Answer Vocabulary units 5 & 6 Definitions
_____abruptly a very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly
_____nostalgia b to make something look untidy or dirty
_____ransack c to make someone feel annoyed or impatient, especially by doing something many times or for a long period of time
_____forfeit d a fight between small groups of soldiers, people, enemies
_____premature e done too early or too soon
_____exorbitant f one of the things that go into a mixture
_____reluctant g slow and unwilling to do something
_____deplore h a slight doubt etc that one cannot stop thinking about
_____skirmish i when someone or something is considered to be more important than someone or something else, and therefore comes first or must be dealt with first
_____messed j having many different uses
_____ingredient k Likely or expected to happen
_____compulsive l to disapprove of something very strongly and criticize it severely, especially publicly
_____irritate m very high or unreasonable.
_____artificial n a feeling that a time in the past was good, or the activity of remembering a good time in the past and wishing that things had not changed
_____precedence o ~ behaviour is very difficult to stop or control, and is often a result of or a sign of a mental problem
_____meticulous p to lose a right, position, possession etc or have it taken away from you because you have broken a law or rule
_____versatile q a man-made ridge of earth or stone that carries a road or railway or prevents a river or lake from overflowing
_____niggling r not real or not made of natural things but made to be like something that is real or natural
_____prospective s Unexpectedly sudden
_____embankment t to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage
1. The eating disorders include __________ overeating and severe anorexia, both being
found in some patients.
2. The book describes his journey in __________ detail.
3. Government soldiers ran into a group of rebels, and a __________ followed.
4. My mother keeps introducing me to men she considers to be __________ husbands.
5. I usually use __________sweetener in my coffee instead of sugar.
6. Could you give me a list of the __________ of the cake?
7. Last week Kate’s flat was __________ by a few burglars.
8. We couldn't afford to buy and rents are __________.
9. Billy scratched his head and __________ his hair even more.
10. On a barbed-wire fence dividing the railway __________ from the meadow a lamb was caught.
11. I couldn't shake off a __________ worry. Had I forgotten to lock the office door?
12. It really ___________ me when he doesn't help around the house.
13. The UN __________ the invasion as a 'violation of international law'.
14. The party was stopped __________ when the police turned up.
15. Jane was fined £3,000 and ordered __________her car.
16. He looked back on his university days with a certain amount of __________.
17. Do we want a society where appearance takes __________ over skill or virtue?
18. The potato is an extremely __________ vegetable.
19. Some of the older staffs were __________ to use the new equipment.
20. It would be __________ to accuse anyone until the investigation is complete.