VOCABULARY TIME!

Steven found some of the questions in the exam ... and realised he hadn't studied enough.

• exquisite

• alluring

• incomprehensible

• arbitrary

One of the questions on the paper seemed to be ... and Steven wasn't sure what it meant.

• ambiguous

• ambitious

• desiccated

• arduous

Daniel was able to recognise the ... of irony when he read the passage.

• association

• consideration

• prediction

• significance

Daniel wished his team mate would stop ... him aside whenever he tried to get the ball.

• slumbering

• shoving

• reeling

• wiping out

Fiona felt that studying after 10 pm tended to have ... effects on her performance as she found it hard to concentrate the next day.

• particular

• adequate

• adverse

• desirable

The Principal's announcement about the resignation of the Computer teacher sounded rather ...

• desiccated

• ominous

• ardent

• antagonistic

Susan felt very ... when she received her final scores.

• desiccated

• fundamental

• paradoxical

• disconsolate

Leaving home can be a ... experience if you have a positive outlook.

• thatched

• savoury

• brash

• fortifying

The gold was stored in the bank's ...

• deposits

• devices

• safeguards

• vaults

This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an ... scale.

• impressive

• unprecedented

• irresolute

• intrepid