VOCABULARY PRACTICE

TEST DATE: 06/07/2024

SECTION 1: Choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the following.
1. Bryan Clay of the United States took a ___________ lap after winning the Olympic decathlon
on Friday.
A. ceremony B. parade C. victory D.
walkover
2. He was unaware that he was being ___________ with out-of-date stock.
A. shored up B. struck back C. fobbed off D.
thumbed at
3. A whole ___________ of measures was tried in an attempt to get them to give up cigarettes.
A. battery B. wood C. generation D.
stream
4. He wrote a(n) __________ expression for weeks following the news that he had not got the
promotion.
A. latent B. exultant C. doleful D. nonchalant
Doleful = mournful = very sad
5. If there’s a ___________ gap between what he says and what he does, he shouldn’t be
trusted.
A. frowning B. grieving C. whooping D.
yawning
6. Although they’d been together but a half-dozen times, each remained with him, ___________
imprinted in his memory.
A. indelibly B. abidingly C. unremittingly D. seamlessly
7. After the severe outbreak, the government devalued the currency in an attempt to revive
the economy that was ___________.
A. in hot water B. in bad nick C. on the blink D. in the
doghouse
8. One of my worst decisions last year was moving to London as its high cost of living
___________ my savings.
A. availed of B. tapped into C. fed off D. gobbled up
9. Linda should be as minimalist as possible because we only have enough room to pack the
__________ essentials.
A. bare B. mere C. sheer D. basic
10. Instead of obeying the ___________ matter of the law, they only abide by the minutiae.
A. weighty B. heavy C. hefty D. bulky
11. These young people die ___________ from heroin overdoses.
A. big-time B. mega C. wholesale D.
aplenty
12. The team offer financial __________ to the director so that they can secure their place in
the finals.
A. godsends B. windfalls C. jackpots D. sweeteners
13. After the accident, he took a few drinks to try to ___________ his nerves.
A. cushion B. steady C. sedate D. allay
14. The new law has been seen as an attempt to ___________ of small companies by barring
them from freely entering the market.
A. crack the whip B. cover the tracks C. clip the wings D.
chance the arm
Bar (v) to ban or prevent somebody from doing something
15. As soon as I played the tape, feelings that had been ___________ for years came flooding
out.
A. corked up B. simmered down C. blotted out
D. locked in
16. His career started ___________ with a gold medal at the World Junior Championship.
A. expediently B. providentially C. prosperously D. auspiciously
17. These days, young children tend to have a(n) ___________ against voicing their true
feelings.
A. inhibition B. retardation C. restriction D.
reservation
18. Tom was caught ___________ the books while working as an accountant for the firm.
A. fiddling B. tempering C. tinkering D.
revamping
19. The presidential candidate only cares to represent wealthy corporate donors who power
his campaign and ___________.
A. throw his weight behind B. take him to the cleaners
C. line his pockets D. look like a million bucks
line your (own)/somebody’s pockets
to get richer or make somebody richer, especially by taking unfair advantage of a situation or
by being dishonest
Health services are lining the drug companies’ pockets, according to the report.

20. Normally, if you ___________ out of a fight because you are afraid, you can’t declare you’re
the winner, unless you want to be publicly ridiculed!
A. duck B. chicken C. weasel D. worm
chicken out (of something/of doing something)
(informal) to decide not to do something because you are afraid

