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1. What I need is _____ discussions. INTELLECT

2. She has _____ disability. MENTALITY

3. She is very absent-_____; she keeps forgetting things. MIND

4. You are so _____! Thank you! THOUGHT

A2

contemplate, reason, solve, think, work out

1. She peered down at him in deep _____. CONTEMPLATE

2. The points he makes are _____ and logical. REASON

3. What is the _____ to this problem? SOLVE

4. High _____ and high anger cannot be together. THINK

5. Is the solution really _____? WORK OUT

1. After long _____, he decided to accept the offer. DELIBERATE

2. We caught him in deep _____. MEDITATE

A4

ponder, reflect, speculate

1. We've had to accomplish a _____ task. PONDER

2. This is to be given thorough _____. REFLECT

3. His _____ did not become real. SPECULATE

1. He is _____ to be the real director of the firm. CONSIDERATION

2. I'm sure it was a _____ action; he can't have made it accidentally. DELIBERATION

A6

abstract, coherent, philosophy, rational

1. _____ like love, hatred and greed are difficult to explain to a foreign language learner.

2. If you add this sentence, the paragraph will lose its _____. COHERENT

3. He loves making long, _____ speeches. PHILOSOPHY

4. What you say is utterly _____ and unacceptable. RATIONAL

1. We tried every _____ way to convince him. CONCEIVE

2. Because he lacks _____, he can never be a writer. IMAGINE

3. If you give it a bit of ____, you will see my point. RECKON

4. He _____ our warnings and went out to swim in the dangerous lake. REGARD

A8

fancy, suppose

1. He has _____ ideas. FANCY

2. Mine is simply a _____. SUPPOSE

A9

assume, guess

1. The _____ that there will be global warming is a real nightmare. ASSUME

2. What do I have in my hand? Make a _____! GUESS

A10

concept, idea

- What is the difference between idea and concept?

1. feeling, anticipation

2. idea, concept, perception

3. understanding, recognition, perception

1. appearance; attitude

2. belief, assumption; address

3. hypothesis, philosophy

4. opinion, conception; whim

5. perspective, angle

1. In _____, we decided to check the order again. CONCLUDE

2. His ____ was misleading and wrong. DEDUCE

3. Here, we use _____ method of teaching. INDUCE

4. You can make _____ from what he said. INFER

A14

analyse, arbitrate, criticize, review

1. After a thorough _____, we realized that an integral circuit was broken. ANALYSE

2. He _____ accepted the offer. ARBITRATE

3. I don't want to hear this _____ of him. CRITICIZE

4. A _____ of my latest novel appeared in a small magazine. REVIEW

A15

assess, evaluate, interpret, judge

1. Testing is an _____ technique. ASSESS

2. This needs to be given a bit of _____. EVALUATE

3. He made a big mistake and _____ the dog's behaviour. INTERPRET

4. His _____ is generally correct. JUDGE

A16

ascribe, attribute

Ascribe is synonymous to attribute. The noun form of the verb attribute is synonymous to p_ _ _ _ _ _y and c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ic.

A17

accept, believe, credible, credit

1. Such a small error is _____. ACCEPT

2. His nasty behaviour was _____! BELIEVE

3. It is _____ how fast she can run! CREDIBLE

4. He is a _____ member of our club. CREDIT

A18

anticipate, expect

1. Anticipate is synonymous to fore_ _ _ _ and fore_ _ _.

2. Expect is synonymous to anticipate, h_ _ _ for, co_ _ _ _ _ _ _te.

A19

basis, incentive, inspire, intention, mean, motivate

1. His argument did not have a sound _______. BASIS

2. The word incentive is synonymous to ob_ _ _ _ _ve.

3. The noun form of the word inspire is _________.

4. I believe that her behaviour was not accidental; it was completely _______. INTENTION

5. This word does not look correct; it is totally _______. MEAN

6. Because he didn't have essential _______, he lost the match. MOTIVATE

A20

forget, recall, recollect, remember, remind

1. If you forget things again and again, you are forget_ _ _.

2. Recall is the opposite of _ _ _ _ _ _.

3. Your memories are your recollect_ _ _s.

4. The noun form of the verb remember is rememb_ _ _ _.

5. A piece of note that reminds you of something is a remind_ _.

1. exclude, leave out

2. ignore, neglect; forgive

A22

oblivion

- The word oblivion is synonymous to for_ _ _ _ _ _ness.

