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Advanced. Unit 3

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  • she reacted with a mixture of confusion and _____ (=strong dislike for something very unpleasant)
    disgust
  • the kitchen was well-equipped with modern _____
    appliances
  • people are polite to him, but he feels they’re just a bit _____
    superficial
  • he came under a lot of pressure to _____ when he was at school
    conform
  • Golf has a long history of male ______
    domination
  • he was ______ critical of the proposal
    harshly
  • she doesn’t _____ to any stereotype
    conform
  • the plot _______ around a young boy who prefers ballet to boxing
    revolves
  • we accepted their ______ for the night (we stayed at their house overnight)
    hospitality
  • Jackie is maintaining an optimistic ______ for the future
    outlook
  • definitions of normality ____ across time and across different countries
    vary
  • it’s difficult to _____ to my uncle because he’s always talking about politics
    relate
  • he was worried that they’d take the _____ out of him because of his new haircut
    mickey
  • people were ______ when I said I lived in a basement flat
    puzzled
  • such jobs offer little hope of upward ______
    mobility
  • it was a ____-looking instrument/the whole _____ situation had got out of control (=strange)
    bizarre
  • it’s lovely and _____ when everyone’s sitting round the table
    cosy
  • society demands _______, but life offers many choices
    conformity
  • she wrapped a warm scarf _____ round her neck
    cosily
  • France is a ______ state (the state does not have an official religion)
    secular
  • it’s always a surprise to discover new objects – or the _____ of ones we expect to find
    absence
  • I spent the morning doing household _____
    chores
  • it would be ______ of him to refuse to lend her the money
    hypocritical