PF 15.30 Vocab review units 1-5 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

She arrived with a beautiful picnic hamper full of delicious fruit and individually f_______- w________ sandwiches.

foil-wrapped

I saw a horror movie about a terrifying f______-e_______ virus that slowly munched away at your internal organs and killed the entire population in 2 days. Lucky it was just a film.

flesh-eating

The bad news had to be s_________-c_________ to stop people from becoming depressed.

sugar-coated

Our examination system is f______________. Nobody can cheat or copy. It's impossible.

foolproof

During the recent period of a_____________, salaries were not increased but the cost of living went up as usual.

austerity

Children often misbehave out of b____________. If you keep them busy, they don't have time to be naughty.

boredom

I'm convinced that some domestic appliances have programmed o_____________. It's very strange that they start to break down a couple of months after the guarantee runs out

obsolescence

My cousin is known in our family for his m___________________. He went back to a party the day after to pick up the 2 cans of beer he hadn't drunk.

meanness

When I was 17, I had no a_______________. I didn't really know what I wanted to do in life. Look at me now!

aspirations/ambitions

What makes Lavinia s_______ o________ from her peers is her maturity and ability to make sensible choices.

stand out

What I s______ o______ to achieve turned out to be completely different from the end result.

set out

You've made your decision. Don't ever b_______ d________, even if everyone is against you.

back down

The rush hour is when people c____________ on the station entrance from all of the surrounding streets, making it almost impossible to go in the opposite direction.

converge

She was wearing the most h__________ perfume. I wonder which one it is?

heavenly

I hate eating bananas, especialy when they are o_____________!

overripe

I love your earrings! They must have cost a fortune. No actually. They're s________- p_________. Not very precious at all.

silver-plated

Students never become independent if they are regularly s_______-f_______ by their teachers.

spoon-fed

In the summer months,the streets of Magaluf are overflowing with b____-s___________ Brits, already drunk at 9am and sunburnt and asleep by lunchtime (all day breakfast at the Irish pub of course)

beer-swilling

They say that their revolutionary IT system is completely t________- proof. I don't think that's possible nowadays.

tamper

I looked at the plate of strange deep-fried food with r___________. I was sure they had been some kind of grub or larvae before being dipped in the batter.

revulsion

I will never forget the utter t________ of that day, waiting and waiting with nothing to do and nowhere to go!

tedium

Perfect temperature, sunshine, a sunbed by the pool, a cocktail and peace. It was absolute b_______!

bliss