1. celebrity, reputation

2. fame, reputation

3. infamous

4. notable, renown

5. prominent, eminent, famed

The opposite of distinguished is c_ _ _ _n, and the opposite of outstanding is c_ _ _ _ _p_ _ _e.

1. If something is notable, it is also note_ _ _ _ _y.

2. The word noteworthy is opposite in meaning to _ _significant.

3. Well-known is synonymous to famous, famed, pro_ _ _ _ _t.

1. Acclaim (n) = re_ _ _ _ _ _ion

2. Comprehend (v)  compre_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (n)

3. "It suddenly dawned on him that he'd made a mistake" means "He suddenly ______ that he'd

4. Memorize (v)  memor_ _ _ _ _ (n)

5. Perceive (v)  perce_ _ _ _ _ (n)

6. Realize (v)  realiz_ _ _ _ _ (n)

7. Recognize (v)  recog_ _ _ _ _ _ (n)

B2

educate, instruct, teach, train

1. He is highly-____________. EDUCATE

2. He is very well ____________. INSTRUCT

3. He attended language _________ courses and received a certificate. TEACH

4. He is attending teacher __________ courses. TRAIN

B3

consciousness, knowledge

- The opposite of the word consciousness is

 1. He suddenly attacked the man and caught him _________. AWARE

2. Western _________ owes a lot to ancient Egypt. CIVILIZED

3. Language _________ can be a cumbersome process. LEARNED

4. We need _________ people; qualification is essential in our firm. TRAINING

B5

apt, clever, ingenious, shrewd, smart, subtle

1. Apt means in_ _ _ _ed, app_ _ _ _ _ _te or com_ _ _ _nt.

2. Clever means intelligent, s_ _ _t, b_ _ _ _t, gi_ _ed.

3. What is the difference between ingenious and genius?

4. When it bears a negative meaning, shrewd is synonymous to s_ _, tr_ _ _y.

5. Smart is the opposite of s_ _ _ _d.

6. The noun form of the word subtle is _______.

B6

bright, brilliant

1. Bright (adj)  _________ (n)

2. Brilliant (adj)  _________ (n)

B7

cautious, judicious, prudent

1. A cautious person acts with ca_ _ _ _ _.

2. A judicious person is prudent, pr_____al and s___ible.

3. A prudent person has pru_ _ _ _ _.

1. Discreet is synonymous to pru_ _ _ _.

2. A genius is ta_ _ _ _ed.

3. Tactful is synonymous to att___ive.

4. A wise person has wis_ _ _.

B9

clear, intelligible

1. Clear (adj)  _________ (n)

2. Intelligible means s_ _e, rea_ _ _ _ble, und_ _ _ _ _ _ _able.

B10

able, capable, gifted, proficient

1. Able (adj)  _________ (n)

2. Capable (adj)  _________ (n)

3. Gifted is synonymous to ta_ _ _ _ed.

4. Proficient (adj)  _________ (n)

B11

ability, aptitude, competence, merit, skill

1. Ability X ___ability

2. Aptitude = fa_ _ _ _y, talent

3. Competence (n)  _________ (adj)

4. Merit is synonymous to w_ _ _h, v_ _ _e.

5. Skill (n)  _________ (adj)

1. Facility generally means ma_ _ _ _ery, tool, eq_ _ _ _ent.

2. What is the difference between source and resource?

B13

absent-minded, absurd, awkward, clumsy, dumb, ignorant, retarded, silly, slow, stupid

