Advanced Vocabulary 13 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

In opposition to - My favourite team played a___________ Madrid yesterday.

against

difficult to deal with or do - Racism is a t__________ subject to discuss in class.

tricky

careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone - Please be very t___________ when you tell Sally that her friend did not want to visit her today.

tactful

to spend most of your time on only one subject or type of business - She would like to s______ in organic chemistry.

specialize

Take and exam - Next week we will s_______ an exam on physics.

sit an exam

to give people something they need - Next year, our school will p_______ all our books for free.

provide

advantages and disadvantages - Today let´s discuss the p_______ and c_____ of studying late at night.

pros and cons

To choose one thing instead of others - I think I will o______ f_____ studying science instead of maths.

opt for

alone and not having support from other people - I could not in the countryside and be so i__________. I like living in the city.

isolated

To be the same in some way - What my brother and I h_______ in c_________ is that we both like motorcycles.

have in common

Thankful - I was so g____________ that the rain stopped and the sun came out.

grateful

to leave somewhere because you do not like something about it - If prices go up, customers will v_______ with their f______.

vote with your feet

using the newest ideas, designs, and materials - This computer system uses s_________-of-the-a_______ technology.

state of the art

an area of countryside where fewer people live - Bus services to r_________ a_________ are very poor.

rural areas

not harmed or affected by something - Some bacteria are r___________ t_____ these antibiotics.

resistant to

effort that you make with your body - I get out of breath with any kind of p_________ e__________.

physical exhertion

representing - I’m proud to accept this award o______ b________ of all my colleagues.

on behalf of

too interested or worried about something - She’s o___________ w_____ computer games – they’re the only thing she can talk about!

obsessed with

something that is good enough for the function it was intended for. - The school buildings are no longer f_____ for p________.

fit for purpose

knowing something quite well - I’m sorry, I’m not f_________ w______ your poetry.

familiar with

waste gas from a vehicle’s engine that comes out through a pipe - We sat in the traffic jam, breathing in the e_________ f________ from the cars around us.

exhaust fumes

a country with a lot of industrial activity and higher incomes - Our study covered a broad cross-section of the populations of d__________ c__________.

a developed country

a healthy combination of different types of food - If you have a b_________ d________, you are getting all the vitamins you need.

balanced diet

to make sure that you do not touch or come near something - Try to a_______ direct c_______ w______ any of the chemicals.

avoid contact with

something that you hope to achieve - I’ve never had any political a__________.

aspirations

when you become ill if you touch, eat, or go near something. - I’m a__________ to cat fur.

allergic