag and the blood and the corpse and the.................... wife, and you do it to stir yourself with horror.

a) prostratedb) prosperous

c) prevalentd) criminal

3. A breeze had begun to blow; it swayed the curtains and rattled among the paperson the floor.

a) dodgedb) observedc) made a series of sharp, short soundsd) mingled

4. Damn you to hell! - shouted Leventhal in anguish and .................

a) stuntb)surprise

c) slippersd) outrage

5. The top layer of snow was stained with sand blown from the beaches by theprevailing wind.

a) predominantb) blowing

c) humidd) filthy



INCREASING YOUR VOCABULARYI. Match:

1. sagged a. to overspread with something sticky, oily

2. scan b. very large in extent, ample, roomy

3. slippers c. light low shoes

4. smear d. to pile up large quantity of something

5. spacious e. flabby, droop, hanging downward

6. stack f. quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful

7. stunt g. an unusual or spectacular feat

8. serene h. adjoining, juxtaposed, situated near, next

9. adjacent i. dress, clothes

10. attire j. to read fast, in order to find some information, fastmovement

II. Complete the sentences with words listed above:

1. Her eyes made ................ movement under the skin.2. In the dark shops where cans of peas and sauerkraut were ................., you could see no

customers.3. Tonight, because of the heat, he was disheveled, and he was ever ordinarily not neat. His

tie was pulled to the side, his trousers .................... loose at the knees.4. Leventhal´s apartment was sunny and .......................5. The superintendent, Mr. Nuñez, in a straw hat, his dark feet in Chinese straw ...................... ,

was sitting on the porch6. He watched her ......................... the rouge on her sharp lips.7. Some swimmers can hold their breath for a long time - and that is interesting. But the way

we keep our eyes shut is a ....................... too, because they are made to be open.8. He’s always been a ........................, composed person

9. Her little kid was getting used to sleeping alone, in the .................... room.10. She looked great in her new, elegant .......................



INCREASING YOUR VOCABULARYI. Match:

1. amend a. to make a stupid mistake

2. assailant b. a small stream of water

3. bequeath c. inconstant, not steady or firm or in disposition or character

4. braids d. progeny, young

5. blunder e. to commit to one’s care, recommend, praise

6. commend f. to change for the better, improve

7. detain g. to make a low whining, plaintive sound

8. enhance h. a person attacking violently

9. fickle i. to make greater, heighten, intensify

10. flounder j. to leave by will, to hand down

II. Complete the sentences with the words listed above:

1. She adorned her hair with beautiful ..........................

2. He was sorry for his ....................... He shouldn’t have said that. 3. While hiking in the mountains, they drank pure water from the .................4. The dog kept on ...................., until they let him off the lash.5. After he got married, he ............. his way of life - no alcohol, no cigarettes, no women.6. The police ................... the famous criminal just 2 days ago.7. Since she knew him, he’s always had that ............ character. She couldn’t rely on him. 8. Stay calm and give me the money!, shouted the ..................... .9. He ................... all his property to his wife.10. They took care of two ...................... this summer.11. The trainer said that they would ............... the physical preparation for the next game.

12 He felt tired, exhausted, sick, but somehow he ................... to his goal.13. Since Rick is the best student in our class, he was ...............to get a scholarship at the Universityin the U.S.




I. Match:

1. to have an ear for a. the act of limiting or controlling freedom of someone or something.

2. restriction b. away from the right way

3. pew c. in a short time, soon

4. stale d. to possess an ability to recognize or appreciate sounds

5. astray e. one of the long seats in a church

6. by and by f. old and not fresh


1. The U.S. government has imposed ..................... on the number of immigrants permitted tosettle down in the U.S.

2. Young people are easily lead .............. if they do not receive appropriate education.

3. When persecution arises because of the word ..................., he is offended

4. She is so talented that she can speak five languages. She ................. languages.

5. We left bread there for a week and it got ..................... .

6. Tourists admire the carved wooden ............... in the church from the 12th century.




I. Match:

1. flicker a. to fill something with air

2. commotion b. to shake up and down or move from side to side

3. bleach c. to burn or shine in a weak or unsteady way

4. to be concerned with d. to make something white or lighter in color.

