{"id":286,"date":"2014-09-01T03:43:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2014-09-01T03:43:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T03:43:17","slug":"vocabulary-exercise-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/vocabulary-exercise-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The boy handed in a term paper that he had \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. copied from a website.<\/p>\n

a) unabashedly<\/p>\n

b) carefully<\/p>\n

c) unabatedly<\/p>\n

2. She felt \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by her inability to speak English well.<\/p>\n

a) abashed<\/p>\n

b) berated<\/p>\n

c) reproached<\/p>\n

3. I hurt my leg while playing football. It hurt quite a bit, but gradually, the pain \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

a) abated<\/p>\n

b) abhorred<\/p>\n

c) aggravated<\/p>\n

4. Shyam is a good guy. His bad behaviour at the party was an \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

a) abdication<\/p>\n

b) aberration<\/p>\n

c) abjection<\/p>\n

5. My daughter \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. fish and meat.<\/p>\n

a) abnegates<\/p>\n

b) abhors<\/p>\n

c) berates<\/p>\n

6. Millions of people still live in \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. poverty.<\/p>\n

a) abhorrent<\/p>\n

b) aberrant<\/p>\n

c) abject<\/p>\n

7. Maya \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. desserts for one month because she wanted to lose weight.<\/p>\n

a) aborted<\/p>\n

b) abashed<\/p>\n

c) abnegated<\/p>\n

8. Yesterday, I made an \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. effort to bake a cake.<\/p>\n

a) unabashed<\/p>\n

b) abortive<\/p>\n

c) abject<\/p>\n

9. Raghu\u2019s admission of guilt \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Manu, who had originally been accused of the crime.<\/p>\n

a) absolved<\/p>\n

b) abnegated<\/p>\n

c) acquiesced<\/p>\n

10. Kabir \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Aditi of her obligation to go to the party with him. He told her she could go with her best friend instead.<\/p>\n

a) abhorred<\/p>\n

b) admonished<\/p>\n

c) absolved<\/p>\n

Answers<\/h3>\n

1. The boy handed in a term paper that he had unabashedly<\/strong> copied from a website. (When you do something unabashedly, you do it without shame.)<\/p>\n

2. She felt abashed<\/strong> by her inability to speak English well. (To feel abashed is to feel embarrassed.)<\/p>\n

3. I hurt my leg while playing football. It hurt quite a bit, but gradually, the pain abated. <\/strong>(When pain abates, it subsides.)<\/p>\n

4. Shyam is a good guy. His bad behaviour at the party was an aberration. <\/strong>(An aberration is a deviation from the standard.)<\/p>\n

5. My daughter abhors<\/strong> fish and meat. (To abhor is to detest or dislike very much.)<\/p>\n

6. Millions of people still live in abject <\/strong>poverty. (Abject means hopeless.)<\/p>\n

7. Maya abnegated<\/strong> desserts for one month because she wanted to lose weight. (To abnegate is to reject or renounce.)<\/p>\n

8. Yesterday, I made an abortive<\/strong> effort to bake a cake. (Abortive means unsuccessful.)<\/p>\n

9. Raghu\u2019s admission of guilt absolved<\/strong> Manu, who had originally been accused of the crime. (To absolve is to free from blame.)<\/p>\n

10. Kabir absolved<\/strong> Aditi of her obligation to go to the party with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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