Vocab Reading test(Unit 6)

Question 1

Chronicler(n)

Answer 1

a person who writes descriptions of historical events as they happen
Ex: He used to be a photographer and chronicler

Question 2

Scholar(n)

Answer 2

someone who is intelligent or good at learning by studying

Ex: A history scholar

Question 3

Probe(v),(n)

Answer 3

• to ask questions to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know (v)
  Ex: Reporters began probing for more information./ I don’t want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.
  Ex: an FBI probe into accidents
  Sys: explore, search, investigate

Question 4

Proclaim(v)

Answer 4

to say publicly or officially that something important is true or exists
Ex: She proclaims to the family that her husband having an affair
Sys: declare, announce

Question 5

Revealing(adj)

Answer 5

• something interesting or surprising about a situation or someone’s character
  Ex: Historical sources can also be fascinating and revealing
• showing something that was not previously known or seen
  Ex: A book can be revealing about how life works

Question 6

Sought to(past simple of seeking)

Answer 6

to try or attempt

Ex: They sought to reassure people that their homes would be safe from the flood.

Question 7

Solicits(v)

Answer 7

to ask someone for money, information, or help(in a determined way)
Ex: Political advertising solicits a vote/ Solicits expert opinion
Sys: request, ask, beg, petition

Question 8

Fruitless

Answer 8

failing to achieve what was wanted, especially after a lot of effort
+ Fruitless attempt/exercise
Ex: A fruitless search for the very first advertisement
Sys: useless, futile

Question 9

Eschew(v)

Answer 9

to deliberately avoid doing or using something
Ex: A moral man who eschewed violence
Sys: avoid, flee, dodge

Question 10

Relegate(v)

Answer 10

to give someone or something a less important position than before
Ex: Most publications relegating the advertisement to the back pages

Question 11

Vie(v)

Answer 11

to compete very hard with someone in order to get something
- Vie for/with/to do sth
Ex: They vied with each other to archived a superior position
Sys: compete, rival, contest

Question 12

Catalogue(n),(v)

Answer 12

-a book with a list of all the goods that you can buy from a shop
Ex: a mail-order catalog
Sys: list
-things in the form of a list in a particular order
Ex: they are cataloging hundreds of books on the shelves
Sys: index, schedule

Question 13

Ethical(adj)

Answer 13

relating to principles of what is right and wrong
Ex: The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult ethical questions./ we have similar ethical beliefs about the intellectual property
Sys: moral,ethic

Question 14

Centrality(n)

Answer 14

The noun form of “central”

Question 15

To a lesser extent

Answer 15

less strongly, or not as much

Ex: This store has everything from plane to a lesser extent like souvenirs in every country