Vocabulary exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. A …………………. is a person somebody trusts and discusses personal matters and problems with.

a) friend
b) associate
c) subordinate
d) confidante

2. At long last, the officer managed to ……………………. a confession from him.

a) receive
b) obtain
c) extract
d) invoke

3. An unusual condition present at birth is called a ………………….. disorder.

a) congenital
b) congenial
c) habitual
d) malignant

4. This is a scene …………………. from the author’s memoirs.

a) abstracted
b) removed
c) extracted
d) alluded

5. What I loved best about the book is that it made no ………………… to being great literature.

a) pretensions
b) apprehensions
c) airs
d) posing

6. I was congratulating myself on my driving skills, when I …………………into a snow bank.

a) ran
b) skidded
c) drove
d) move

7. Credit card crime is reaching ……………….. proportions.

a) endemic
b) epidemic
c) unbelievable
d) great

8. Her ……………….. nature made her well-loved in the town.

a) amiable
b) amicable
c) hostile
d) haughty

9. The visitor was welcomed ……………….. and introduced to the Governor.

a) ceremoniously
b) ceremonially
c) affectionately
d) perfectly

10. The stories about the boy’s adventures in the jungle ……………….. their imaginations most.

a) Attracted
b) Captured
c) Captivated
d) Improved

Answers

1. A confidante is a person somebody trusts and discusses personal matters and problems with.
2. At long last, the investigative officer managed to extract a confession from him.
3. An unusual condition present at birth is called a congenital disorder.

4. This is a scene extracted from the author’s memoirs.
5. What I loved best about the book is that it made no pretensions to being great literature.
6. I was congratulating myself on my driving skills, when I skidded into a snow bank.
7. Credit card crime is reaching endemic proportions.
8. Her amiable nature made her well-loved in the town.
9. The visitor was welcomed ceremoniously and introduced to the Governor.
10. The stories about the boy’s adventures in the jungle captured their imaginations most.