1.

Many ask whether _____ actors like Redmayne and Fanning should be
playing trans characters. (gender) cisgender
2. The murderer mixed her drink with _____ chemicals to make her sleep.
(insomnia) somniferous
3. This group demands everyone be honest, and please don’t _____ the
pudding. (egg) over-egg
4. The troops were heavily _____ by hunger and disease. (debility)
debilitated
5. Lisa sure have a pretty _____ voice, I can listen to her singing all day.
(fluent) mellifluous
6. _____ is sometimes considered an unsportsmanlike act, but it shows
how skilful the players are to bring themselves success while at an
advantage. (time) time-wasting
7. It would be wrong to _____ that all Californians are surfers, based only
on a few personal experiences. (pole) extrapolate
8. I have never met such a(n) _____ person like Jim before, he’s way more
friendly than my best friend. (genius) (con)genial
9. The facility _____ sea water to produce fresh water for drinking. (salt)
desalinates
10. A _____ of child prodigies entered the competition and performed as if
they had been professionals. (star) constellation
11. Our antecedents used to raise a lot of _____ animals to protect their
yield. (insect) insectivorous
12. He presented his latest collection at a(n) _____ show during Paris
fashion week. (cat) catwalk
13. The sumos sure have _____ bodies right? (elephant) elephantine
14. Jason was really _____ about his restaurant’s non-fresh food service.
(pig) pigheaded
15. I love _____ people like Lisa, she can always spot mistakes even if
they are virtually invisible, clearly my type though. (hawk) hawk-eyed
16. They were obviously a bit _____ about the misunderstanding. (sheep)
sheepish
17. You have to buy another phone with higher _____ to store that many
images. (wide) bandwidth
18. That student doesn’t look like a(n) _____ at all, I can tell just by
looking at those stunning techniques. (foot/horn) tenderfoot, greenhorn
19. He was _____ by the havoc he encountered on his return. (may)
(un)dismayed
20. The _____ approach to marketing means that the campaign is not
targeted at particular individuals. (gun/shot) scattergun, scattershot,
shotgun
21. Life is basically working to get money and avoid being _____ in
paying for the living until your last breath. (hand) behindhand
22. This new digital technology makes it possible for deaf and _____
patrons to enjoy the movies without the need for assistive devices. (hear)
hearing-impaired/hard-of-hearing
23. These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt
_____. (dive) nosedive
24. He has given up his _____ lifestyle to settle down with his baby
daughter. (wheel) freewheeling
25. He retorted with _____ of shallow criticism. (probation) disapprobation
26. The _____ of the intention in offence of intention is blurring, so we
should restrict its scope of application. (script) proscription
27. Everything then became a _____ array of sounds and feelings as they
slipped over the edge of control. (scope) kaleidoscopic
28. Why is the Secretary attempting to _____ the regulations to
tempestuously gained only a few years ago? (jet) jettison
29. In the 2nd Newton’s theory of motion, the _____ is usually replaced by
the tools to measure the weight and the force and calculate the acceleration
because they are much cheaper. (accelerate) accelerometer
30. The computer market is _____ with software for every kind of
computer. (wash) awash
31. The Aphmau team _____ our modern city life in Minecraft and made a
masterpiece. (play) role-played
32. Marie Curie was on her _____, saying her last words to her sons and
daughter, one of which wrote every words of his mother down and read
them every night after night since passed away. (bed) death-bed
33. Photographs are usually _____ evidence provided it can be proved that
they are authentic. (admit) admissible
34. Liverpool is sailing through Premier League _____. (defeat)
undefeated
35. There is no agreed _____ of what a comprehensive school should be.
(define) definition
36. The report is based entirely on _____. (suppose) (pre)supposition
37. It is _____ to me whether he stays or goes. (material) immaterial
38. When reading a sentence that finishes _____, be sure to read the whole
sentence because missing a single word can cause horrible
misapprehension. (leaf) overleaf
39. My girlfriend is such a _____, she desires for more in Valentines even
after getting 4 bars from me. (chocolate) chocoholic
40. _____ in both physical and mental work may lead to severe outcomes
that influence your life backward. (hand) cack-handedness
41. Getting rid of weapons reduces the risk of accidental, unauthorised,
hair trigger or _____ use. (empty) pre-emptive
42. Butt _____ is a talent several people have that they are able to fart as if
the sound came from a different location. (vent) ventriloquism
43. The _____ on the child revealed that she had been poisoned. (mortal)
post-mortem
44. These people are _____ and they are not going to say anything on
camera that makes them look stupid. (media) media-savvy
45. Right now Usain Bolt can still _____ professional athletes although
he’s considerably aging. (pace) outpace
46. Many scientists still don’t believe _____ about their insisting on
proving that they had met aliens. (tact) contactees
47. In front of the White House lies many guards that always have _____
expressions, they have been trained to stay still for quite a long time so as
to be taken on. (face) straight-faced/poker-faced
48. The New Year 2020’s _____ show involves almost every famous face
of the country. (star) all-star/star-studded
49. In most horror movies, there will be a _____ doing spiritual calls with
the people from the underworld and the ghosts haunting someone or
somewhere. (clear) clairvoyant
50. Vietnam’s football history were atrocious for a long time before hitting
a _____ bounce in 2008, ten years later we finally have got to witness a
soar of our national team. (cat) dead-cat
19. may, dismay
41. empty, pre-emptive
42. vent, ventriloquism