Vocabulary A
What is the meaning of the word PREOCCUPATION?
Condition of thinking about only one thing
What is the degree of certainty?
He must have lied in his application.
ALMOST CERTAIN
What is the meaning of the word INFLATED?
What is the degree of certainty?
They ought to finish the platform this week.
QUITE SURE
Hide something very carefully is...
CONCEAL
What is the degree of certainty?
She might have cheated in the exam.
Existing or spreading everywhere is...
PERVASIVE
What is the degree of certainty?
I couldn't have forgotten the key inside the car.
ALMOST CERTAIN (NEGATIVE)
TATTLING ON means...
Telling something bad that another person has done
Complete the sentence:
My students ________________ read the syllabus by now.
Quite sure (past)
SHOULD HAVE
RULE OF THUMB means...
General guideline
Complete the sentence:
You ________________ be joking about having stealing the exam.
Almost certain (present)
MUST
A cover that hides the way someone or something really is
VENEER
Complete the sentence:
My brother ________________ go to Japan next year.
Less certain (future)
COULD/MAY/MIGHT
Continuing without stopping or losing strength
RELENTLESS
Complete the sentence:
Their excuse ________________ be true.
Almost certain, negative (present)
CAN'T/COULDN'T
Trick; deceive
PUT ONE OVER ON
Write a sentence for QUITE SURE IN THE PAST
SHOULD + HAVE + PP
Sharpened; perfected
FINELY HONED
Write a sentence for ALMOST CERTAIN, NEGATIVE IN THE PAST
CAN'T/COULDN'T + HAVE + PP