October. Part 2

Question 1

feeling confident and positive about the future; giving your opinions in a powerful and confident way:
I’m not so _____ about the future of my education.
I’m not really in a ____ mood. Life seems to only get worse.

Answer 1

Bullish

Question 2

causing, or connected with, an increase in the price of shares;
There is a _____ mood on Wall Street.
With growing demand for telecommunication equipment, the market is very _____ on these types of stocks.

Answer 2

Bullish

Question 3

that is the reason or explanation for: thus; therefore;
from this time:
A better working environment improves people’s performance, and ____ productivity.
It is not a central aspect of perception and _______ need not have such a primary role in psychological inquiry.
The project should be completed by next March, six months ______.
The true consequences will only be known several years ______.

Answer 3

Hence

Question 4

to disapprove of something:
Homophobia should be _______ but excessive amount of people still support anti-gay laws.
Smoking is ________ in many societies.
I ______ stupidity.

Answer 4

Frown on/upon

Question 5

Have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like.
‘they ________ each other closely’
So many hotels resemble each other.
I don’t ____ my biological parents at all.
After the earthquake, the city _____ a battlefield.

Answer 5

Resemble

Question 6

that shows a lack of care, thought, or effort;
‘Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably _______ and careless on the other.’
_____ thinking
‘If the life of God were as _____ and sentimental and subjective as our own, we could never count on him to be consistent in anything.’

Answer 6

Sloppy

Question 7

(informal) romantic in a silly or embarrassing way; expressing feelings of love in a way that is silly or embarrassing: weakly or foolishly sentimental.
“lovers of _____ romance”
I believe I’m a ____ lover.
A ______ love song.

Answer 7

Sloppy

Question 8

(of clothes) loose and without much shape; ____ clothes are large, loose, and do not look neat:
‘I normally wear big _____ shirts to disguise my figure, but I cannot go to the beach because it is so obvious that I am fat’
At home I tend to wear big _____ sweaters and jeans.

Answer 8

Sloppy

Question 9

very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant:
The dough was a bit _____ so I added some more flour.
She covered her face with _____ kisses.
I hate _____ socks.

Answer 9

Sloppy

Question 10

to reach or maintain the required standard
I had to explain to the applicants why they didn’t _________.
I’m afraid of not _______ for Ivy league.

Answer 10

Make the cut

Question 11

an amount of goods that is sent somewhere:
“a __________ of drugs”
The special warm gloves are now being delivered in large ________.
We are investigating the cause of the complaints about the flavor of some ________ and have replaced them from other stocks.

Answer 11

Consignment

Question 12

If goods are __ ___________, the person or company that has them pays for them only after selling them.
He refuses to ship goods __ _________.
Some stores prefer to hold goods __________ rather than take the risk that they will remain unsold.

Answer 12

On consignment

Question 13

an original idea, plan, or invention:
The project was the _____ of one of the students.
Of course, many such projects were the _______ of the former director of the regionally managed services department—a man who had a penchant for privatization.
Perhaps he would put up a strong defense of his grandfather’s _______.

Answer 13

Brainchild

Question 14

(old-fashioned) to care for something or someone:
He carefully ______ his garden all summer.
I ______ my books like my cats.
The nurse gently ______ the patient’s cuts and bruises.

Answer 14

Tend

Question 15

a central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow, or which forms a support
flower _____
Carmen broke off a long ______ of grass and poked it in her mouth.

Answer 15

Stem

Question 16

to persuade somebody to do something by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do
Banks actively __________ people to borrow money.
Speaking your mind is highly ______ at these sessions.
They’ve always ___________ me in everything I’ve wanted to do.

Answer 16

Encourage

Question 17

to give somebody something that they can use, or some work, task or responsibility; to send someone somewhere to do a job:
We have been ______ the two large classrooms.
Have you _________ a day for the interviews yet?
She was __________ to the newspaper’s Berlin office.
They’ve ______ their best man to the job.

Answer 17

Assign

Question 18

​used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to the idea that is being expressed: no, nothing, none, etc. not at all; not of any kind
He has no respect for authority ______.
Here, social cohesion and peaceful co-existence are regarded as similar terms which do not presuppose the absence of any conflict _________.
‘Is there any doubt about it?’ ‘None _________.’

Answer 18

Whatsoever

Question 19

a situation in which someone pretends to believe something that they do not really believe, or that is the opposite of what they do or say at another time:
Another interesting aspect of this situation is the fluidity of these identity formations and the level of __________ involved.
The biggest _______ in sports are owners who yell about players’ salaries.
It’s ___________ for him to criticize her for doing the same things that he does.

