General ESL Vocabulary MCQ Test With Answers – Advanced Level Exercise 08

In a speech he made today, the President of Passagonia advocated the _____ of nuclear arms and said that his country was ready for "urgent and effective measures to _____ the arms race."

The traditional bonds that exist between the two countries, as well as the mutual respect they hold for one another, will _____ a firm basis for further development of their economic ties.

Naim Süleymanoğlu, born of Turkish descent and one of the world's top weight-lifters then, _____ to Turkey some twenty years ago while he was competing in Australia.

If you can do without the few _____ pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life has to offer.

They were, in fact, having such a good time on their little desert island that -- when a passing tanker rescued them a few days later -- both men were _____ sorry that they had to leave.

 Inviting the fire-brigade to put out an imaginary, non-existent fire is a crude form of deception which no _____ person would ever indulge in.

He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in _____ in 1993.

City born and city-bred, I have always _____ the country as something you look at through a train window, as somewhere you occasionally visit during a weekend.

These sentimentalists fail to mention the long and friendless winter evenings which are only interrupted by a (an) _____ visit to the local cinema -- virtually the sole form of entertainment.

Three days after the disappearance of their ever so precious little dog, the family received a (an) _____ note, stating that it was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if a ransom of one million dollars was paid.

In the 1960s, certain cults imported from the Far East _____ great popularity and had great numbers of followers especially among the young.

She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a _____ with her husband.

We often read in novels how a (an) _____ respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years: it is often called "a skeleton in the cupboard".

 People become quite _____ when it comes to discussing what can be eaten and what cannot.

Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a (an) _____ influence on us.

In their efforts to _____ us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.

_____ it may be just possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services that people perform for us.

 He has _____ chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the possible consequences.

Some _____ "modern" pieces of sculpture have been on display in public places for at least a hundred years.

One would expect an actor to know his part _____ and never make a mistake with his lines. Yet, this is not always the case.