Cpe Vocabulary Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Lawyers would be exempt ..... reporting information learned through confidential communication with clients
2. The accidental ..... of four listed buildings near the city centre caused a huge outcry and the manager of the building company was jailed for three months.
3. Sometimes, we don't appreciate the ..... pleasures of life such as a beautiful sky, a cup of coffee with a friend or seeing a good film at the cinema.
4. A very strong wind
5. Come to the .....
6. They talked non-stop for the entire flight about their ..... jobs in excruciating detail and in annoyingly loud voices.
7. Impregnable = unbeatable
8. Purveyor = seller
9. I think my preference would be ..... a salad, rather than a cooked meal.
10. Run slowly, not moving (about an engine)
11. This form of discrimination, which is ..... in all areas of life and still hardly regarded, is called lookism.
12. Surely everyone must have been able to hear the ..... pounding of her coward heart.
13. Bear ..... to
14. To guess
15. There was amazing scenery, the ..... of which I had never seen before.
16. For ..... author John Smith, who has just published his first novel, it was a great honour.
17. During the ..... of his stay, he met a lot of interesting people.
18. I think they are ..... brilliant and they're my favourite group.
19. His health is ..... better than it was a week ago.
20. His ejectment was no ..... matter as it carried him quite to the edge of the sidewalk.
21. Mindful ..... his experience, I wondered what kind of people would have the courage to enrol on a course in china-painting.
22. The ..... suburbs
23. The captain decided to ..... ship even though he thought there was no real danger of it sinking.
24. We've spent weeks investigating this case and it's got us completely .....
25. Retention of a naturally compact hand through early release of selected notes and ..... use of staccato touch is a potent technique.