Vocabulary 8

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Questions 1-15.
1. When a person is given instructions how to do something, these instructions can be called a -
a. brief b. commandant c. telling-off d. direction
2. If you get involved to change the way things are going, you -
a. congregate b. roll up c. convene d. intervene
3. Another way to say "I want you to look at this" is to say -
a. "I recommend" b. "I must demonstrate" c. "Can I exhibit myself?" d. "May I point out"
4. If you put something in danger, you .......... it.
a. consider b. jeopardise c. augment d. curtail
5. The way the staff in a company work together depends on their ............ relationships
a. mutual b. interpersonal c. involved d. propriety
6. "Diligent research" means research that has been done
a. carelessly b. for someone else c. with a lot of effort d. for a long time
7. If you decide something without thinking much about it you can say that you took the decision -
a. reluctantly b. lightly c. desperately d. with a bubble
8. When a company puts a new idea into action, this is called an -
a. activity b. installation c. initiative d. overtaking
9. "To the same degree" means -
a. as much b. as hot c. as good d. opposite
10. If you are unsure and not happy about something, you have -
a. uninsurance b. dubiousness c. redoubt d. reservations
11. A word meaning "famous for something bad" is -
a. renowned b. odious c. notorious d. remarked
12. If all businesses in an economy are doing badly, there is a bad business -
a. feeling b. climate c. affair d. market
13. When you try to do something difficult that you do not understand, you are -
a. cracked up b. out of your depth c. in the bog d. over the moon
14. If you have a predilecetion for something, you .......... .
a. avoid it b. lie about it c. forget it d. do it often
15. If there is a good reason for doing something, it can be called -
a. redeemable b. defensive c. inexplicable d. justifiable

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