Vocabulary Quiz
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 391.
VOCABULARY FILE
Part B
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Ex. 1. In column A are some words from the text below that you may not know. Match them with their brief definitions in column B. The first one is an example:
A
| B a) wild or insubordinate; unruly b) strong desire to achieve something, such as success c) the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood d) to maltreat, esp physically or sexually e) a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another f) a divergence or difference; a break in continuity g) to value highly h) to give (a person) the right to do or have something; allow i) having reached maturity; fully developed j) to hurt, intimidate, or persecute (a weaker or smaller person) k) free from discrimination, dishonesty, etc.; just l) to acquire (something desirable); obtain, get m) under mental or emotional stress n) to give aid or courage to o) difficult to do or deal with p) containing unborn young within the body |
Ex. 2.Fill in the table where possible with morphologically related words to the ones presented in bold. The first one is an example:
| N | V | Adj |
| prohibition | prohibit | prohibited prohibitive prohibitory |
| illusionary | ||
| expectation | ||
| interaction promotion | ||
| generation | ||
| appreciate | ||
| mature | ||
| tense | ||
| youth | ||
| adolescence adolescent | ||
| turbulent | ||
| pregnancy | ||
| bully | ||
| abuse | ||
| support | ||
| raise | ||
| challenge | ||
| tough | ||
| responsibility | ||
| stability | ||
| fair | ||
| intimacy | ||
| attractive | ||
| settle | ||
| advance |
Ex. 3.What are the abstract nouns for the following concrete ones? (The first one is an example):
child – childhood; adult -- ; adolescent -- .
Ex. 4. What is the Russian for:
adulthood, adolescent,teenager, drugs, jail, prison, pregnancy, gap, bully, adolescent, compassion, aspiration, prohibition; turbulent, tough, tense, to entitle, to appreciate, to abuse.
Ex. 5. Translate into Russian the following word combinations:
in good health; in high spirits; generation gap; young adulthood; illusionary expectations; emotional interactions; socially responsible; psychologically mature; physically fit and attractive; burden of responsibility; daily winning of bread; to settle down; to advance careers; to gain promotions and raises; to get stability in a personal life; to start a family; to entitle rights; to drop out from school; to strive for something.
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