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unit 68 English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The _____ ethnic groups living in Malaysia give the country its cultural richness. | diverse |
| used to show a group is made up of different types of something | diverse |
| The _____ regions of Spain all have unique customs and cultures. | disparate |
| used for different types within a group, but emphasises separation and difference | disparate |
| This house is not _____ to the one I was born in. | dissimilar |
| They have widely _____ opinions. | divergent |
| often used to show contrasting opinions or ideas within a group | divergent |
| The Swedish and Norwegian languages are quite _____ from one another, even though they look similar when written. | distinct |
| used to describe differences where one might be deceived by similarities | distinct |
| It’s easy to find our car in a car park because of its _____ colour. | distinctive |
| used to describe something that is easy to recognise because it is different | distinctive |
| There are several _____ categories of verbs in English. | discrete |
| different and separate, not overlapping | discrete |
| Spanish and Portuguese cultures are quite diverse / distinct, even though, to the outsider, they may sometimes appear similar. | distinct |
| The way they weave carpets in this region is not dissimilar / divergent to the way they are made in neighbouring countries. | dissimilar |
| English verbs do not always fit very easily into distinctive / discrete categories. For instance, is the verb used to an ordinary verb or a modal verb like would? | discrete |
| Seen from the widely disparate / divergent viewpoints of left and right, the problem either originates in too much freedom or in too much state control. | divergent |
| It would be very difficult to unite the disparate / discrete tribes and ethnic groups to form one coherent political force. | disparate |
| Her CD collection contains quite a divergent / diverse selection of music, with everything from classical to heavy metal. | diverse |
| The two suits I liked are a comparable / comparative price. | comparable |
| We walked part of the way home together and then our paths differentiated / diverged. | diverged |
| As he’d been to a boarding school, John loved the comparable / comparative freedom he had at university. | comparative |
| The business used only to make bicycles, but they’ve now diversified / distinguished into a range of other cycling products. | diversified |
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