1. Absent-minded = for_ _ _ _ _ _

2. Absurd (adj)  _________ (n)

3. Clumsy (adj)  _________ (n)

4. Dumb (adj)  _________ (n)

5. Ignorant (adj)  _________ (n)

6. Retarded = back_ _ _ _

7. Silly (adj)  _________ (n)

8. A person can be slow _________ (on / in) learning.

9. Stupid (adj)  _________ (n)

1. __________ can sometimes be irritating. CRAZY

2. __________ is difficult to cure. INSANE

3. This is complete __________! MAD

4. He is quite _________. MORBIDITY

5. He is very strange and ________. NORMALITY

6. He has not regained his ________ after the incident. SANE

7. The word unbalanced is similar in meaning to mad_ _ _ _ _.

Exercise

3. He worked for an intelligence service, _______ Mossad. NAME

4. Pronounce (v)  ___________ (adj)

5. Recite = na_ _ _ _e

6. A piece of story that you tell can be named as a t_ _ _.

A2

interfere, interrupt

- What is the difference between interfere and interrupt?

1. If a person talks too much, this person is called a chat_ _ _box. CHAT

2. Interview = con_ _ _ _e with

3. If a person talks too much, this person is __________. TALK

1. Which is the verb: advise or advice?

2. Telephone is a means of ____________. COMMUNICATE

3. Contact (v)  ___________ (n)

4. We need more ___________ here. INFORM

5. We haven't yet received the _________. NOTIFY

6. Address (v)  ___________ (n)

7. The _________ forgot what he was going to tell in the middle of the seminar. LECTURE

1. He talked with such ________ that we were astounded. ELOQUENT

2. He didn't know what to say; he was _________. SPEECH

3. She didn't ________ a single word throughout the boat trip. UTTERANCE

1. What is the difference between mumble and mutter?

2. Whisper (v)  ___________ (n)

A7

comment, express, phrase, remark, statement, word

1. Comment (v)  ___________ (n)

2. These books give some useful _________s to use when speaking. EXPRESS

3. "Look forward to" is a ________ verb. PHRASE

4. He made a ________ speech! REMARK

5. His speech was nicely ______. WORD

1. Affirm (v) = de_ _ _ _ _, app_ _ _e.

2. Aside means to one side, but at the same time it may mean mono_ _ _ _ _.

3. Assert = declare, proc_ _ _ _.

4. Attest = _ _ _

5. Declare = an_ _ _ _ _ _

6. Approve = favour, con_ _ _m

A9

allege, announce, claim, demand

1. Allege (v)  ___________ (n)

2. Announce (v)  ___________ (n)

3. Claim (v)  ___________ (n)

4. Demand (v)  ___________ (adj)

A10

re-phrase, repeat, restate

1. Rephrase = _ _ _ _phrase

2. Repeat (v)  ___________ (n)

3. Restate (v)  ___________ (n)

1. He is trying to __________ the importance of his discovery. EMPHASIS

2. She ___________ the basic principles of her method. HIGHLIGHT

3. Why are you so ________? Can't you think of anything else! INSIST

4. At the meeting, they ________ the importance of a budget increase. PINPOINT

5. In English, the first word is __________ in question tags. STRESS

6. I tried to focus on the ____________ points. UNDERLINE

A12

exaggerate, understate

1. Exaggerate (v) = overstate, em_ _ _ _ _ _h

2. Understate (v) = re_ _ _e

A13

account, account for, define, depict, describe, explain

1. This fact is not taken _____ account.

2. Account for = ex_ _ _ _ _

3. What is the _________ for this word? DEFINE

4. Depict (v)  _________ (n)

5. I need the exact _________ of the man. DESCRIBE

6. We want an ___________ from the authorities. EXPLAIN

A14

argue, debate, discuss

- Study the difference in meaning: argue (v); debate (v, n); discuss (v)

