Vocab 5

Reducing CO₂ emissions is of paramount importance in order to combat climate change.

• needless, meaningless, insignificant

• vital, important, essential

• dependent, reserve, subject

Choosing a university is no trifling matter for young people.

• indirect, consequent

• supporting, important

• unimportant, unnecessary

I found Mrs V's English lessons absolutely riveting.

• interesting, entertaining

• boring, depressing

• liberating, free

My English teacher is so dull, I can't stay awake in her class.

• witless, daffy

• boring, low-like

• abate, recede

You make an outstanding point.

• good, excellent

• mature, unsettled

• salient, famous

I think it's dreadful how people treat animals sometimes.

• menacing, impending

• formidable, daunting

• abominable, ghastly

I live in a quaint village in the south-east of the country.

• pretty, charming

• historical, rich

• poor, abandoned

My neighbourhood is hideous but the people are nice.

• extremely rich

• extremely poor

• extremely ugly

It's baffling that some people believe the earth is flat.

• bewildering

• enlightening

• construing

Nurses are paid a paltry salary considering how hard they work.

• meager

• substantial

• capacious