English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Choose the correct adjective to complete each sentence.
1 I persuaded him to come on the rather 
false
/ 
flimsy
pretext that I needed some help repairing 
my bike.
2 The police have struck George off their list of suspects as he has a 
cast-iron
/ 
sincere
alibi.
3 Lauren’s excuse for not coming to my party was pretty 
convincing
/ 
lame
– you’d have thought 
she could have come up with something better than that.
4 Kate sends 
heartfelt
/ 
perfect
apologies for not coming with me this evening – she’s got a 
bad dose of flu.
5 The police officer asked us for a 
detailed
/ 
phoney
explanation of the events leading up to 
the incident.
6 I hope you’ve got a 
weak
/ 
good
excuse for forgetting it’s my birthday today.
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the word in 
capitals. Do not change the form of the word in capitals.
1 ‘I’m sorry I broke your vase, Gina,’ Matt said. (apologised)
Matt 
her vase.
2 He had acted in a very inhumane way, but the criminal did not seem to repent. (repentance)
The criminal did not 
the inhumane way in which he had acted.
3 At the end of the trial, the accused was acquitted. (acquittal)
The trial 
.
4 Sam did not offer any explanation for his strange behaviour. (explain)
Sam 
he had behaved so strangely.
Correct the errors in these sentences.
1 The President granted him a repentance just an hour before he was due to be executed.
2 He was exonerated of murder in 2014, but two years later was convicted of armed robbery in the 
same courtroom.
3 She showed a complete lack of reprieve for her evil deeds and just laughed when the judge 
sentenced her.
4 The Public Inquiry pardoned him from all blame for the accident at the factory.
5 Just before he died, the old man said he remorsed all the bad things he had done in his life.
6 Ten years after his death, Daniel Taylor was given a humorous pardon by the government when 
another man confessed to the crime he had been hanged for.
7 He treated her badly and she says she simply cannot forget and forgive.
8 The ceasefiring is due to start at 9 pm.