Vocabulary review - unit 1 - Proficiency Expert | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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A quiz on Vocabulary

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The singer arrived at the airport looking _______ after almost a year of touring.

churn

savage

jaded

lousy

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She really _________ and sweated to get to the top of her profession.

despised

hustled

jaded

ranked

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This word is a synonym for shabby, in bad conditions.

stew

jaded

hustled

tatty

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Don't touch my notebook. My personal stuff is totally ____________!

out of limits

by leaps and bounds

of limits

out of bounds

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My reading skills have improved __________ since I started reading books every night.

in leaps and jumps

by leaps and bounds

by jumps and bounds

in jumps and leaps

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His ambition ____________________.

knows no bounds

hasn't got jumps

knows no limits

has no leaps

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There is no need to ___________ just because I asked you how much you earn.

jump in my throat

jump in my neck

jump down my throat

jump down my neck

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The final step before the first night of a theatre performance is the _______.

dress rehearsal

cue training

ovation

curtain call

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Despite the struggle with her costume, she managed to enter the stage ______.

at cue

on cue

off cue

in cue

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An actor who learns a part in a play so that they can act the part if the usual actor is ill is.

the stage replacement

the understudy

the screenwriter

the overstudy

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Someone who writes plays , a dramatist, is a __________.

playauthor

playwright

screenwriter

playwriter

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Having to live in the Artic has been an ___________ challenge for me.

inprecedented

unprecedented

unprecedent

inprecedent

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To go somewhere with someone is to ___________.

get along

hark together

tag along

get together

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To be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult.

thrive on

hark on

tag along

counteract

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The new style of shoes _________ the 1970s ; color-soled styles which lace up the leg.

thrives back to

tags back to

harks back to

excels

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Give me a synonym for awful / terrible / horrible.

woeful / appalling / dreadful

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