SECTION 2: Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in
capitals.
1. They’ve surcharged us 10 % on the price of the holiday because of a rise in air fares.
(CHARGE)
2. Most blind beliefs in heretical ideas and various taboos originate in some religious
mentality. (HERESY)
3. John wrote a memoir of his grandmother after she passed away. (MEMORY)
4. As in all the chapters, David maintains the excitement visually with pictures and page
designs that make such a book a page-turner. (PAGE)
5. In order to ensure cat’s safety, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a sharp small
knife before cooking. (BONE)
6. Migratory birds unerringly cross countries, continents, and even oceans by using
magnetic fields to navigate. (ERROR)
7. A(n) ahistorical political outlook can be misguided or even dangerous, because it doesn’t
take the lessons of the past into account. (HISTORY)
8. The consortium headed by Mr. Smith would be looking to develop hotel facilities adjoining
the stadium. (SORT)
Consortium (n): a group of people, countries, companies, etc. who are working together on
a particular project
9. A series of deepfake videos of what appears to be Margot Robbie has surfaced online,
fooling many users into believing it is actually her. (FAKE)
10. Mind-altering drugs weren’t necessary, since this was an evening of pure unadulterated,
spontaneous and harmless fun. (ADULT)
SECTION 3: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D)
best fits each gap.
Those who _______________ (1) for a vegetarian diet must usually _______________ (2) up a
variety of aspect concerning the nutritional value of vegetables and the adequacy of
vegetarian meals in terms of the number of _______________ (3) provided to the body.
Vegetarianism is not a new concept, rather an ancient custom which evolved in the Far East
cultures on ethical or religious grounds.
In today’s world, it has been undertaken by many followers who for a variety of reasons
believe the vegetarian diet more preferable to that containing meat. For example, there’s the
theory that animal meat wasn’t originally a component of the staple human diet as mankind
evolved from foragers who later _______________ (4) a taste for flesh. Hence, our primeval
ancestors are alleged to have had a substantial _______________ (5) of proteins and vitamins
from natural vegetation rather than from the meat of hunted game. What’s more, human
teeth don’t _______________ (6) much resemblance to those of animal carnivores, and neither is
our digestive system equivalent to the meat eaters’ one.
Apart from the enforced vegetarianism of underdeveloped communities where populations
deprived of animal protein _______________ (7) the natural vegetation, there’s a rising
acceptance of the vegetarian diet which _______________ (8) to be regarded as an eccentricity.
Abstention from animal food, be it for religious, economic or humanitarian reasons, has been
a quickly spreading custom as, surprisingly, the vegetarian diet needn’t be dull or deficient.
Yet, it does involve taking good _______________ (9) to supply the body with a sufficient
quantity of nutrients _______________ (10) from corn, seeds and cereals.
1. A. prefer B. opt C. select D. favour
2. A. judge B. weigh C. confer D. survey
weigh somebody up
to form an opinion of somebody by watching or talking to them
It was obvious that she was cautiously weighing me up.

3. A. nutrients B. foods C. cuisines D. condiments

4. A. generated B. acquired C. instituted D.
accustomed
5. A. output B. offset C. upturn D. intake
6. A. infer B. assume C. bear D. pertain
7. A. play down on B. come in for C. fall back on D. get on for
8. A. terminates B. ceases C. concludes D.
finished
9. A. precautions B. resolutions C. proceeds D.
measurements
10. A. comprising B. deriving C. procuring D.
providing
SECTION 4. Read the passage and fill each of the following numbered blanks with
ONE suitable word.
Why is the idea of going somewhere so universally appealing? Life itself is an adventure but,
to many, travel and all that is (1) associated with it is the ultimate. Primarily, it is because
travel provides a psychological respite - a break from the (2) ordinary and the thrill of doing
something new. The awful monotony of our daily (3) routine can, after a while, actually make
us mentally, even physically, ill. Tedium leads to staleness, to a lack of interest in our
surroundings and our fellow human beings and, eventually, (4) in ourselves.
We all (5) derive relief from boredom and sameness. We want challenge and adventure, and
travel offers a ready solution. The word “adventure” can only be defined by the person using
it. Depending on individual (6) interpretation, it can mean anything from a car trip to a
nearby city to climbing Mount Everest. The key is the experience itself and (7) what it
represents. The world is shrinking, and as global trade and tourism expand, we want to be a
part of it. We not only want to see, we want first-hand experience of the world and its peoples.
(8) Regardless of our age, interests, destination or budget, we want to be participants in our
own travel experience, not merely observers. Today’s travellers are more active, curious, and
better informed. They bear scant (9) resemblance to those bemused package holiday
tourists who, herded uncomprehendingly into coaches, raced from one place to the next
without any real awareness of where they were or why they were (10) there. We know where
we’re going, and what we want to do there.
SECTION 5. Complete the sentences below with an appropriate preposition.
1. “You can’t buy these tablets over the counter. You have to get them on prescription.”
2. There is no known cure for Sterrits disease.
3. He was rushed to hospital with suspected appendicitis.
4. He couldn’t eat what she had prepared for him because he was allergic to cheese.
5. He had been under a lot of stress, and it was beginning to take its toll of his health.
6. You are supposed to finish the course if you are on antibiotics.
7. Her grandfather died of/from cancer.
8. Both of her sons suffer from hayfever.
9. He was in pretty good shape for a man of his age.
10.They operated on him on Monday and he was discharged from hospital on Tuesday!
11.He was with intensive care, his life hanging by a thread.
12.She takes vitamin supplements in winter because she is susceptible to colds and flu.
13.She was admitted to hospital with third-degree burns.
14.There’s a long way to go before my leg is totally better but at least it is on the mend.