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PF 15.30 Vocab review units 1-5

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  • 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
  • What makes Lavinia s_______ o________ from her peers is her maturity and ability to make sensible choices.
    stand out
  • Perfect temperature, sunshine, a sunbed by the pool, a cocktail and peace. It was absolute b_______!
    bliss
  • They say that their revolutionary IT system is completely t________- proof. I don't think that's possible nowadays.
    tamper
  • The bad news had to be s_________-c_________ to stop people from becoming depressed.
    sugar-coated
  • 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
  • I love your earrings! They must have cost a fortune. No actually. They're s________- p_________. Not very precious at all.
    silver-plated
  • You've made your decision. Don't ever b_______ d________, even if everyone is against you.
    back down
  • Children often misbehave out of b____________. If you keep them busy, they don't have time to be naughty.
    boredom
  • I hate eating bananas, especialy when they are o_____________!
    overripe
  • She arrived with a beautiful picnic hamper full of delicious fruit and individually f_______- w________ sandwiches.
    foil-wrapped
  • 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
  • Students never become independent if they are regularly s_______-f_______ by their teachers.
    spoon-fed
  • During the recent period of a_____________, salaries were not increased but the cost of living went up as usual.
    austerity
  • 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
  • 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
  • I will never forget the utter t________ of that day, waiting and waiting with nothing to do and nowhere to go!
    tedium
  • 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
  • What I s______ o______ to achieve turned out to be completely different from the end result.
    set out
  • Our examination system is f______________. Nobody can cheat or copy. It's impossible.
    foolproof
  • 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
  • She was wearing the most h__________ perfume. I wonder which one it is?
    heavenly