PRELIMINARY “TEST-YOURSELF” STUDY
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Upper Intermediate Vocabulary Test 2 - ESL Vocabulary Exercises
Question 1 |
Who would have thought that the great champion would have to withdraw from the Anatolian Rally because of a simple ______?
A | fluctuation |
B | detonation |
C | expulsion |
D | explosion |
E | puncture |
Question 2 |
I daresay this man is ............... to stealing. He's never going to give it up.
A | vulnerable |
B | adamant |
C | adaptable |
D | addicted |
E | unyielding |
Question 3 |
He was dismissed from service for his insistent ______.
A | obedience |
B | intelligibility |
C | disobedience |
D | unintelligibility |
E | indigestion |
Question 4 |
The two brothers were living in ............. flats.
A | accommodation |
B | permanent |
C | triangular |
D | adjacent |
E | unitarian |
Question 5 |
I don't think that was a very ............. decision. You should've sent the documents through a courier service.
A | displeased |
B | wise |
C | crude |
D | hostile |
E | unsafe |
Question 6 |
Turkland was ............... a republic on October 29th, 1923.
A | professed |
B | prosecuted |
C | prohibited |
D | prophecied |
E | proclaimed |
Question 7 |
The voter fills out the ............... at a nearby table and then places it in the box on the observer's table.
A | ballot |
B | candidate |
C | electoral |
D | suffrage |
E | petition |
Question 8 |
The Queen of Sheba wore a robe ............... with diamonds and emeralds.
A | disfigured |
B | curbed |
C | maladjusted |
D | adorned |
E | loathed |
Question 9 |
............... were asked to choose between cavalry and infantry.
A | Infants |
B | Recruits |
C | Vendors |
D | Veterans |
E | Aviators |
Question 10 |
The report seems to ............... that a stiff resistance by the insurgents is to be expected.
A | present |
B | provoke |
C | predict |
D | preserve |
E | prescribe |
Question 11 |
............... parents would want to see their children be educated in a least restrictive environment.
A | Vigorous |
B | Incompetent |
C | Extravagant |
D | Permissive |
E | Self-denying |
Question 12 |
Her husband passed away last month. She herself is ............... an incurable disease and is in intense pain.
A | remonstrated with |
B | self-denying |
C | afflicted with |
D | affluent in terms of |
E | overly acquisitive for |
Question 13 |
Finland is a(n) ............... nation. She is listed among the world's economically most competitive countries.
A | poverty-stricken |
B | insolvent |
C | underprivileged |
D | impoverished |
E | affluent |
Question 14 |
The prisoner was put in solitary ______.
A | destitude |
B | confinement |
C | disfavour |
D | endurance |
E | saturation |
Question 15 |
The new teacher was overly ............... with her pupils. All the rest of us teachers stood aghast at their lack of discipline.
A | intolerant |
B | judicious |
C | lenient |
D | repulsive |
E | hideous |
Question 16 |
The new ............... development plan is certain to mean a lot of changes in the life of the ordinary peasant.
A | agitation |
B | agrarian |
C | arrogance |
D | aggravation |
E | affectation |
Question 17 |
The UN General Assembly passed a(n) ______, calling for an immediate ceasefire between the two sides.
A | resolution |
B | inference |
C | indifference |
D | reconstruction |
E | communication |
Question 18 |
Last week's plane crash was apparently due to an amateur pilot's ............... his fuel levels.
A | acquiring |
B | pleading |
C | resuming |
D | assigning |
E | misreading |
Question 19 |
I wouldn't call it "a minor ______", doctor. He's constantly in great physical agony.
A | conflict |
B | nod |
C | ailment |
D | blunder |
E | remorse |
Question 20 |
The timely ............... of the village -- just before the tsunami struck -- saved many lives.
A | alteration |
B | evacuation |
C | situation |
D | purification |
E | amputation |
Question 21 |
The house was thoroughly ______ from view by tall trees.
A | embittered |
B | surrendered |
C | embodied |
D | surrounded |
E | obscured |
Question 22 |
Should we judge by the lovers' constant wailing in so many Turkish songs, we would conclude that intense love must be something ............... to intense suffering.
A | alien |
B | akin |
C | indifferent |
D | dissimilar |
E | defiant |
Question 23 |
He is a(n) ............... man with an eye for fine detail. In fact, he never misses the slightest error or imperfection.
A | indolent |
B | thorough |
C | listless |
D | paralyzed |
E | languid |
Question 24 |
Speaking of common beggars, they do ............... a city’s social image as they abuse the kindness of the townspeople and the visitors alike, day in day out.
A | tiptoe |
B | motivate |
C | loathe |
D | impair |
E | soothe |
Question 25 |
My mind was ............... with a thousand worries and contrary passions.
A | consoled |
B | soothed |
C | alleviated |
D | lulled |
E | agitated |
Question 26 |
Deer employ ...............ness, speed and agility to defend themselves against wolves. Here again, they stood ...............and gazed at the wolves.
A | blunt |
B | obstuse |
C | dull |
D | alert |
E | tender |
Question 27 |
They claim to have seen a ............... creature on the island that was half crocodile and half snake.
A | exacerbated |
B | laudable |
C | hideous |
D | lucid |
E | conspicuous |
Question 28 |
Mutual ............... is the first condition for two conversants to communicate with each other about a shared world.
A | obedience |
B | intelligibility |
C | unity |
D | indolence |
E | misunderstanding |
Question 29 |
One of the ............... differences between Ahmet and Mehmet was that Ahmet was twenty kilos heavier.
A | unitarian |
B | salient |
C | insignificant |
D | adjacent |
E | inconspicuous |
Question 30 |
Since ideologies are ............... in character, they do not easily yield to reason.
A | dormant |
B | indolent |
C | incredible |
D | dubious |
E | dogmatic |
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