Vocabulary (ii)
Choose which of the four words most suitably fills the space for each sentence.
Many countries still rely on rice as the .......... food.
- capital
- superior
- staple
- winning
Much stricter .......... must now be taken at all airports.
- alarms
- warnings
- protections
- precautions
Steak for breakfast and eggs for supper is .......... , to say the least.
- erratic
- eccentric
- egocentric
- egoistic
Diana .......... over a stone and fell flat on her face.
- dripped
- tripped
- stepped
- walked
Aunt Ida has never really .......... from her nervous breakdown.
- mended
- recovered
- cured
- repaired
You can trust what he says. He's a very .......... person.
- trustful
- reliable
- profitable
- depending
Father would not .......... us to go there for the weekend.
- permit
- let
- agree
- consent
They all take too much .......... of his kindness and generosity.
- profit
- advantage
- benefit
- use
Little Angela hasn't .......... her shyness yet.
- got over
- got away from
- got through
- got under
I wish you wouldn't .......... your clothes all over the floor.
- stray
- sprawl
- scatter
- straggle