Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 8 - Test 4 - Passage 03

Which word is a synonym for ancient in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• prehistoric

• attend

• spacious

• sector

Which word is a synonym for voyager in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• identity

• traveler

• concentration

• competition

Which word is a synonym for far-flung in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• far

• particular

• demonstrate

• remarkably

Which word is a synonym for jar in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• pot

• pattern

• principle

• elaborate

Which word is a synonym for complicated in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• homogeneity

• complex

• circulate

• render

Which word is a synonym for exhaustive in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• individual

• struggle

• thorough

• observe

Which word is a synonym for abundance in this sentence:

Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung collecting ants can be as simple as picking up stray ones and placing them in a jar, or as complicated as completing an exhaustive survey of all species present in an area and estimating their relative abundances.

• progress

• adequate

• scarcely

• plenty

Which word is a synonym for taxonomy, classification in this sentence:

For taxonomy, or classification, long series, from a single nest, which contain all castes (workers, including majors and minors, and, if present, queens and males) are desirable, to allow the determination of variation within species.

• taxonomic

• reckless

• pest

• synthetic

Which word is a synonym for caste in this sentence:

For taxonomy, or classification, long series, from a single nest, which contain all castes (workers, including majors and minors, and, if present, queens and males) are desirable, to allow the determination of variation within species.

• glory

• class

• bask

• avidly

Which word is a synonym for desirable in this sentence:

For taxonomy, or classification, long series, from a single nest, which contain all castes (workers, including majors and minors, and, if present, queens and males) are desirable, to allow the determination of variation within species.

• alarming

• outbreak

• wanted

• necessitate