Miscellaneous Vocabulary Test 3

I decided to make ________ by starting my own business. However, I went bankrupt a few years later.

1. a contribution
2. a fortune
3. a fuss
4. an encounter

In the valley stood a ________ building.

1. current
2. nearby
3. solitary
4. stuck

He whistled ________ as he was walking along the road.

1. happily
2. hardly
3. reluctantly
4. restlessly

There was too much ________ among the parents about the new school policy.

1. appeal
2. departure
3. discontent
4. vigour

What are you going to do? You should ________ a decision.

1. make
2. make out
3. make over
4. make up

The horse drank from a narrow ________.

1. hedge
2. outback
3. stream
4. tin shed

The slope was too ________ for me. It was my first day skiing, you see.

1. flat
2. longing
3. steep
4. weak

This is my first attempt ________ a web blog, so it's not very good.

1. at
2. of
3. on
4. to

Joan can't call Rick ________ she has lost his phone number.

1. as
2. where
3. while
4. why

My father took ________ in an expedition to the Himalayas.

1. part
2. pity
3. place
4. up

Everybody liked Jim when he started to work there. He was young and full of ________.

1. belongings
2. enthusiasm
3. indifference
4. struggle

The trees ________ in the strong wind.

1. bent down
2. made over
3. settled down
4. turned over

Some ________ are poisonous.

1. dogs
2. organisations
3. spiders
4. sports

He was ________ when he finally arrived home. It was a very tiring journey.

1. blessed
2. eager
3. exhausted
4. uneasy

She's very ________. She can go on and on about anything.

1. aboriginal
2. calm
3. shy
4. talkative

I got ________ to the long working hours quickly.

1. away
2. rid
3. stuck
4. used

My friend is somebody I can always ________ on.

1. deny
2. realise
3. rely
4. reply

Shall we take a bus or go ________ foot?

1. a
2. at
3. on
4. with

I was ________ moved by the movie. I almost cried at the end.

1. deeply
2. hardly
3. highly
4. widely

Have you got a first aid ________ in your bathroom?

1. kid
2. kit
3. pit
4. tip