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Vocabulary exercises

I. Match the words with their definitions

1. abundance

a) a rich and powerful person who is involved in business or industry.

2. emergence

b) a skilled scientist or other technical expert with a high position in industry or government.

3. explosion

c) a sudden feeling of enthusiasm or a new idea that helps you do or create something.

4. function

d) a very large increase in the size, number, amount, or importance of something over a very short period of time.

5. groundwork

e) a very large quantity of something.

6. inspiration

f) an important and powerful person in a particular activity or industry.

7. mogul

g) something that has to happen before an activity or plan can be successful.

8. pursuit

h) the process of appearing or becoming recognized.

9. technocrat

i) the process of trying to get, achieve or find something in a determined way.

10. tycoon

j) the purpose that something has, or the job or particular responsibility that someone or something does.

II. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right

1. to amass

a) to be the first person to do, invent or use something.

2. to confer

b) to become very successful, happy or very strong and healthy.

3. to outmaneuver

c) to collect a lot of something such as money or information over a period of time.

4. to pioneer

d) to gain an advantage over someone by using cleverer or more skilful plans or methods.

5. to plot

e) to give something such as authority, a legal right, or an honour to someone.

6. to thrive

f) to invent the series of related events that make up the main story in a book, film etc.

7. to trigger

g) to make something happen very quickly, especially a series of events.

III. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b and antonyms in column c

A

B

C

Word

Synonym

Antonym

1. charitable

2a. beneficial

3a. harmless

2. crucial

2b. decisive

3b. identical

3. fierce

2c. different

3c. immoral

4. flamboyant

2d. elaborate

3d. mean

5. generous

2e. ferocious

3e. plain

6. grand

2f. first-rate

3f. poor

7. immense

2g. forceful

3g. scanty

8. powerful

2h. knowledgeable

3h. small

9. profitable

2i. philanthropic

3i. superficial

10. profound

2j. plentiful

3j. trivial

11. puritanical

2k. severe

3k. unprofitable

12. various

2l. tremendous

3l. weak