CAM 17 TEST 4 PASSAGE 3

Question 1

blindfold (n)/(v)

Answer 1

a piece of cloth that covers someone’s eyes to
prevent them from seeing anything

to cover someone’s eyes with a piece of cloth

Question 2

take on (v)

Answer 2

to compete against

Question 3

set a high bar for (v)

Answer 3

to set a high standard for something

Question 4

stand out (v)

Answer 4

be noticeable, be prominent, catch the eye

Question 5

rarefied (a)

Answer 5

not ordinary, different, exclusive

Question 6

fondness (n)

Answer 6

liking, affection, love

Question 7

get the kicks

Answer 7

pleasure, excitement, thrill

Question 8

simultaneously (adv)

Answer 8

at once, concurrently, at the same time

Question 9

prowness (n)

Answer 9

skill, ability, talent

Question 10

feat (n)

Answer 10

something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it

Question 11

accomplished (a)

Answer 11

talented, skillful, proficient,

Question 12

astonishing (a)

Answer 12

surprising, astounding, beyond belief

Question 13

tournament (n)

Answer 13

game, contest, competition

Question 14

obsessed with (a)

Answer 14

fascinate, possess, preoccupy

Question 15

the uninitiated (n)

uninitiated (a)

Answer 15

people who are without knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity

amateur, nonprofessional, inexperienced

Question 15

to call for (v)

Answer 15

need, require, necessitate

Question 16

be recalled faithfully

Answer 16

memorise accurately, precisely, believably

Question 17

taxing (a)

Answer 17

difficult or needing a lot of thought or effort

exhausting, draining, tiring

Question 18

set in (v)

Answer 18

appear, emerge, crop up

Question 19

patchy (a)

Answer 19

If information is patchy, only small parts of it are known

Question 20

fragmented (a)

Answer 20

disorganized, frazzled

Question 21

supremely (adv)

Answer 21

extremely, completely, enormously

Question 22

tentative (a)

Answer 22

not certain or agreed
hesitant, cautious,

Question 23

frontoparietal (a)

Answer 23

involving both frontal and parietal bones of the skull.

thuộc trán thái dương

Question 24

grandmaster (n)

Answer 24

a chess player of a very high
standard