ESL Vocabulary Test 4


Choose the appropriate word or word phrase to complete the sentences.

1. Many people are living in temporary shelters after days of intense rain that caused ---- damage in the provinces of Indonesia.

intimate
flexible
sufficient
substantial
nutritious


2. The vast majority of Egypt's inhabitants live in the Nile valley and delta, and the rest of the country is ---- populated.

sparsely
remarkably
exclusively
considerately
eagerly


3. The most common method of thieves nowadays is to steal the entire safe and move it to a location where they have the time and tools to ---- the safe and remove its contents.

take apart
cut down
put out
run into
get over


4. The storm causing flooding and landslides in Miami prompted the government to ----hundreds from coastal towns.

evaporate
evacuate
encourage
contribute
demolish


5. Little is known about the ---- of bats, since their small, delicate skeletons do not fossilize well.

contribution
evacuation
evolution
solution
illusion


6. The HIV virus is ---- complex and there are many unknowns about how it operates and how people's bodies react to it.

extremely
determinedly
previously
considerately
eagerly


7. The jury reached a verdict of not guilty as there wasn't ---- evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he intended to kill his boss.

loyal
flexible
obsolete
sufficient
abstract


8. The manager scolded the new employee so fiercely that she ---- in tears, leaving the room in a hurry.

broke down
cut down
took over
kept on
got down


9. The young graduate has made a wonderful speech and said he is extremely grateful to his parents and loved ones who have always supported and ---- him in his studies.

restricted
fascinated
encouraged
demolished
confessed


10. William Harvey’s significant discoveries impacted science immensely and without his ----, the field of science would not be how we know it today.

evolution
disturbance
reversal
contribution
congratulation

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