Advanced Vocabulary 13 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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

against

contrary

versa

opposite

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

tricky

slippery

argumentative

conflicting

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

tactful

tacky

tacking

tacted

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

specialize

center

direct

point

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

sit

set

place

put

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

provide

stock

service

give

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

pros and cons

good and bad

plus and minus

positive and negative

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

opt for

go on

settle in

choose to

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

isolated

crowded

included

excluded

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

have in common

have same

have similar

have in comune

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

grateful

gratified

greateful

gratifical

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

vote with their feet

go on foot

verify with their feet

foot verify

using the newest ideas, designs, and materials - This computer system uses __________ technology.

state-of-the-art

super-latest

ultra-ultimate

latest-greatest

areas of countryside where fewer people live - Bus services to __________ are very poor.

rural areas

urban areas

suburban areas

developed areas

not harmed or affected by something - Some bacteria are ________ to these antibiotics.

resistant

reactive

repellant

retardant

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

physical exertion

personal motion

corporal effort

energetic drive

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

on behalf of

in the place

instead

for the place

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

obsessed

overboard

overwhelmed

obligated

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

fit for purpose

fine for the job

good for the results

suitable for the intention

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

familiar with

familiarised to

aquainted for

recognised to

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

exhaust fumes

emitted smoke

unhealthy vapors

external gases

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

developed

modern

enriched

industry

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

balanced diet

mixed nutrients

dietitian meal

health routine

to make sure that you do not touch or come near something - Try to __________ with any of the chemicals.

avoid contact with

remain from touching

restrain from approaching

evade diliberate proximity

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

aspiration

asumption

acclamation

attraction

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

allergic

allergy

allergical

allergenic