1. Match the following words with their meanings.

1) The highest point, as of achievement or development: _____

2) Acutely insightful and wise: _____

3) To wish, long, or crave for (something, esp. the property of another person) _____

4) Feeling or showing profound respect: _____

5) To become larger, more powerful, etc.: _____

6) To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline: _____

7) Full of guilt or regret; remorseful: _____

8) (Usually postpositive and followed by with) filled or charged; attended: _____

9) Well-known for badness or wickedness: _____

10) Make ineffective or powerless: _____

11) Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: _____

12) ( Informal) rich; prosperous; wealthy: _____

2. Fill in the blanks with proper words or expressions from the text.

1) He was beginning to ______ the true nature of their relationship.

2) The house was furnished with ______ taste.

3) The car ______ across the road to avoid hitting a small boy.

4) The doctors didn’t ______ their words, and predicted the worst.

5) It was more than ______ could bear.

6) He ______ as the dentist touched his broken tooth.

7) The birds ______ loudly in the hedges.

8) To their surprise, their mother started to ______ like a child.

9) He was ______ over the team’s unexpected win.

10) Guerrilla ______ were employed during most of the war.

11) The prisoner’s resistance ______ after seven days.

12) Although I’m retired, voluntary work keeps me ______.

3. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words in the brackets.

1) It is _____ (logician) to assume that you will get a higher salary if you are promoted.

2) Aerobics is the latest fitness _____ (crazy).

3) She was an _____ (idiocy) to give up such a good job.

4) She turned to me with an _____ (expect) look on her face.

5) The interior is planned with meticulous _____ (precise).

6) Her career was totally ruined because of her family’s _____ (infamy) act.

7) Her hands were wet with _____ (perspire).

8) They improve their performance under the _____ (guide) of professional coaches.

9) The reason for the uniform was to _____ (smart) up their image.

10) The first lesson I learnt was never to _____ (estimate) the enemy.

11) There was a trace of _____ (exasperate) in his voice.

12) He phoned again this morning — he’s very _____ (persist).

13) He does not believe that environmental concern is a passing _____ (faddist).

14) No wonder he could hardly contain his _____ (indignant).

15) The good news has _____ (heart) everybody.