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Question 1

preliminary (a)

Answer 1

coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it:

We’ve decided to change the design based on our preliminary findings.

Question 2

privilege (n)

Answer 2

an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or because they are rich:

Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege.

Question 3

predetermine (v)

Answer 3

to decide or arrange something at an earlier time:

It’s impossible to say how much a person’s behaviour is predetermined by their genes.

Question 4

presume (v)

Answer 4

to believe something to be true because it is very likely, although you are not certain:

I presume (that) they’re not coming, since they haven’t replied to the invitation.

Question 5

composition (n)

Answer 5

the way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph:

a group composition

Question 6

linkage (n)

Answer 6

a connection, or the action of connecting:

There’s a direct linkage between cultural values and the way people live.

Question 7

cluster (n)

Answer 7

a group of similar things that are close together, sometimes surrounding something:

Have a look at the cluster of galaxies in this photograph.

Question 8

diverge (v)

Answer 8

to follow a different direction, or to be or become different:

They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.