This exercise tests your range of English vocabulary.
1Meera was extremely angry, but I ............... her by promising to leave her house and never return.
Wrong!
"Assuaged" means calmed or soothed, which fits Meera's anger.
2More research needs to be done on how to ............... conservation needs with the growing demand for natural resources.
Wrong!
"Reconcile" means make two different needs or ideas able to exist together.
3............... by her friends, she lost all hope.
Wrong!
"Forsaken" means abandoned, which explains why she lost hope.
4A ............... study found the site suitable for building the airport.
Wrong!
"Feasibility" is the correct word in the fixed phrase "feasibility study".
5His party should be blamed for the political ............... in the country.
Wrong!
"Stalemate" means a situation in which no progress can be made.
6Work on the project cannot start until the planning authority gives ............... to the development.
Wrong!
"Consent" means permission, which is needed before the project can start.
7We won't be able to maintain our competitive advantage without ............... this deal.
Wrong!
"Clinching" means securing or successfully completing the deal.
8A series of financial blunders ............... in the collapse of one of the largest banking institutions in the world.
Wrong!
"Culminated" means ended with a particular final result.
9Humans are ...............; however, they need mental companionship more than physical companionship.
Wrong!
"Gregarious" means sociable or fond of being with others.
10Susie's decision to marry her best friend's ex-boyfriend left me ...............; I couldn't figure out why she wanted to do it.
Wrong!
"Nonplussed" means confused or puzzled, which matches not understanding Susie's decision.
11The journey took longer than we expected because the driver took a ............... route.
Wrong!
"Circuitous" means indirect or roundabout, which made the journey longer.
12Students protested against school regulations that ............... their social activities.
Wrong!
"Circumscribed" means limited or restricted, which fits regulations on social activities.
Answers
- Meera was extremely angry, but I assuaged her by promising to leave her house and never return.
- More research needs to be done on how to reconcile conservation needs with the growing demand for natural resources.
- Forsaken by her friends, she lost all hope.
- A feasibility study found the site suitable for building the airport.
- His party should be blamed for the political stalemate in the country.
- Work on the project cannot start until the planning authority gives consent to the development.
- We won’t be able to maintain our competitive advantage without clinching this deal.
- A series of financial blunders culminated in the collapse of one of the largest banking institutions in the world.
- Humans are gregarious; however, they need mental companionship more than physical companionship.
- Susie’s decision to marry her best friend’s ex-boyfriend left me nonplussed; I couldn’t figure out why she wanted to do it.
- The journey took longer than we expected because the driver took a circuitous route.
- Students protested against school regulations that circumscribed their social activities.