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Le2 practice part 1
Practice questions for LE2 exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| grateful | A person who is _____ feels or shows gratitude. If your neighbor brings you soup when you're sick, you'll be very _____ (unless you hate soup). |
| anticipate | To _____ something is to be expecting it. Your dog might be waiting by the door, _____ing his next walk or squirrel chase. |
| dubious | Choose the adjective _____ for something you have doubts about or you suspect is not true. That bridge you just "bought" might be of _____ value. |
| rigid | Describe something as _____ if it's really stiff and not very flexible, like a super-strict set of rules or an unbending, uncomfortable mattress. |
| sequential | Use the word _____ to describe something that has a particular order, like a recipe for chocolate chip cookies whose steps must be followed in a _____ order. |
| legislation | _____ is the act or process of making or enacting laws. Some people think there should be more _____ in the area of education and some people think there should be less — governments debates the matter periodically. |
| fertility | _____ is the ability to have babies or to reproduce. When _____ rates in a community increase, more babies are born. |
| longevity | Something with _____ has the ability to last for a long time. While tortoises are not known for their quickness, their _____ is amazing. |
| reproduce | To _____ is to make more, either by having babies or creating copies. Parents and photocopy machines both _____. |
| contemporary | Things that are _____ are either happening at the same time or happening now. In history class, if you hear that one famous person was a _____ of another, that means they lived at the same time. |
| reflection | When you pause for _____ — serious thinking, that is — your thoughts are bending inward. _____ can also be a consequence of something: the way your dog mopes around when you're away is a _____ of how much he misses you. |
| straightforward | _____ means direct in your approach. When you have a favor to ask of a friend, don't beat around the bush – say what you need in a _____ way. |
| global | When something is _____, it's happening all over the world. It's easy to spot the connection between _____ and globe. |
| futile | When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it _____. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be _____! |