Lesson 48 Elite Education Regular 2016 - 2017 – G9 Date: ______________

Vocabulary

1. happening later OR happening at the end _________________

2. seriously bad _________________

3. extremely surprising _________________

4. the fact that you want and plan to do something _________________

5. not real _________________

6. sb who makes a legal complaint vs sb else in court _________________

7. cannot be avoided _________________

8. to make a particular activity necessary _________________

9. the act of damaging sth beyond repair _________________

10. to end an activity or custom officially _________________

11. describes equipment intended to prevent things

from being stolen _________________

12. to use sth in a way that helps you _________________

13. to look at sth or sb carefully in order to discover info _________________

14. to become weaker in strength or influence _________________

Lesson 48 Elite Education Regular 2016 - 2017 – G9 Date: ______________
Lesson 48 Elite Education Regular 2016 - 2017 – G9 Date: ______________

Vocabulary

Exercise
Fill in each blank with a suitable discussed vocabulary item.

1. The concept and popularity of young female models, or "langmos", began to

____________________ about a decade ago. Before that, they were all the craze,
being the centre of attention for tabloids and entertainment news.

2. This, my comrades, is a ____________________ situation. However, as bad as

things might currently seem, we will make it through. So, who's with me?

3. There is so much discontent in society because a bad life of being slave to the office
just to have a home seems ____________________. There doesn't seem to be any
way out.

4. That is an ____________________ amount of food. Are you sure we are going to

finish it all?

5. The stupid amount of homework that the teacher is giving clearly indicates that the
teacher has the ____________________ to kill his students with homework. There
is no other possible reason.

6. The neighbourhood has always been so safe to the point that the residents don't feel
the need to install any ____________________ systems to protect their homes.

7. As civilisation evolves, we ____________________ outdated customs like the tying

of girls' feet in order to reduce their size.

8. Experts have uncovered the truth - the painting is ____________________. It is

just a copy of the real thing.

9. The ____________________ broke down in tears when he finally succeeded in

defeating the defendant, allowing justice to be served.
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10. I'm sorry but I cannot retract the punishments that I have handed down to your son.
His destructive actions ____________________ all of the punishments that the
school has decided to give him.

11. Humans are contributing to the ____________________ of Earth, releasing too

much pollution, while we ____________________ its natural resources with little
restriction or control.

12. Although the team played great in the first half, they could not avoid their
____________________ loss to a team which had much more talented players.

13. Please ____________________ the product thoroughly and make sure that
everything is okay. Once it leaves the store, we cannot exchange it for a new one for
you.