A Complete the following sentences with words from the list below.
bemoaning / calamity / roughly / confided / diversify / resort to / stock / chop / sucked in / track / wondrous / bunch
1 The only way for this company to survive is to ________ its products and services.
2 On my birthday I did nothing special. Just had a few drinks with a ________ of friends at the pub.
3 For this recipe, you have to ________ the vegetables into small pieces.
4 The planet is threatened with an absolute environmental ________ and we need to act before it’s too late.
5 I bought some Microsoft ________ five years ago and its value has increased tenfold.
6 Danny never wanted to join the gang but eventually he was ________ by means of false promises.
7 Sahara is a huge desert, ________ the size of Europe.
8 The police were able to ________ the stolen money with a radio transmitter hidden inside the robbers’ vehicle.
9 We spent hours in the museum, admiring the ________ collection of medieval weapons.
10 Instead of acting, they limited themselves to ________ their plight.
11 A friend ________ in me that she had a serious problem but she swore me to secrecy.
12 I can’t believe Jim attacked you. He is not the kind of person to ________ violence.
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B Match the words to their synonyms.
visualize - estimate
grab - play around
thriving - large number
share - native
frolic - imagine
host - prospering
set out - prove to be
value (v) - seize
prosperity - very fond of
indigenous - stock
turn out - start a journey
enamored - wealth
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C Complete the gap with a word deriving from the word in CAPITALS.
1 She was walking across the room as ________ as a ballet dancer. GRACE
2 The boss dismissed my proposal because he didn’t consider it ________ viable. FINANCE
3 How dare you doubt my ________ to our cause? I have dedicated my life to it. COMMIT
4 The ________ of my car engine from gasoline to oil cost a lot of money. CONVERT
5 Ruth’s emotional ________ with her manager was not viewed favorably. ENTANGLE
6 The ________ of wind turbines has been seriously questioned. SUSTAIN
7 My latest ________ include a vintage Ferrari and a Rolls Royce Silver Phantom. ACQUIRE
8 Samuel’s ________ dedication to his motherland has finally been acknowledged. LIFE
9 Suzie was very good at Math so she studied ________ . ACCOUNT
10 This contract certifies that I own the house in ________ . PERPETUAL
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