A Complete the following sentences with words from the list below.
embarked on / reluctant / contagious / assailant / encounter / streak / blissfully / drained / fester / overrated
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1 I still think that Jeff is a(n) ______ artist despite the fact that his books sell like hot cakes.
2 That’s typical of Sarah. She starts a new venture, ______ unaware of the dangers ahead.
3 Don’t let Gary’s apparent calm fool you. There is a ______ of violence in him.
4 The ______ with the wolf in the forest left me trembling.
5 If you leave the issue between you and your brother unresolved, it will ______ into bitterness. You’d better deal with it sooner rather than later.
6 Jack wouldn’t give me a straight response when I asked him how he had come by that expensive watch he was wearing. He was clearly ______ to answer.
7 When asked to identify his ______ , Richard pointed at a man in black with a scar on his face.
8 The flu is a(n) ______ disease. You can catch it by a person coughing or sneezing next to you.
9 It was with great joy that Samantha ______ her new career as a vice-president in an advertising company.
10 I was so thirsty I ______ my water canteen in under a minute.
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B Match the words to their synonyms.
jagged - strong, determined and not afraid of arguing
bravado - not bright
blizzard - want to have sth that belongs to sb else
feisty - with rough, pointed edges
exasperated - very common, widespread
dim - a heavy snow storm
stem from - undamaged
rife - be the result of something
untainted - extremely annoyed
covet - a confident way of behaving
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C Complete the gap with a word deriving from the word in CAPITALS.
1 If you don’t ____________ the engine, it won’t work properly. LUBRICANT
2 It was with great ____________ that I accepted the offer. RELUCTANT
3 The ____________ of wildlife in the area stunned me. ABUNDANT
4 In spite of his achievements, the scientist exhibits ____________ in public. HUMBLE
5 Jack is always ____________ to his teachers. DEFER
6 Her sense of social ____________ never allowed Martha to make friends with the upper class. INFERIOR
7 On this map, you can observe the ____________ patterns of the wild ducks. MIGRATE
8 I strongly dislike movies that ____________ violence. GLORY
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