Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise – MCQ Test 12

Syndicalism embodies the idea that workers, through direct action, --------- a general strike, should seize control over the means of production and hence gain political power.

Even in developed countries, it is not unusual to see wage and job -------- against women.

The origins of stress vary from person to person, and people --------- differently to stressful events.

This hotel certainly offers a high standard of service at --------- rates.

I'm sure the boy is not really backward, but it is certainly difficult for him to --------- the other students in his class.

Every community in the world recognizes certain activities as crimes and has developed its own way of --------- them.

The visitors were taken to the airport, and there they were --------- by the assistant manager.

The top research universities in the U.S.A. are ------- the fact that women researchers are encountering substantial barriers to career advancement.

His doctor ------- advising him to take it easy for a while and stop all overtime but he didn't listen.

I'm afraid I can't ------- the signature on this painting, but it has been signed.

Our understanding of the development of behaviour has long been hampered by the tendency to ------- sharply between "innate" and "acquired" behaviour.

Owing to the shortages in some building materials and labour ------- in some trades, the building industry began to make more use of prefabricated.

In a blizzard, the ------- of very low temperatures, strong wind and suffocating snow often proves fatal.

As regards the proposals for the treaty on economic cooperation, my government has certain --------- concerning them.

The ------- concerning total disarmament have broken down without leading to any fruitful results.

A well-organized company that knows its products are of a high standard does not fear -------.

Nearly half of the world's countries have ----- capital punishment in law or in practice, and some two dozen of them have done so formally since the 1980s.

A hundred years ago the chestnut ------ a quarter of the hardwood trees in America.

Fats can only be ------- for energy by aerobic metabolism.

You should ------- this treatment for a further week by which time recovery will be complete.