Advanced Vocabulary 12 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Use one´s experience, talents, or skills as a resource - Sue has a lot of past experience to _________.

draw on

drag from

deal with

derive from

to accept something to be true without question or proof - My parent just ___________ that I will go on to study at university, but I am not so sure.

assume

effect

apply

ensue

To allocate, designate or set for a specific purpose - The teacher says that she will _________ seats for us so that the students do not fight for the best ones.

assign

design

resign

align

to tell someone that you are sorry - You should _______ to the teacher for missing her class.

apologise

appologise

appologize

apologice

to make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you - The bully continued to ________ the other children.

antagonize

recognize

flatter

praise

to recognize or admit truth or importance - My friend refused to _________ the fact that I studied harder than her for the exam.

acknowledge

conceal

portray

reserve

in my opinion - To my _______, McDonald´s is better than Burger King.

mind

head

brain

thought

a small noticeable part of a problem, which is really much bigger - The plastic that can be cleaned from the shore is just the __________.

tip of the iceberg

top of the hill

point of the glacier

peak of the mountain

old and not fresh - We could not eat the bread because it was __________.

stale

steel

sour

stuffy

needing a lot of time - The legal process was _________ and expensive.

time-consuming

time-taking

time-eating

time-stealing

to give someone a written suggestion for doing something - Youth groups are invited to __________ for activities they would like to be funded.

submit a proposal

admit a file

propose a form

solicit an application

Communicating by using hands for people who cannot hear - Deaf people communicate with ___________.

sign language

motion language

hand language

signal language

learning something from memory, rather than understanding it - Much of what they do in class is little more than _________.

rote learning

memory learning

remember learning

note learning

a place where people who have escaped from their own country can live, for a limited time - Huge ____________ have sprung up on the borders.

refugee camps

rescue camps

saving camps

salvation camps

to achieve everything you are capable of - She is a gifted violinist, but she may never __________.

reach her potential

realize her goal

achieve her hope

gain her proposal

energy that comes from sources such as wind or the sun - The house is heated entirely from _________.

natural energy

nature energy

bio energy

ecological energy

mental problems that affect a person’s ability to learn things - Some of the children have specific ________.

learning difficulties

learning trouble

brain handicap

memory loss

able to pass a disease from one person, animal or plant to another - This disease is highly _________.

infectuous

inflamable

passable

detectable

a state in which your body is protected from disease - The vaccination gives you _________ against the disease for six months.

immunity

contageous

transmissible

infection

a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usual - The _________ is set to last for another week.

heat wave

heat stroke

heat exhaustion

hot season

when the world becomes warmer because of pollution - __________ is affecting the polar ice caps.

global warming

globe warming

global heat

heating globe

a fuel such as coal or oil that is obtained from under the ground - We need to find alternatives to __________.

fossil fuels

eco fuels

bio fuels

crude fuels

barriers or methods used to stop an area from flooding - The government plans to build stronger _________ on this area of coastline.

flood defenses

flood methods

flooding safety

flooding methods

something that could cause a fire - This old wiring is a __________.

fire risk

fire safety

fire plan

fire prevention

intentional and planned - We made a _________ decision to live apart for a while.

deliberate

hasty

hesitant

lengthy

A crop to be sold to an area different from where it was grown - Coffee is an important __________ in this region.

cash crop

money crop

lucrative crop

commerce crop