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context based vocabulary
Let's Challenge
100

to kidnap

abduct

100

Shinjuku is a huge transportation ( center ) .


hub

100

There is a large (   the process of flowing in    ) of tourists into Kyoto during the Hanami season.

influx

100

The salesman decided to increase the (            ) of his visits to his main clients. In the past, he only visited them once a month, but now he goes every week.

1 pronunciation 

2 invention

3 frequency 

4 rehearsal

frequency

100

Many people are demonstrating for the (usually a law, or public policy — is to take it back.        ) of that unpopular law. 

repeal 

200

irregular military

guerilla

200

A:I miss my ex­girlfriend. I keep remembering all the good times we had. 

B:You should forget her and move on. (  to think or talk about something a lot of the time        ) the past will only make you sad. 

1. snapping up

2. dwelling on

3. doing out 

dwelling on

200

My teacher is very (   odd     ): she has over 55 dogs.

eccentric

200

A: I wish my children were as (   ) as yours. 

B: Oh, they are only doing what I tell them because you're here. Usually, they pay no attention at all. 

1. obedient

2. immense

3. wretched 


1. obedient

200

A (a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine ) in the game always makes it freeze at level three. 

glitch

300

a joker

buffoon

300

If discovered at the (     begininng   ) , most cancers can be easily treated. 

onset

300

He feared ( a movement back from an impact, or when many people react against something) , and warned against it in letters.

backlash
300

oergzaind - to have things neat, tidy, and in their correct place

organized

300

For several years, scientists working with Japanese Space Agency(JAXA) studied the effects of life aboard the International Space Station for a small school of medaka fish. Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan. They are also invaluable for space research. Not only are they easy to breed, but they are transparent, giving researchers a clear view of their bones and organs as they adjust to life in space.

  1. keen 

  2. luminous

  3. sheer

  4. unobstructed

unobstructed

400

to live or dwell in 

inhabit

400

oapuqe - Unable to see through something; not clear

opaque

400

The data-security consultant warned that the company’s computers were    (       ) to virus attacks and needed to be made safer.

1 vulnerable 

2 instructive 

3 stale 

4 genuine

vulnerable

400

dceoaoitrn -  the activity of making something look more attractive by putting nice-looking things on it or around it

decoration

400

The ( great joy and excitement ) you feel riding that roller coaster is like nothing else! 

exhilaration

500

productive: able to reproduce children, seeds, or fruits

fertile

500

Rivers are overfished around the country, so the (    a bad situation that's hard to get out of  )  of native fish may end in their extinction.

 plight

500

After his retirement from office, the former mayor started an organization dedicated to the (          ) of homelessness from his city.

1 declaration 

2 attachment 

3 elimination 

4 supplement

elimination

500

Smart Solutions is a company that develops computer software. It is becoming popular all over the world because it has developed software (      ) speeding up any business.

1 bitter about 

2 sorry for 

3 capable of 

4 free from

capable of

500

In a famous series of experiments on obedience conducted by Stanford Professor Stanley Milgram in the early 1960s, subjects were kept innocent of the experiment's true purpose. Miglram cleverly informed participants that he was testing the effects of punishments on learning and memory. In reality, he was testing factors that promote obedience to a person who is perceived as a legitimate authority figure. 

1. ignorant

2. aware

3. careless

4. convinced

1. ignorant