5. inflate e. to make cloth by passing threads under andover a set of threads

6. wag f. great noise or excitement

7. weave g. to be about something


1. The dog was happily ........................ his tall.

2. In the gust of wind the candle ......................... and went out.

3. People looked out of their windows to see what all the .................. was about.

4. Tonight’s program is .................... the effects of drugs on human organism.

5. The Bolivian Aguayo is a colorful .................... cloth sold in the Arts & Crafts Shop.

6. Do not ...................... this shirt - says the instruction

7. The bus broke down and the driver had to ................. two pinched tires.




I. Match:

1. carcass a. shocked or angry (because somebody has said or donesomething you don’t like or agree with)

2. cavity b. to become or make somebody happier, to make something lookmore attractive

3. cheer up c. the dead body of an animal

4. to have a go d. empty space, hole

5. enchant e. to please, delight

6. husks f. to have an occasion when you try to do something

7. indignant g. thin, dry outer covering of a seed or fruit (as of corn)

8. precipitate h. to cause to happen quickly or abruptly, to accelerate


1. They felt ............................. that they had to pay more for worse service.

2. ............................ (Things aren’t that bad!

3. The driver drove through the dog and left the ............................... on the road.

4. The dentist filled in the ................................. in my tooth.

5. The audience was ............................ by her extraordinary performance.

6. I know I’m not quite ready to take the test, but let’s ..................................

7. Husking is a gathering of farm families to .............................. corn.

8. Deep social and economic problems ........................ the war coming.




I. Match:

1. to let off the hook a. to wander over or through, ramble, roam

2. odds b. mock, jeer

3. prompt c. straining the powers of enduring, annoying

4. rove d. a difference by which one thing is favored over another

5. scoff at e. to let go free, to liberate

6. side-step f. being ready and quick to act, punctual

7. trying (visit) g. to step aside, avoid, evade


1. Feeling superior to him, he often ............................ his servant.

2. The businessman tried to .......................... paying taxes and went to jail.

3. Your mother-in-law is coming. It’ll be a ......................... visit.

4. They got lost and they ........................... in the woods hopelessly the whole night.

5. I really like that restaurant, there is a ............................. service there.

6. The ............................ were 2 to 1 in favor of our team.

7. I felt sorry for the fish, so I ......................... it ..............................




I. Match:

1. rare a. a strong desire to have or do something

2. density b. to hit a hard surface

3. summit c. to decorate, to add something in order to make a thing or aperson more attractive

4. adorn d. the same, with no difference

5. identical e. not found or seen very often

6. aspirations f. the number of things or people in a place in relation to itsarea

7. bounce g. an important official meeting


1. She is really good at mathematics. She has ................ to become a famous scientist.

2. The stone ........................... off the wall and hit her on the head.

3. There were many buildings ............................. with flags for the National Holiday.

4. I can’t see any difference between these two pens -they look .................... to me.

5. It’s a ..................flower. You can find it only in a few places in the world.

6. The .................................. of population in Chicago equals that of San Francisco.

7. The European Community ..................................... took place in Madrid in 1973.




I. Match:

1. ballad a. having no name, not known by name

2. disclose b. a slow, romantic dance song

3. gossip c. admire, regard with great respect

4. nameless d. expose to view, reveal, make known

5. complicate e. attack

6. look up to f. rumor or report of an intimate nature

7. offensive g. become intricate, difficult or involved


1. They can have their cases rejected, without reasons being given by ............officials.

2. You’re a popular girl, Grace, and a lot to the younger ones ............... you.

3. Most old ................. are of unknown authorship and have been handed down orally.

4. The armed forces have launched ................................ to recapture lost ground.

5. Emily Dickinson ............... in her poems the secret thoughts of the heart.

6. To ................................. matters, he was suddenly taken ill.

7. There has been much ..................about the possible reasons for his disappearance.




I. Match:

1. potent a. punch, puncture, perforate

2. vanity b. climb, the act of mounting upward

3. ascent c. something that is vain, empty, useless, conceit

4. prick d. powerful, having authority or influence

5. foreman e. flood, a rushing stream (water)

6. humane f. a spokesperson of a jury, a workman in charge of a group ofworkers

7. torrent g. marked by compassion, sympathy, consideration


1. Amnesty calls on all parties to abide by international law on the ..........treatment ofprisoners.

2. She had just ................................. her finger with the needle.

3. The drug is extremely ................., but causes unpleasant side effects.

4. He still visited the dairy daily, but left most of the business details to his manager and.................................

5. With my usual ..........................., I thought he might be falling in love with me.

6. ............................ of water gushed into the reservoir.