1. I am asking for an ________. ASSURE

2. Study the difference in meaning between convict (v, n) and conviction (n).

3. His speech was far from being __________. CONVINCE

4. Plausible = cr_ _ _ _le

5. I need your __________ to win this game. REASSURE

1. Entail = at_ _ _ _

2. Hint (n) = c_ _ _

3. Imply = in_ _ _ _ _ _

4. Suggest = offer, pr_ _ _ _ _

A18

allude to, bring up, propose

1. intimate, hint, suggest

2. propose, present

3. suggest

1. He is _________ among the most prominent scientists. CITATION

2. This point is worth a _______. MENTION

3. I am collecting famous __________s from famous people. QUOTE

4. What does this word refer ____?

5. In his speech, he made references ______ earlier studies.

1. What is the difference between the words answer, reply, and respond?

2. What is the difference between the words ask, enquire, and inquire?

A21

doubt, query, sceptic, suspect

1. It is _______ to say that he will succeed! He is the best! DOUBT

2. He made several ________. QUERY

3. If it goes out of control, _________ may give way to paranoia. SCEPTIC

4. I am really ________ of his motives. SUSPECT

A22

contradict, interrogate, promise

1. Contradict (v)  ______________ (n)

2. Interrogate (v)  ______________ (n)

3. Promise (v)  ______________ (n)

1. This is quite ___________. APPEAL

2. A _________ stopped me in the middle of the street and asked for money. BEG

3. Petition (v) = req_ _ _ _

4. Plea (n) = appeal, en_ _ _ _ _y

A24

complain, object

- You can complain _______ something and object _______ something.

1. I would like to express my deepest ______es. APOLOGIZE

2. What is your ________ for being late this time? EXCUSE

3. Actually, he is exploiting your _________. FORGIVE

1. What am I accused _____?

2. I know. I am to blame _____ the accident.

A27

admission, admit

1. What is the difference between admission and admittance?

2. Admit = permit; ac_ _ _ _ _ _ _ge

A28

adopt, confess

1. What is the difference between adopt and adapt?

2. Confess (v)  ______________ (n)

A29

commit, oath, pledge, swear, treaty

1. He committed himself ______ his wife.

2. Remember that in the court you will be speaking _____ oath.

3. Pledge = pr_ _ _ _ _

4. I swear ____ God that I'll take my revenge!

5. Treaty = p_ _ _

1. admit, tell, thank

2. assume, shoulder

A31

blaspheme, curse

- Which of these two words is more closely related with religion: blaspheme or curse?

1. He is the _______ officer of a large troop. COMMAND

2. Moses received Ten __________ from God. COMMANDMENT

3. He dictated everything _____ his secretary.

4. The little boy is very _______; he never listens to his parents. OBEY

5. I don't take _______ from anyone. ORDER

1. call, convene

2. request, ask; tempt

A34

advice, recommend

1. We need to find a legal ________. ADVICE

2. I desperately need your ______________. RECOMMEND

A35

consult, referee, support

1. He is my financial ___________. CONSULT

2. We use referee for football but ______ for basketball.

3. One of the ________ beams crashed and the whole construction collapsed. SUPPORT

1. Admonish is the opposite of en_ _ _ _ _ge.

2. Beware ____ dog!

3. Do not ________ me! THREAT

4. This is my last __________. WARN

A37

acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, coincide, concurrence, confirm, consent, endorse

1. Acquiesce and agree about are synonymous. They both mean "come to ____s".

2. We got his _________. APPROVE

3. Assent = ac_ _ _e

4. Coincide (v)  _________ (n)

5. Consent / Concurrence = acq_ _ _ _ _ _ _ce

6. Do we need further __________ from the boss? CONFIRM

7. Endorse = confirm; san_ _ _ _n

1. Deny (v)  ______________ (n)

2. Disagree (v)  ______________ (n)

3. Reject (v)  ______________ (n)

1. On the telephone, the _______ does not say "I am ...", but "This is ...". CALL

2. The name of ! sign in grammar is __________ mark. EXCLAIM

A40

bellow, cheer, cry, scream, shout, shriek, yell

1. When you are in great pain you ________ [bellow / cheer].

2. He is recording animal _______ [cries / shouts]

3. He shouted _____ [at / to] me because he wanted to attract my attention.

4. Both shriek and yell are very loud. Is there a difference in meaning between them?

A41

stammer, stutter

- What is the difference between stammer and stutter?

