Vocabulary Exercises PDF
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The document contains vocabulary exercises, including single-word equivalents for groups of words, and selecting synonyms for given words.
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## Vocabulary ### One Word for a Group of Words | Group of Words | Single Word | |---|---| | The child of your aunt or uncle | Cousin | | In danger of disappearing from the world | Endangered | | To repeat or send back a sound | Echo | | Joint connecting one foot with the leg | Ankle | | A medici...
## Vocabulary ### One Word for a Group of Words | Group of Words | Single Word | |---|---| | The child of your aunt or uncle | Cousin | | In danger of disappearing from the world | Endangered | | To repeat or send back a sound | Echo | | Joint connecting one foot with the leg | Ankle | | A medicine which prevents infection by killing germs | Antiseptic | | a word which has an opposite meaning | Antonym | | A person who shoots with a bow and arrows |Archer | | One who prepares plans for building | Architect | | A person who practices astrology | Astrologer | | One who does not believe in God | Atheist | | An assembly of listeners | Audience | | One who writes a book | Author, writer | | The life history of a person written by himself | Autobiography | | Speaking or writing two languages | Bilingual | | The life-history of a person written by another | Biography | | The science of vegetable life | Botany | | A piece of wood curved by a tight string, used for shooting arrows | Bow | | A list of names of books | Catalogue | | A place where the dead are buried | Cemetery | | A person who earns money by repairing shoes | Cobbler | | A person who prepares and cooks food | Cook | | That can be cured | Curable | | A period of ten years | Decade | | Government by the representatives of the people | Democracy | ## Learn English Grammar, Composition, and Translation ### Exercise Select the word on the right which is closest in meaning to that on the left: | Word | Meaning | |---|---| | aim | purpose | | arise | get up | | average | ordinary | | check | stop | | crop | harvest | | destructive | harmful | | wealth | richness | ### Exercise Fill in the blanks with the closest meaning of words on the right: | Word | Meaning | |---|---| | arrest | seize | | baggage | luggage | | beast | animal | | boundary | edge | | bribe | tempt | | business | commerce | | complain | grumble | | condition | state | | control | direct | | creature | animal | | delight | joy | | demand | ask | | desire | want | | dull | uninteresting | | develop | grow | | entire | whole | | excuse | forgive | | liberty | freedom | | loyal | faithful | | nuisance | trouble | | neat | tidy | | opportunity | chance | | quarrel | fight |