VOCABULARY TEST 1
1. Sponsorship is being increasingly allowed in schools provided it is regarded as being _____ with educational curricula.
A) considerate
B) predictable
C) decisive
D) compatible
E) provocative
2. As the new field worker will be working in close _____ with several others, make sure you select someone with agreeable personality.
A) uniformity
B) suspicion
C) collaboration
D) discretion
E) productivity
3. The discovery of a _____ cancer-causing chemical in foods like crisps, chips and cereals caused shockwaves around the world when it hit the headlines earlier this year.
A) completely
B) potentially
C) constantly
D) radically
E) remarkably
4. The study of the situation covers a great deal of relevant material, but does not tackle the real issues _____ enough.
A) disturbingly
B) outrageously
C) vaguely
D) adequately
E) currently
5. The recent recovery in palm oil production in Southeast Asia has lead to a / an _____ decline in all vegetable oil prices.
A) dense
B) tentative
C) clumsy
D) abstract
E) dramatic
6. At present, the rate of economic growth is very satisfactory, but _____ when foreign competition makes itself felt, this will not be the case.
A) enthusiastically
B) eventually
C) considerably
D) effectively
E) preferably
7. Serbian _____ in Bosnia has been strongly condemned by the civilised world, but little serious action has been taken against it.
A) conduct
B) settlement
C) investment
D) treaty
E) compliment
8. In view of the severe economic recession, his appointment to this office was regarded as highly _____ .
A) refutable
B) persuasive
C) compulsory
D) appropriate
E) considerable
9. In a child, curiosity normally suggests intelligence and is welcomed; but an _____ adult is best avoided.
A) indefinite
B) indulgent
C) indecisive
D) impartial
E) inquisitive
10. I am not _____ that the proposal actually will lead to an improvement in the situation.
A) impressed
B) deterred
C) convinced
D) refrained
E) intrusive
11. It is a society that is _____ to waging war on all forms of environmental pollution.
A) regarded
B) preferred
C) referred
D) committed
E) upheld
12. Many of the pictures sent from outer space are presently on _____ in the public library.
A) duty
B) display
C) account
D) exchange
E) reinforcement
13. Organizations are often said to be theatres in which people _____ roles in dramas, and psychic prisons, or political arenas.
A) perform
B) allege
C) reinforce
D) presume
E) betray
14. The objective of this project is to increase the depth of awareness and understanding in the world about the causes and consequences of the HIV epidemic through _____ policies and programmes.
A) innovative
B) decadent
C) meagre
D) ambiguous
E) poignant
15. Launched as the new regulatory authority for the country’s banking and financial sector, the National Financial Services Management will extend its activities so as _____ to cover more than 40% of the national economy.
A) exceptionally
B) ultimately
C) inherently
D) fluently
E) apparently
16. To the _____ of those who believe that the new policy will help for the company to get over the long lasting recession, it proved to be far worse than the previous one.
A) competition
B) optimism
C) respect
D) sanction
E) despair
17. In what is viewed as a major diplomatic _____ by Türkiye, Syria agreed to Turkish demands that it abandon its support for the terrorists.
A) distinction
B) execution
C) failure
D) victory
E) pretension
18. Governments throughout the world _____ that the welfare of their people depends on the economic strength and wealth of the community.
A) enlighten
B) commence
C) assume
D) castigate
E) accomplish
19. Many early peoples who had not yet learned to catch fish, hunt game, or till the soil _____ lived chiefly on roots, berries and nuts.
A) undoubtedly
B) inconsistently
C) supremely
D) exceedingly
E) randomly
20. He devised an _____ scheme whereby the rate of unemployment in the country could be brought down sharply.
A) irrelevant
B) unstable
C) ingenious
D) unfamed
E) illegible
21. Due to the far-reaching research and the speedy innovations during the past few years, the computer system we bought only last year is now _____, and therefore we have to purchase a new one.
A) unmatched
B) obsolete
C) temporary
D) transitional
E) deceased
22. In the 19th century, the mechanization of printing _____ the means for meeting the increased demand for books in industrialized societies.
A) prevailed
B) alluded
C) provided
D) achieved
E) predicted
23. Although the Germanic tribes that forcibly migrated into southern and western Europe in the 5th century were _____ converted to Christianity, they retained many of their customs and ways of life.
A) extremely
B) likely
C) ultimately
D) indispensably
E) favourably
24. She is the oldest person in the village, 92 years to be precise, and has a _____ world of advice for everyone.
A) fanciful
B) credible
C) faithful
D) futile
E) kindly
25. Space research is largely a branch of pure science, independent of any applications which _____ from it.
A) enforce
B) reduce
C) insure
D) restore
E) stem
