General vocabulary exercise

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the given options.

1. It was such a ………………. state of affairs that we had to laugh.

2. The senator’s ………………… made him intolerant of other countries.

3. The teacher ………………… the child for arriving late.

4. Without rules, people would live in a state of ……………….

5. The minister made a ………………….. denial of the charges that he had taken bribes.

6. The plumber …………………. the job and now the pipe leaks.

7. How can you believe such a ………………….. lie?

8. Buying the house without having it appraised was …………………

9. It is important to ............................. with those in trouble to really understand their suffering.

10. The spy checked into the hotel under a ............................ name.

Answers

1. It was such a comic / comical state of affairs that we had to laugh.

2. The senator’s chauvinism made him intolerant of other countries.

3. The teacher chastised the child for arriving late.

4. Without rules, people would live in a state of chaos.

5. The minister made a categorical denial of the charges that he had taken bribes.

6. The plumber bungled the job and now the pipe leaks.

7. How can you believe such a brazen lie?

8. Buying the house without having it appraised was brash.

Meanings

Comic / comical – funny, humorous, laughable

Chauvinism – super patriotism

Chastise – punish, reprimand, scold

Chaos – turmoil, upheaval, confusion

Categorical – absolute, unconditional

Bungle – do badly, make a mess of

Brazen – impudent, shameless

Brash – rash, reckless, careless