Vocabulary Practice 2
Ex. 4. a) find words in the text to match the definitions below, reproduce the context they are used in;
b) give their derivatives or words they were formed from;
c) suggest their Russian equivalents;
d) use the words in sentences of your own.
behaviour that shows you refuse to do what someone tells you to do, especially because you do not respect them
to decide not to use a plan or system because it is not practical
lack of respect, rudeness
freedom from any risk of being punished for doing something wrong or bad
to instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)
to cause someone to take a course of action
offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters
showing no regret for one’s wrongdoings
to deliberately encourage people to argue, fight, etc.
responsibility for an error or crime
to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved
marked by hidden dangers, hazards, or perils
Ex.5. Continue the strings of collocations, translate them. Make up a sentence with one collocation from each list.
to defy convention, _______________, ____________________, ___________________
to scrap a law, ____________________, __________________, ____________________
treacherous policy, ___________________, __________________, _________________
unrepentant ___________________, _____________________, _________________
to foment/ to incite discrimination, ________________, _______________, ___________
to crack down on crime, _________________, __________________, ________________
impertinent question, ___________________, __________________, _______________
crude word, __________________, ________________, _______________ BUT not people
to be, ________________, ________________, _______________ culpable (of)
culpable negligence, __________________, _________________, __________________
Ex.6. Fill in the gaps with the words from Ex. 4 and Ex. 5.
President Clinton _____________ public opinion in 1995 by sending troops to Bosnia for peace-keeping purposes.
Rumors have been circulating for some time in the media that China is considering ________________ the one-child policy that was launched back in 1979.
But much of it stemmed from the fact that Blair remained ________________ and ever self-righteous about a war that had gone tragically wrong.
In the name of _________________ on terrorism funding, the U.S. imposed new regulations affecting banks that handle money transfers to Somalia.
A mother in New Jersey is fighting to have her name removed from the child abuse register after she was found _______________ of abuse and neglect of her unborn baby because she took methadone during pregnancy.
The Mexican Army and police have a long history of violating human rights with _______________.
“Political correctness” is a ________________ ideology, which can turn you upside down. I avoid the term if I can because it has a double meaning.
Increasingly sophisticated attacks by Boko Haram have _______________ the government to adopt new tactics.
The Kenyan President appeared before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday in the long-running case alleging that he _______________ violence following the country’s disputed 2007 elections.
One mark of a good prime minister is the ability to suffer ________________ with good grace.
The cover was a clear message from the surviving staff members of the weekly magazine that the killing of 12 people at its Paris headquarters by two Islamist brothers would not intimidate them into changing their ______________ sense of humour.
North Korea has denied its ________________ for the incident that took the lives of 46 sailors.
A bill outlawing ________________ to religious hatred was one of the Labour party's manifesto promises during the 2005 general election.
The Iraqi National Museum, ransacked after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, reopened 12 years later in _______________ of jihadist threat.