I Match the words on the left with the explanations or synonymous words on the right and use them in the sentences below.
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1. utility |
ordinary, dull, routine, humdrum |
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2. succinct |
usefulness |
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3. to profess |
concise / brief/ to the point |
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4. awkwardness |
boring / dull / dreary / monotonous / tiresome |
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5. tedious |
to declare /state |
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6. to encapsulate |
nervousness / uneasiness / anxiety |
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7. mundane |
able to withstand criticism |
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8. quotidian |
test of one’s patience or endurance |
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9. thick skin |
everyday |
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10. purview |
to accent / emphasize / stress |
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11. to foreground |
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to summarize / capture |
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13. trials and tribulations |
extent / range of (function, power, competence) |
2. His book ................three major events in their relations with the media
3. You need a .................to become a headmaster.
4. Sometimes stating the .................... is the most difficult thing to do.
5. While most of the jobs they perform are routine and
.................. , our workers are increasingly participating in out-of-the-ordinary projects in the area.
6. Television has become part of our ....................existence.
7. It was difficult to................ the story of the revolution in a single one-hour documentary.
8. His lectures were very dry and............... .9. He displayed all the......................... of adolescence.
10. She...................... ignorance of the whole affair, though I am not sure I believe her.
11. Keep your letter ....................and to the point.
12. The................... of this substance has been proved in a series of tests.
III Use one of the following words in the sentences below:
up-to-date, modern, contemporary, contemporaneous, pristine, fashionable, in vogue, obsolete, out-of-date, ancient, archaic, old- fashioned.
1. The two events were more or less with only months between them.
2. Although it was written two hundred years ago it still has a
/ feel to it.
3. Old buildings in the city have been demolished and replaced with tower blocks.
4. They left their offices in condition.
5. It is important to keep literature in your field.
6. That word is not any longer.
with the
7. They spend most of their summers jet-setting around the
European resorts.
8. 
Gas lamps became ...................when electric lighting was invented.
9. That radio is .
10. Call me , but I like handwritten letters.
11. History and modern, has taught these people an intense distrust of their neighbours.
12. practices such as these are often put forward by people of limited outlook.
IV Use the correct preposition.
• to be subject (criticism)
• want of something
• a certain extent
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to be struck .....something
........... ......... social habit
• to collide something
V Match words from columns A and B to form collocations.
A B
to stir excuse
to spark condition
spirited attention
sketch debate
benevolent duty
civic / dereliction of bemusement
buried interest
pristine contour
cast-iron meaning