Vocabulary 15

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Questions 1-15.
1. Information that something is definitely true is called ....
a. confirmation b. defamation c. confession d. avowal
2. If something is "tendered" it is ...
a. made softer b. sold c. offered d. put in position
3. Which of these expressions means "at once"?
a. Without doubt b. In the spot c. With dispatch d. Effective immediately
4. People or companies taking part in an agreement are called "the ... to the agreement".
a. partners b. parties c. partakers d. partitions
5. If you choose not to take part in something, you ...
a. fade out b. leave in c. pass by d. opt out
6. If you say that you are going to leave your job, you ....
a. put off b. fire yourself c. sack outl d. give notice
7. "To receive money in lieu of holiday". What does "in lieu" mean?
a. In advance b. Instead c. For the reason d. As well as
8. If you do something for someone else, you do it on their ..
a. behalf b. position c. benefit d. claim
9. A phrase meaning " you can be certain" is ...
a. be knowing b. rest assured c. lie in peace d. get wise
10. "The rumour was unfounded" "Unfounded" means ...
a. uncertain b. untrue c. widespread d. true
11. Someone who stops working, and receives a pension has ...
a. declined b. resigned c. retired d. dropped out
12. Someone who has lost their job because they are not needed any more has been ....
a. made redundant b. pensioned off c. put aside d. kicked upstairs
13. A particular point in a formal agreement is called a ....
a. measure b. exactment c. clause d. cache
14. If you send something on to another address, you ......
a. post it on b. pass it over c. remail it d. forward it
15. If you expect something to happen in the future, you have..
a. prophesied it b. denounced it c. forseen it d. previewed it

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