IELTS CAMBRIDGE 14 - READING - TEST 2 - PASSAGE 2
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excessive Answer: extreme, too much, unnecessary
skyscraper Answer: tower, multistory building, high-rise building
ingenious Answer: skillful, creative, effective, clever
recovery Answer: improvement, revival, retrieval, healing
the culmination of sth Answer: something, especially something important, that happens at the
end of a long period of effort or development
Earth sciences Answer: the branch of science dealing with
crisis Answer: disaster, catastrophe, difficulty
gadget Answer: tool, gizmo, machine, device, appliance
squander (on) Answer: waste, consume, spend
mechanically Answer: automatically, instinctively, unconsciously, without thinking
#consciously
run out (of) Answer: be used up, end, expire, finish, come to an end
capacity Answer: power, ability, volume, #inability
sweeping Answer: far-reaching, comprehensive, wide-ranging, widespread, #restricted
reinvent Answer: reform, to make changes in order to improve it or make it more modern
reliance Answer: dependence, support, # independence
sealed Answer: closed, stuck #opened
solely Answer: exclusively, only, lone, merely, just
via Answer: through, thru, by, by means of, using
vast Answer: massive, huge, immense, considerable, #small
accommodate Answer: supply, provide, assist
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|COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH 100% ACCURATE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | ACE EVERY TEST |
GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.
excessive Answer: extreme, too much, unnecessary
skyscraper Answer: tower, multistory building, high-rise building
ingenious Answer: skillful, creative, effective, clever
recovery Answer: improvement, revival, retrieval, healing
the culmination of sth Answer: something, especially something important, that happens at the
end of a long period of effort or development
Earth sciences Answer: the branch of science dealing with
crisis Answer: disaster, catastrophe, difficulty
gadget Answer: tool, gizmo, machine, device, appliance
squander (on) Answer: waste, consume, spend
mechanically Answer: automatically, instinctively, unconsciously, without thinking
#consciously
run out (of) Answer: be used up, end, expire, finish, come to an end
capacity Answer: power, ability, volume, #inability
sweeping Answer: far-reaching, comprehensive, wide-ranging, widespread, #restricted
reinvent Answer: reform, to make changes in order to improve it or make it more modern
reliance Answer: dependence, support, # independence
sealed Answer: closed, stuck #opened
solely Answer: exclusively, only, lone, merely, just
via Answer: through, thru, by, by means of, using
vast Answer: massive, huge, immense, considerable, #small
accommodate Answer: supply, provide, assist
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