CAE: Term 2 - Vocab Review

I’ve had a couple of d_____ spam emails today and deleted them both without opening them.

I told a _ _ _ when I said I enjoyed the wedding. ("A small, unimportant lie.")

Don’t lend her any more money – you are such a soft _____!

DEFINITION: To collect things and hide them somewhere, not least so they can be used later.

The c_ _b _ _ _ s on funding for social care are having a great impact on vulnerable people.

DEFINITION: Gender neutral term for wife or husband.

My sister b_________ my parents’ trust by not telling the truth.

DEFINITION: A problem that delays or prevents progress (s _ _ b _ _ _ _)

They managed to build the brand through _____ of mouth.

He tried to project some semblance ______ confidence even though the thought of the interview terrified him.

DEFINITION: An animal's baby or babies (o _ _ s _ _ _ _ _)

DEFINITION: The way that your parents care for you and teach you to behave when you are growing up. (u _ b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)

Older people are often a/an (clear/easy/obvious) prey for online or phone scams.

Personally targeted ads push all the right _____ to tempt us into buying.

You shouldn’t leave s_____ cash around the house as it entices burglars. ("Free, extra money to spend.")

DEFINITION: A noun based on a phrasal verb; synonym for "disadvantage".

Cathy had an (SATIATE) desire for knowledge from an early age and read every book she could find.

DEFITION: A way of selling something in which there is a lot of pressure on you to buy.