100 words vocabulary exercise

I Complete the following sentences.

1 The hot sun _ _ e r_ _ _ _ _ us to the point of collapse . ( osłabił, pozbawił sił )

2 The _ _ _ _ _ x of political changes triggered the economic crisis of the country and
in consequence led to a long lasting civil war. ( wir )

3 He w _ _ _ g h _ vengeance on those who betrayed him. ( powziął )

4 CCTV provided _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ v _ _ _ _ _ _ _ evidence that he was at the scene of the crime. (

bezsporny, niezaprzeczalny )

5 What was up with you last night? I’d never seen you in such a _ _ l l _ _ _ _ _ mood before.
( buńczuczny )

6 Do you know that _ _ _ _ _ _s s brother of Alice’s has won an international chess tournament
in Groningen? ( nieudolny )

7 Clearly there is some _ _ i _ _ _ e _ _ going on. ( mataczenie )

8 It’ a good read but rather _ _c _ _ _ _ for someone looking for real evidence and sound
explanations of what had caused the tragedy. ( pusty, bezsensowny )

9 What I hate most about you is your _ _ _ _ q _ _ _ _ s smile when you enter my office.
( służalczy )
10 The _ _ _ _ t _ r _ _ _ _ effects of smoking have now been proved beyond doubt.
( szkodliwy )
11 Saccani’s excellent recording is an _ _ s p _ _ _ _ _ start to what promises to be a
distinguished musical career. ( dobrze wróżący, pomyslny )

12 Women are by nature more _ _ q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than men. ( gadatliwy )

13 The longest side of a triangle that has a right angle is called the _ y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
14 It’s going to be a _ _ h _ _ _ _ _ debate as the issue is hot and highly controversial.
( gwałtowny )
15 The teacher _ _ c u _ _ _ _ _ _ the principles of honesty and friendship into their young hearts
at every opportunity. ( wpajał )

16 There is something smug and _ _ c t _ _ _ _ about him. ( fałszywy )

17 To _ _ n n _ _ means to blow the chaff away from grain. ( przesiać )
18 “ War, pestilence, and famine had consumed the _ o _ _ _ _ of the human species.” ( połowa
)
19 _ _ g g _ _ _ _ → an ancient Babylonian temple tower of a lofty pyramidal structure built in
successive stepped-back stages with an outside staircases and a shrine at the top;

20 The pleasures of the table are never of much consequence to one naturally __st_
_ _ _ _ _ . ( wstrzemięźliwy, skromny )

II Translate the following phrases into Polish.

1. supercilious wine waiters -

2. the four antebellum years from 1936 to 1939 -

3. a precipitous decline in stock prices -

4. reciprocal trade agreements -

5. a homogeneous community -

6. a sanguine complexion -

7. to abrogate a law -

8. … diffident in the presence of these people -

9. business acumen -

10. a lugubrious voice -

11. a bowdlerized version of “Anthony and Cleopatra” -

12. Her pleasant manner belied her true character. -

13. a gauche comment -

14. …. lost in the dark tempestuous night -

15. laissez faire -

16. jejune political opinions -

17. It was churlish to refuse his invitation. -

18. circumlocution -

19. The House voted that President Nixon should be impeached. -

20. the Omnipotent -

......................................
People with sanguine temperament are normally gregarious, sociable and cheerful. They are usually in high spirits,
beaming and funny, patient, and adaptable. They have rosy and ruddy complexion and soft and smooth skin. People
with sanguine temperament are stout, sturdy, and burly with muscular body. These people have bigger veins which
are prominent and easily seen through the skin in the arms and legs. They also have a more powerful and stronger
pulse.

Farmers thresh and w _ _ _ _ w wheat in Ethiopia

The tempestuous sea

People with s.................... temperament are normally gregarious, sociable and cheerful. They are usually in high
spirits, beaming and funny, patient, and adaptable. They have rosy and ruddy complexion and soft and smooth skin.
People with ............g............ temperament are stout, sturdy, and burly with muscular body. These people have
bigger veins which are prominent and easily seen through the skin in the arms and legs. They also have a more
powerful and stronger pulse.

