Definitions
Fill in the Blanks
Word Family
Idioms
News/Geography
100

A particular way somehow interacts, behaves, or works with other people.

style

100

The event was televised by the local _______.

media

100

What is the 'adjective' form of ethnicity?

ethnic

100

Which idioms means "a long time"?

ages

100

What is the Palestinian group that attacked Israel at the beginning of October?

Hamas

200

communication or meeting with a person

contact

200

Studying abroad can ______ a person's view of the world.

affect

200

What is the 'adjective' form of dominance?

dominant

200

John called me ________ yesterday. I haven't spoken to him in ages.

out of the blue

200

Romania

300

A number of different things within the same general type.

range

300

Landing on the moon had a huge ______ for increasing technology in the 20th century.

significance

300

What is the noun form of 'vary'?

variation/variance

300

Hey! What's up? Anything new going on?

Same old stuff / same old same old

300


Germany

400

To continue or carry-on.

persist

400

_______ is an important aspect of Japanese work culture. It's not good to be very different.

Conformity

400

The strength of building a bridge largely depends on the ______ of the materials used to build it.

rigidity

400

If you want to be successful, you should ________ as fast as you can so you can get started on this new project.

get up to speed

400

What country was Cheng Lei detained in for 3 years before going back to Australia?

China

500

To differ ot contrast

vary

500

In order to ______ ______ over the crowd at the Halloween, the police set up signs and barriers to prevent people from gathering in crowds.

retain control

500

The teacher's ______ of the students took place in the classroom and was very ______ because he required all the students to use paper and pencil instead of laptops.

evaluation / distinct

500

I was _______ having to ______ John's English Lounge session. He's always absent.

fed up with, fill in for

500

Tell me 2 out of the 4 European capitals that the Danube River flows through.

Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade