C1 Advanced Use Part 3: Word formation | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Due to inflation, house prices in this area have become totally _____________ . We may have to look somewhere cheaper. (afford)

UNAFFORDABLE

That sign on the truck means that it is carrying ______________ materials. (explode)

EXPLOSIVE

Addiction to hard drugs have had a very _________ effect on this community. (destroy)

DESTRUCTIVE

So many asteroids finish their days by crashing into Jupiter due to its huge ________________ pull. (gravity)

GRAVITATIONAL

Harry should have checked the __________ of the swimming pool before allowing his children in. There could have been an accident. (deep)

DEPTH

As he took more and more drugs to counter the disease, he became _____________ incoherent and confusing. (increase)

INCREASINGLY

You can't help but disbelieve the government when different ministers are giving out ______________ statements about policy. (contradict)

CONTRADICTORY

To join the police, there is normally both an age and a height ____________ . (Require)

REQUIREMENT

Most of the activities we did on the course were ___________ and irrelevant. I think it is very wasteful to spend money on these things. (meaning)

MEANINGLESS

Put your things on that small __________ table over in the corner. (wood)

WOODEN

The child's inability to hear his mother calling was blamed on a hearing disability which was eventually solved using a new _____________ technique from Norway. (revolution)

REVOLUTIONARY

Severe ____________ problems in the country's prisons persuaded the government to invest more money in its prison rebuilding programme. (Crowd)

OVERCROWDING

You should dress _________ for the party. No tuxedo required! (formal)

INFORMALLY (no tuxedo required!)

Despite the striking similarities between the two paintings, the court decided the artist was not guilty of making a ____________ copy. (FRAUD)

FRAUDULENT

The survey showed many young offenders had had a difficult _____________. (BRING)

UPBRINGING

This new law will not only affect cinemas in the United States but could have dramatic and significant effects on the film industry ____________ . (world)

WORLDWIDE

The next time you are in a dark place in the countryside at night, look up at the night sky and wonder at the __________ stars set out in the heavens before you. (number)

NUMEROUS / INNUMERABLE

Reports on the invasion are still very unclear, as are the __________ of what this will prompt the government to do. (imply)

IMPLICATIONS

He is being very ___________ about his whereabouts last night. (mystery)

MYSTERIOUS

You need to take three of these red pills _________ (day)

DAILY