_ _ _ _bell_ _ architecture is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern

United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution,
to the start of the American Civil War.

Barrington Hall is one classic example of an ........................ home.

w _ _ _ g h _ iron gates
100 words vocabulary review Name: score:

I Complete the following sentences.

1 The hot sun _ _ e r_ _ _ _ _ us to the point of collapse . ( osłabiło, pozbawiło sił )

2 The _ _ _ _ _ x of political changes triggered the economic crisis of the country and
in consequence led to a long lasting civil war. (wir )

3 w _ _ _ g h _ iron gates

4 CCTV provided _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ v _ _ _ _ _ _ _ evidence that he was at the scene of the crime.

( bezsporny, niezaprzeczalny )

5 What was up with you last night? I’d never seen you in such a _ _ l l _ _ _ _ _ mood before.
(buńczuczny)

6 Do you know that _ _ _ _ _ _s s brother of Alice’s has won an international chess tournament in
Groningen? (nieudolny )

7 Clearly there is some _ _ i _ _ _ e _ _ going on. ( mataczenie )

8 It’ a good read but rather _ _c _ _ _ _ for someone looking for real evidence and sound
explanations of what had caused the tragedy. ( pusty, bezsensowny )
9 What I hate most about you is your _ _ _ _ q _ _ _ _ s smile when you enter my office.(służalczy )
10 The _ _ _ _ t _ r _ _ _ _ effects of smoking have now been proved beyond doubt.
(szkodliwy )
11 Saccani’s excellent recording is an _ _ s p _ _ _ _ _ _ start to what promises to be a
distinguished musical career. ( dobrze wróżący, pomyslny )

12 Women are by nature more _ _ q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than men. (gadatliwy)

13 The longest side of a triangle that has a right angle is called the _ y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
14 It’s going to be a _ _ h _ _ _ _ _ debate as the issue is hot and highly controversial.
(gwałtowny)
15 The teacher _ _ c u _ _ _ _ _ _ the principles of honesty and friendship into their young hearts at
every opportunity. ( wpajał )

16 There is something smug and _ _ c t _ _ _ _ about him. ( fałszywy )

Farmers thresh and w _ _ _ _ w wheat in Ethiopia

17
18 “ War, pestilence, and famine had consumed the _ o _ _ _ _ of the human species.” ( połowa )
19 _ _ g g _ _ _ _ → an ancient Babylonian temple tower of a lofty pyramidal structure built in
successive stepped-back stages with an outside staircases and a shrine at the top;

20 The pleasures of the table are never of much consequence to one naturally _ _ s t _ _ _ _ _ _ .
(wstrzemięźliwy, skromny )
21 _ _ _ _bell_ _ architecture is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-
century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with
the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War.

Barrington Hall is one classic example of an ........................ home.

22 The __________________ sea. (11 letters)

23 People with s.................... temperament are normally gregarious, sociable and cheerful. They are
usually in high spirits, beaming and funny, patient, and adaptable. They have rosy and ruddy complexion
and soft and smooth skin. People with ............g............ temperament are stout, sturdy, and burly with
muscular body. These people have bigger veins which are prominent and easily seen through the skin in the
arms and legs. They also have a more powerful and stronger pulse.

24 ______________________

II Translate the following phrases into Polish.

25 supercilious wine waiters -

26 a precipitous decline in stock prices -

27 reciprocal trade agreements -

28 to abrogate a law -

29 .. … diffident in the presence of these people -

30 business acumen -

31 a lugubrious voice -

32 a bowdlerized version of “Anthony and Cleopatra” -

33 Her pleasant manner belied her true character. -

34 a gauche comment -

35 laissez faire -

36 jejune political opinions -

37 It was churlish to refuse his invitation. -

38 circumlocution -

39 The House voted that President Nixon should be impeached. -

40 the Omnipotent -