Answer 19

Hypocrisy/hypocrite/hypocritical

Question 20

to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful without giving up:
We had to _______ a nine-hour delay at the airport.
He can’t ______ to be/being defeated.
a love that _______ all things and never fails

Answer 20

Endure

Question 21

to continue to exist for a long time:
The political system established in 1400 _______ until about 1650.
Everyone situated in a community of interests has an interest in that community existing and _____.

Answer 21

Endure

Question 22

to start something that will last for a long time, or to create or set something in a particular way:
The brewery was ________ in 1822.
Once we ______ the price, we can begin to market the product.

Answer 22

Establish

Question 23

to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect:
The tax must be adjusted upward to ___________ inflation.
These new energy technologies are aimed at _______ the effects of global warming.

Answer 23

Counteract

Question 24

to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem:
Airports are trying to _____ security concerns without causing inconvenience to passengers.
The issue of funding has yet to be ______.

Answer 24

Address

Question 25

to speak or write to someone:
He likes to be _____ as “Sir” or “Mr Partridge”.
It’s incorrect to _____ people by their first names at these formal events.

Answer 25

Address

Question 26

a large number of people or things:
The city has a ____ of problems, from homelessness to drugs and murder.
As manager of the restaurant, his job is to feed the _________ (= large numbers of people).

Answer 26

Mititude

Question 27

available to be used by someone any time:
This will be a tough match and they’ll need all the talent __ __ _____ to win it.
Having sold the house she had a large sum of money _________ (= to spend as she wanted)
I would like to see a myriad of things __________.

Answer 27

At one’s disposal

Question 28

to do or be better or more than something else:
My work in the field must become unlikely to be ________ for a very long time to come.
The quarterly sales figures have ________ everyone’s expectations.
Our team’s achievements _________ those of teams in earlier years.

Answer 28

Surpass

Question 29

to make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind:
For some people, the word “England” may still _________ images of pretty gardens and tea parties.
a name that _________ the romantic nature of the 1920s

Answer 29

Conjure up

Question 30

​to make somebody/something appear by using special magic words (with a following contract);
They found her at the bottom of her garden, __________ the spirits of her ancestors.
I prayed and ________, but all was useless.
In an instant, the magician had _________ a dove from his hat.

Answer 30

Conjure (up)

Question 31

what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned:
Hundreds of homes were reduced to ____ in last summer’s wildfires.
Her _____ were scattered at sea.

Answer 31

Ash

Question 32

to (cause to) move far apart in different directions:
The protesters ______ at the sound of gunshots.
I ______ grass seed all over the lawn/I ______ the whole lawn with grass seed.

Answer 32

Scatter

Question 33

happening without any sudden changes, interruption, or difficulty:
Even though it is composed in part of previously published articles, the flow from chapter to chapter is almost _______.
Although the process typically appears ____, and even “natural,” these rituals depend on a large number of actors and include many individual events.

Answer 33

Seamless

Question 34

to give great pleasure to someone/ fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture.
I was utterly _________ by the way she smiled.
I am ________ every time I finish all my study plans.
“_______ by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking”

Answer 34

Ravish

Question 35

rape/to seize and take away by violence
“there is no assurance that her infant child will not be _______ from her breast”
______. It fulfills your deepest desires.
Three, I steal the money and ______ that woman.

Answer 35

Ravish

Question 36

to search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information:
It’s not always a good idea to ______ too deeply into someone’s past.
Chapters 11 and 12 ___ into how to transform the multitude of results created through the previous chapters into good sociolinguistic argumentation.
We can then use this general form to show the existence of a fixed point without having to _____ too much into the details.

Answer 36

Delve

Question 37

to feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that that person or thing is bad or has no value:
I _____ myself for my lack of accomplishments.
He _____ himself for being such a wuss.

Answer 37

Despise

Question 38

a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control:
The ____ to steal is very strong in some of these young men.
My _____ to shoot for the starts often is misunderstood.
Sometimes I get an ____ to go swimming at lunchtime.
In the narrower discipline of the history of science and technology, too, there was a strong ___ for serious but not exactly clearly defined changes.

Answer 38

Urge

Question 39

to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing:
Investigators ____ that safety procedures at the site should be improved.
Lawyers will _____ the parents to take further legal action.
The dogs are _____ into fighting more fiercely by loud shouts from the crowd.

Answer 39

Urge

Question 40

in danger of being damaged or destroyed:
Bad investments have put the company’s future ______.
My senseless actions have put my future ______.
Gendered ageism : a double ______ for women in organizations.
He is responsible for placing innocent lives _________.

Answer 40

In jeopardy