[0223] Mixed vocab #2

Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside.

• applauded

• enthused

• appealed

• extolled

When the student graduated, he got his ________.

• paper

• degree

• license

• pension

She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to go out anyway.

• object

• care

• matter

• mind

The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.

• pronounced

• disguised

• represented

• revealed

Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by the noise from the next room.

• dissuaded

• repressed

• distracted

• interfered

I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.

• remember

• wonder

• guess

• suspect

‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the uncomprehending shopkeeper.

• want

• wish

• take

• desire

I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid.

• permit

• classify

• confess

• claim

After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn’t very happy at his new ________.

• job

• post

• work

• place

Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the competition.

• enabled

• capable

• eligible

• permissible