CAE Vocabulary Warmup

to prompt=

• prevent from

• stimulate, inspire

• decide

• cooperate

to enhance=

• decrease

• endanger

• suppose

• increase, boost

crux =

• obstacle

• negligence

• point, core, heart

• detail

cue for sth=

• tip, hint

• opposite

• problem

• support

enticing =

• repugnant

• detestable

• boring

• tempting, alluring

caveat=

• agreement

• warning

• excitement

• indifference

to herald=

• deny

• accept

• announce, forerun

• avoid

inevitable=

• dangerous

• unavoidable

• relative

• insecure

peril=

• security

• impregnability

• jeopardy, risk

• certainty

____________to popular belief

• Contradictory

• Contrary

• Opposite

• Opposed