1. explain

2. inscribe

3. skim; glance

1. He is trying to decipher wall _____________s. INSCRIBE

2. Sign = en_ _ _ _ _

3. A photo of a famous person with the signature of this person is called an ________.

1. He is the ________ of a big newspaper. EDIT

2. What is the difference between print and imprint?

3. What is the difference between rewrite and restate?

4. Can your secretary _______ shorthand?

5. I bought an electric ________ machine. TYPE

6. A person who writes plays is called a play________.

B4

delete, erase

1. Delete (v)  _____________ (n)

2. Erase (v)  _____________ (n)

B5

legible, literate, readable

- Something can be __legible or __readable. A person can be __literate.

1. A dictionary generally presents words and their meanings in ___________ order. ALPHABET

2. Decipher = solve; unr_ _ _l

3. If you are asked to write in your initials on a formal document, what do you need to do?

4. A, B, C, etc. are _________ letters and a, b, c etc. are ___________ letters.

5. Transcription is a noun with two meanings. Which meaning of the word is uncountable: the act

1. When an apostrophe is used in such short forms as I'm, he's, we'll, isn't etc., this short form is

2. Which of the following is an asterisk: a) # b) * c) @?

4. Chinese is a _________ language. SYLLABLE

1. What is the difference between a sheet of paper and a piece of paper?

2. What is the difference between stationery and stationary?

B9

epistle, label, record, register

1. Epistle = l_ _ _ _r

2. What is the difference between label and lapel?

3. Record = register, ta_ _ _ _te

4. Where is the __________ office? REGISTER

B10

anecdote, article, diary, manual, tale, thesis, version

1. Anecdote = tale, nar_ _ _ _ve

2. When a journalist's articles appear on a certain column of the newspaper every day, this
journalist is called a co_______st.

3. What is the difference between a diary and a manual?

4. The kind of unreal tales that people like hunters tell are called a ____tale.

5. Thesis = pro_ _ _ _tion; re_ _ _ _ch paper

6. Version = translation, rendition; acc_ _ _ _

B11

headline, title

1. When a piece of news appears with a large headline, we say that this piece of news has _____

2. Title = name, de_ _ _ _ation (n); __title (v)

1. Why is _________ such a long word? ABBREVIATE (Duvar yazısı)

2. I bought an ________ copy of the dictionary. ABRIDGE

3. I've already read the _________ of the play. SUMMARIZE

4. I've read several ________ so far. SYNOPSIS

5. He decided to _________ his two previous studies into one. SYNTHESIS

1. Draft = sk_ _ _h

2. Manuscript = written _ _ _put

3. Script = manuscript, _ _ _ _writing, document

1. introduction to a book, speech, etc.

2. one of the parts into which a book is divided

B15

album, anthology, autobiography

1. Album = book, volume; e_ _ _ion

2. Anthology (n)  _____________ (adj)

3. Autobiography (n)  _____________ (adj)

- A pamphlet is a ______ (small / large) book.

- What is the difference between literary and literally?

1. A science book can be defined as __________. FICTION

2. Yaşar Kemal is a great ________. NOVEL

3. He is both a writer and a _______. POEM

4. Prose = w_ _ _ing; rh_ _ _ _ic

B19

serial, series

- What is the difference between serial and series?

1. match, coin

2. songlike poem

B21

author, scribe

1. clerk, correspondent

2. writer, creator

B22

bind, bring out, edition, publication, publish

1. distribute, print; advertise

2. issue, publication, copy

3. printing, proclamation, work

4. publish

5. secure, tie attach; confine, obligate; enslave

1. Deliver (v) ___________ (n)

2. Dispatch = h_ _ _e; s_ _d; kill

3. Remit (v)  ____________ (n)

- What is the difference between gossip and rumour?