7. In 1955 he led the first ............................... of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest

mountain.




I. Match:

1. rattle a. turn from a particular course or route

2. uneasily b. embarrassed, disturbed by worry, restless

3. scruple c. upset, angry

4. pose d. a period of time, interval, temporary lack of something

5. divert e. a point of conscience or honor, hesitation due toethical consideration

6. lapse f. raise a question

II. Complete the following sentences with the words listed above:

1. There is usually a time .................between receipt of new information and its publication.

2. He was ............................... aware of another watcher in the bushes.

3. He swore in Spanish, another sign that he was .....................................

4. A new bypass will ........................... traffic from route 30 to Route 41.

5. When I finally ...................the questions, he merely shrugged his shoulders.

6. That criminal is really a man with no ..............................




I. Match:

1. excel a. having the quality of being able to float

2. trait b. a distinguishing quality, characteristics

3. kin c. surpass, outdo, be very good at something

4. venerable d. a tax paid for a privilege to use a road or a bridge; the sound of abell

5. buoyant e. an individual’s relatives

6. toll f. old, deserving to be treated with respect


1. Her Chinese friends referred to the Emperor as their ............................ ancestor.

2. The study found that some alcoholics had clear personality ............................ showing upearly in childhood.

3. Church bells ............................ and black flags fluttered early in the morning.

4. Mary was a better rider than either of them and she ............... at outdoor sports.

5. While there is still sufficient trapped air within the container to keep it ......................., it willfloat.

6. After her husband’s death, she went to live with his ..............................




I. Match the words with their meaning:

1. wardrobe a. substance consisting of cement, sand, small stones andwater

2. concrete b. dislike

3. mischief c. behavior intended to cause trouble for people, playingtricks

4. detest d. wall, screen, division

5. partition e. total collection of clothes one has


1. Her .............. consists primarily of huge cashmere sweaters and tiny Italian sandals.

2. His taxicab has a thick Perspex .............between the passenger=s seats and the driver.

3. The little lad was a real handful. He was always up to .....................................

4. Jean ................................ being photographed.

5. The posts have to be set in .......................................




I. Match

1. detain a. Stern, severe, strict, unadorned

2. integrity b. to hold in or as if in custody

3. austere c. completeness, soundness, being a united whole

4. semblance d. to express sorrow for, to mourn aloud

5. lament e. outward appearance, likeness, image


1. I found her a rather .........................., distant, somewhat cold person.

2. He was arrested and ............................... for questioning.

3. Paul was praised for his fairness and high .................................

4. Ken began to ............................ the death of his only son.

5. At least a ................... of normality has been restored to parts of the country.





1. revert to a. remember, recollect

2. collapse b. disintegrate, break down

3. bear in mind c. deserted, abandoned, lonely

4. desolate d. to avoid doing something

5. get out of e. to return to, to come/go back


1. A section of the Bay Bridge had .............. due to a powerful earthquake.

2. Please, .......................... that you are not supposed to speak Spanish in class.

3. Jackson said that her boss became increasingly depressed and .............to smoking heavily.

4. It’s amazing what people do to ................................... paying taxes.

5. A ................................... place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.





1. get over a. attribute

2. competent b. the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law

3. run across c. get across, recover from unpleasant, unhappyexperience

4. ascribe d. sweet, agreeable smell

5. jurisdiction e. to encounter, find by chance

6. fragrance f. capable, qualified


1. He mistakenly ................ the expression “survival of the fittest” to Charles Darwin.

2. Most people do not feel ...............to deal with a medical emergency involving a child.

3. The advertisement is for a male ..........................

4. It took me a very long time to ..................................... the shock of her death.

5. The British police have no .................................. over foreign bank accounts.

6. We ................................. some old friends in the village.





1. startle a. projectiles, explosives

2. grope b. to spoil the appearance of someone

3. extract c. to draw out, pull out, withdraw, select

4. ammunition d. to search blindly or uncertainly

5. disfigure e. to frighten, surprise suddenly

6. undertake f. to take upon oneself as a task, duty


1. He had only seven rounds of ............................... for the revolver.

2. She tried not to look at the scarred, ........................ .... face

3. Citric acid can be .............. from the juice of oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit.

4. I didn’t turn on the light, but ........................ my way across the room

5. She ........................... the arduous task of monitoring the elections.

6. The sudden telephone ring ..................... him and he jumped out of his bed.

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