Lex syn 4

There are surely many answers to this question, not one of which is impeccably established by ... evidence

• stable

• firm

• settled

• hard

Answer explanation

HARD EVIDENCE: definitely true + needn't be questioned

He brooding sense of unease wouldn't be ... by his explanation

• deterred

• allayed

• soothed

• placated

Answer explanation

PLACATE: stop so from feeling angry

ALLAY: If you allay a strong emotion felt by so (fear or worry), you cause them to feel it less or to feel calm again

The decrease in the number of salmon has ... through commercial overfishing

• gone about

• seen about

• come about

• brought about

Answer explanation

[C2] happen, or start to happen

For me, dieting requires a ... effort of will

• supreme

• principal

• uppermost

• superior

Answer explanation

SUPREME [C1] having the highest rank, level, or importance

Lawrence attempted to draw me into conversation, but I ... him, and went to another part of the room

• ejected

• skipped

• discounted

• snubbed

Answer explanation

SNUB: insult so by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not important

EJECT: push, throw, or force something out of a place

Scientists are annoyed that the research programme has been abandoned so...

• expeditiously

• unconcernedly

• indiscreetly

• precipitately

Answer explanation

PRECIPITATE [fm]: done sooner or faster than expected and without enough thought or preparation

EXPEDITIOUS [fm]: done sooner or faster than expected and without enough thought or preparation

Your essay is quite good. Just ... it ... a little with a few illustrations and quotations

• finish/ off

• bring/ off

• write/ up

• touch/ up

Answer explanation

TOUCH/ UP: improve st by making small changes or additions

There are always plenty of competitors ready to ... in on company's misfortunes

• cash

• zero

• burst

• home

Answer explanation

CASH IN ON: get money or another advantage from an event or situation, often in an unfair way

It's Black Friday! Let's go out on a shopping ...

• craze

• fling

• fad

• spree

Answer explanation

SPREE: a short period of doing a particular activity much more than is usual

Testing is taking up an ... amt of teacher's time

• implacable

• unrelenting

• inexorable

• inordinate

Answer explanation

INORDINATE: much more than usual or expected

UNRELENTING: extremely determined; never becoming weaker or admitting defeat