1. information; report

2. news media, broadcasting

3. note, notation; minute

1. a movement of the hands or arms, or an expression on the face, to show an idea or feeling

2. make known; show by a sign

3. use movements of the arms and hands to express ideas or feelings

1. personify; exemplify

2. symbol, sign

C6

nonsense, meaning

1. The opposite of the word nonsense is cer_ _ _ _ty.

1. Advertise = pub_ _ _ _ze, pro_ _ _im

2. An advertisement on TV is called a com_ _ _ _ _al.

C8

broadcast, correspond, publicity

1. advertising, promotion

2. communicate; agree

3. proclaim, declare

1. Receive (v)  ____________ (n)

2. Transmit (v)  ____________ (n)
 
 

Exercise

Find synonym for the underlined word.

1. Colloquial (adj)  ____________ (n)

2. Idiom (n)  ____________ (adj)

3. Jargon = ter_ _ _ _ _ _gy

4. Proverb = ad_ _ _

5. Saying = m_ _ _o, ma_ _m

6. Slang = vul_ _ _ism

A2

accent, accentuate, articulate, tongue, voice

1. Accent = in_ _ _ _tion; em_ _ _sis

2. Accentuate = under_ _ _ _

3. Articulate (v)  ____________ (n)

4. What is the difference between voice and sound?

A3

adage, alias, fluency, oral, philology, term

1. Adage = s_ _ing; sl_ _an

2. What is the difference between alias and nickname?

3. Fluency (n)  ____________ (adj)

4. Oral = sp_ _ _n, v_ _ _ ed

5. A person who works in the field of philology is a __________.

6. Term = word, phrase, ex_ _ _ _ _ion

A4

context, setting, text

1. Context (n)  ____________ (adj)

2. Setting = en_ _ _ _ _ment, r_ _ _on

3. Text (n)  ____________ (adj)

1. This is a public _______ (issue / topic)

2. What is the subject_ _ _ _ _ _ of the composition.

3. Theme (n)  ____________ (adj)

4. Topic (n)  ____________ (adj)

A6

allegory, ironic(al), literal, metaphor, rhetorical, sarcasm, satire

1. bitterness, severity

2. eloquent

3. exact

4. humour

5. mocking, sardonic

6. resemblance, likeness

7. story, legend, fable

1. Antonym (n)  __________ (adj)

2. Synonym (n)  __________ (adj)

A8

alliterate, translate

1. Alliterate (v)  __________ (n)

2. What is the difference between translate and interpret?

B. GENERAL GRAMMATICAL WORDS

B1

personal, private

- What is the difference between personal and private?

1. Accordingly = cor_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ly

2. Consequently = h_ _ _e

3. Furthermore = b_ _ _ _ _s

4. Hence = t_ _ _ _ _ _re

5. Thus = con_ _ _ _ _ _ _ly

1. What is the difference between although and despite?

2. Nevertheless = h_ _ _ _ _r

3. Nonetheless = not_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ing

4. Still = _ _ _

B4

account, sake, through

1. Account = ex______ion

2. I am doing everything ___ the sake of my friends.

3. Through = _ _a

Find synonym for the underlined word.

1. If you lose something, you should apply to the _____ item office.

2. Material means substance; at the same time, it means te_ _ _le and in_ _ _ _ation.

3. We haven't been able to figure out the ________ matter of the whole incident.

4. What is the difference between resourses and sources?

5. Stuff means thing; at the same time it means _______ (v).

6. Substance means object; at the same time it means es_ _ _ce.

A2

component, composite, compound, constituent, ingredient, partial

1. Component = constituent, el_ _ _ _ _, part

2. Composite (adj, n)  ___________ (v)

3. Compound = com_ _ _ _te

4. Constituent (adj, n)  ___________ (v)

5. What is the difference between ingredient and recipe?

6.