Upper Intermediate Vocabulary Test 1 – ESL Vocabulary Exercises

Modern airlines offer their passengers a great variety of ............... comforts.

What they call "female intuition" is very easy to explain in evolutionary ______.

They say a woman might forgive an insult, but she would never forgive being ______.

These results seem to ............... that vitamin B12 supplementation may work wonders for the brain.

Am I to ............... from your last remarks that my services are no longer required here?

Who would have guessed that the great champion would have to ............... from the race because of a simple puncture?

People become quite ............... when it comes to discussing questions of religion and belief.

He was ............... from service for his insistent disobedience.

Many people thought it was a gross ............. to condemn her.

I don't think that was a very wise decision. The people are ....... to rise up against it in arms.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ............... help in getting me a job.

We are continually told by our American friends that ............... will come with policies of liberalization, a minimalist state and deregulation.

Like all empires, the Ottomans went through their periods of rise, ______ and fall, finally leaving the stage to the young Turkish Republic, founded under the able leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Oct. 29, 1923.

Listen, young man. I will not repeat myself. I'm going to ask you a simple question, and I want a(n) ............... answer from you.

She was disgusted and enraged by his ............... proposal.

Burak's license was ______ after he had been caught driving under the influence for the third time.

His uncle has been diagnosed with a(n) ............... disease and has been given only six months to live.

That morning, the President's pardon luckily arrived just in time. He would have been ............... otherwise.

Behavioural effects of this substance will now be studied in ............... versus timid mice in intraspecies conflicts.

It is a pity that they do not seem to pay much attention to any ............... future environmental problems.

The company has obtained a loan of US$100 billion to ______ growth and strengthen its market position.

He knew it would be stupid to try and rob the bank on his own. He needed a(n) ............... .

He fell on his knees, ............... for mercy.

The difference was ever so ............... that it went unnoticed.

You can be certain that I won't tell anybody. My lips are ______.

She ............... aimlessly all night long through the deserted streets.

Well, at least you can rest ............... that the economy will not be any worse next year.

Wasn't it Dostoievsky who wrote a novel about a crime and its ............... punishment?

I'm sorry, but I can't read your doctor's handwriting; it's quite ______.

He ............... into the kitchen.