VOCABULARY Exercises - New Headway Advanced

I.Find the correct explanation for each word:

• prosperity n.
• satiate v.
• deprivation n.
• stalemate n.
• mindless adj.
• congested adj.
• oblivious adj.
• yearn v.

1. a disagreement or a situation in a competition in which neither side is able to win or make any progress;
2. the state of being successful, especially in making money;
3. not aware of something;
4. to want something very much, especially when it is very difficult to get;
5. not remembering somebody/something and not considering them or it when you do something;
6. the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money; the process that causes this;
7. crowded, full of traffic;
8. to give somebody so much of something that you do not feel they want any more;

  

II.Put the correct word in the blank spaces. Use each word only once: yearn, devoid, stalemate, hassle, mindless, oblivious, prosperous, congested, satiate, prosperity, relentlessly,

1.The talks ended in ……………….

2.Farmers are more …………… in the south of the country.

3.The people ……ed for peace.

4.We explored the whole town, ………… of the cold and rain.

5.The country is enjoying a period of peace and …………….

6.Many of Europe's airports are heavily ………….

7.Your brother's been ………ing me for cash.

8.Absorbed in her work, she was totally ........... of her surroundings.

9.The letter was ………… of warmth and feeling.

10.He drank greedily until his thirst was …………d. 

11.The sun was burning ………...

KEY to exercises

Exercise I

• prosperity - 2
• satiate - 8
• deprivation - 6
• stalemate - 1
• mindless of - 5
• congested - 7
• oblivious - 3
• yearn - 4

Exercise II

1.stalemate

2.prosperous

3.yearned

4.mindless

5.prosperity

6.congested

7.hassling

8.oblivious

9.devoid

10.satiated

11.relentlessly