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| The accident was the result of a ……………………… failure to consider the risks involved. (culprit) | Culpable |
| The accident was the result of a ……………………… failure to consider the risks involved. (culprit) | Culpable |
| The President authorizes the ____________ (judge) use of military force to protect our citizens. | Judicious |
| But with them he could be violent, abusive, _____, a Lothario of the highest order. (double) | Duplicitous |
| She was once a pretty young lady, but turned into a scarred witch after continuous ……………………… (figure) | Disfigurement |
| Staff felt as if they had been ……………………… when they discovered the new management’s plans. (wink) | Hoodwinked |
| It will be very adjuvant for you to ……………………… the meeting so you have time to play golf (short) | Foreshorten |
| Londoners have long been ……………………… proud of a health service that does not serve them well. (verse) | Perversely |
| AXJ's growth will likely slow meaningfully, possibly even ……………………… our own forecasts. (shoot) | Undershoot |
| The instruction manual includes a section on ……………………… to help you with any simple problems you might have with the television. (shoot) | Troubleshooting |
| Lots of young couples do not use ……………………… on their first time, and many do not use it at all. (conception) | Contraception |
| The management body was set up in order to …………………………… construction of the railway system. (SEE) | Oversee (v): to watch somebody/something and make sure that a job or an activity is done correctly |
| He considered himself the best in our class, but his recent scores in the examination has ……………………………. him of that notion. (ABUSE) | Disabused (v): to tell somebody that what they think is true is, in fact, not true |
| The government is now faced with the …………………………… problems of unemployment. (SUPER) | Insuperable (adj): that cannot be dealt with successfully |
| We have our ……………………………advertising department; therefore, we don't need to hire other companies to publish the materials. (HOUSE) | In-house (adv): within a company or an organization |
| The speaker had to break off midway in his long speech on agrarian revolution owing to the chorus of ………………………….. (CALL) erupting from his audience. | Catcall (n): a noise or shout expressing anger at or criticism of somebody who is speaking or performing in public |
| Mr. Lavrov, when asked about the violation of the previous …………………………..(FIRE) among the belligerents, refused to point out who was to blame for. | Ceasefire: a time when enemies agree to stop fighting, usually while a way is found to end the fighting permanently |
| …………………….. (MASCULINE) by his Achilles heel, Tom was bitterly defeated by his opponent. | Emasculate (v): to make somebody/something less powerful or less effective |
| When the bomb went out, Mr. Mohamad was laying quiet, ………………………..(INSOMNIA) on the bed beside the entrance after a long day full of all the drudgery. | Somnolent: almost asleep |
| Suffering from ……………..……….. (PHOBIC) has made many people desperately struggle to be in confined spaces. | Claustrophobia: an extreme fear of being shut in a small place; the unpleasant feeling that a person gets in a situation that limits them |
| "We regret to say that", the doctor sadly informed his patient. "once the ………………………….. (VENOM) has begun, you are bound to die a painful death." | Evenomation: the name given to the injection of venom (the poisonous secretion of an animal) into a person's body, usually by a bite or sting. |
| The coffee shop named Den Da is decorated with a jazzy panoramic ceramic picture, impressing the guests by its …………………………..(CHROMA). | Polychromatism: showing a variety or a change of colors : multicolored |
| A large number of people would not have suffered from cancers if they had paid attention to their body changes during the early stages of ………………………….. (GENESIS). | Carcinogenesis: The process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells. |
| The distribution of nonideal fish communities can be roughly calculated by the …………………….. (METER) of suitable variables. | Parameterization: a mathematical process consisting of expressing the state of a system, process or model as a function of some independent quantities called parameters. |
| The baseball player’s malice toward the referee was revealed in his _____ remarks to the media, which almost ruined the referee’s career. (spite) | Spiteful behaving in an unkind way in order to hurt or upset somebody |
| Although Zachary is much too inexperienced for the managerial position, he is a willful young man and _____ refuses to withdraw his application (obduracy ) | Obdurately in a way that shows that you refuse to change your mind or your actions in any way |
| Her fashion sense was usually described as ______, but on the night of the party, Tanya’s outfit was uncharacteristically modest. (flame) | Flamboyant brightly coloured and likely to attract attention |
| Raincoats are made of … material. (PERMEATE) | Impermeable |
| Your performance is undoubtedly … (MERIT) | Meritorious |