Vocabulary 2

Question 1

Someone who is a______ is friendly and pleasant to be with.

Answer 1

amiable

Question 2

She is an a______ girl and keeps in with everyone.

Answer 2

amiable

Question 3

Something that is p______ is relevant to a particular subject.

Answer 3

pertinent

Question 4

He may withhold p______ information or perhaps even lie about their symptoms.

Answer 4

pertinent

Question 5

If you describe something as d______, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable.

Answer 5

dubious

Question 6

Other hackers find d______ business practices that large corporations try to accomplish.

Answer 6

dubious

Question 7

If a parliament, court, or conference r_________ , it meets again after a break.

Answer 7

reconvenes

Question 8

The panel is scheduled to r_______ shortly to announce measures to eliminate school violence,

Answer 8

reconvene

Question 9

If a court, report, or person in authority e________ someone, they officially say or show that that person is not responsible for something wrong or unpleasant that has happened.

Answer 9

exonerates

Question 10

In some cases, we have seen new evidence emerge which e_______ those on death row, often years after the trial.

Answer 10

exonerates

Question 11

habitually truthful or honest

Answer 11

veracious

Question 12

Charles Dickens strongly implies that judgments made from unbiased positions are always more v________ than those deduced from social standards.

Answer 12

veracious

Question 13

If you feel e_______, you feel tired and weak.

Answer 13

enervated

Question 14

If you describe something such as someone’s behaviour or appearance as i________, you are emphasizing that it is perfect and has no faults.

Answer 14

impeccable

Question 15

The rooms are clean, the foods is good and the service is i__________.

Answer 15

impeccable

Question 16

If you s_______ two activities, processes, or movements, or if you s_________ one activity, process, or movement with another, you cause them to happen at the same time and speed as each other.

Answer 16

synchronize

Question 17

If you s________ with someone who is in a bad situation, you show that you are sorry for them.

Answer 17

sympathize

Question 18

I must tell you how much I s________ with you for your loss, Professor

Answer 18

sympathize

Question 19

to impress deeply on the mind or nature

Answer 19

ingrain (engrain)

Question 20

This will i______ the practice into your mind and carry over into your unconscious mind state.

Answer 20

ingrain

Question 21

If you e____ something or someone, you praise them enthusiastically.

Answer 21

extol

Question 22

At school teachers should e____ virtues like honesty and fairness so as children can have an effective character education

Answer 22

extol

Question 23

If someone e______ a quality or feeling, or if it e_______, they show that they have it to a great extent.

Answer 23

exudes

Question 24

The guerrillas e_____ confidence. Every town, they say, is under their control

Answer 24

exude

Question 25

If a dead person’s body is e_______, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died.

Answer 25

exhumed

Question 26

His remains have been e_______ from a cemetery in Queen’s, New York City.

Answer 26

exhumed

Question 27

A d_______ is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.

Answer 27

deterrent

Question 28

A s_________ place is quiet and far away from busy places.

Answer 28

sequestered

Question 29

If you c______ something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.

Answer 29

concede

Question 30

If someone c_______ or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.

Answer 30

convulses

Question 31

If people or vehicles c_______ on a place, they move towards it from different directions.

Answer 31

converge

Question 32

Hundreds of police c_______ on the rally site and used tear gas and clubs to subdue protesters.

Answer 32

converged

Question 33

to do something to lessen the risk of something happening (idiom)

Answer 33

hedge against sth

Question 34

If you a______ something, you admit it or declare it.

Answer 34

avow

Question 35

If two or more things c_______, they come together and form a larger group or system.

Answer 35

coalesce

Question 36

The two impoverished neighborhoods have c_______ into a single thriving community.

Answer 36

coalesced

Question 37

If you e_______ someone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods

Answer 37

ensnare

Question 38

Feminism is simply another device to e______ women

Answer 38

ensnare

Question 39

If you s_______ a strong desire or feeling, you express it in a way that is socially acceptable.

Answer 39

sublimate

Question 40

R________ for someone or something is a feeling of great respect for them.

Answer 40

reverence

Question 41

If you have r_______ about something, you are not sure that it is entirely good or right.

Answer 41

reservations

Question 42

When the renowned tenor finished singing, the delighted audience applauded without r_______.

Answer 42

reservation

Question 43

If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is e________, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.

Answer 43

entrenched

Question 44

A general “spend now, pay later” attitude has e______ itself in many countries.

Answer 44

entrenched

Question 45

Something that u______ has gentle curves or slopes, or moves gently and slowly up and down or from side to side in an attractive manner.

Answer 45

undulates

Question 46

If you s______ something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.

Answer 46

scour

Question 47

If an object is i_____ with a design, the design is carefully cut into the surface of the object with a sharp instrument.

Answer 47

incised

Question 48

If you b______ something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.

Answer 48

brandish

Question 49

He appeared in the lounge b_______ a knife.

Answer 49

brandishing