Optimise B2 : vocabulary units 1-3

It quickly became .......... that he didn't know anything about it. (appear)

Her biggest .......... so far is graduating from Oxford University. (achieve)

His early works which he started showing in 1895 were very much influenced by ........... (impress)

Amanda hated working in advertising - it was so .......... (competition)

He looked much .......... , shook his head at me, and in a minute or two went away. (pleasure)

There's a possible .......... explanation for it. (science)

We need to .......... the future and put the past behind us. (simple)

Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came into .......... (exist)

Despite the .......... of the hour the place was still crowded. (late)

He’s going to have .......... surgery on his knee. (explore)

Charlie thinks money will ......... all his problems. (solution)

One of the witnesses was a paid ........... for the FBI. (informative)

The individual stories were .......... and could be read in any order. (relate)

I read yesterday's news with .......... that it really happened. (believe)

They are especially skilled at ........... the technical aspects of genetics. (popular)