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

noun
adjective
change in stress?
or
thography
ortho
graphic
yes
lexicon
lexical
no
mo
dality
modal
yes
metaphor
meta
phorical
yes
po
lysemy
po
lysemous
no
 38.3
1 metaphor
2 obsolete language
3 polysemy
4 computer jargon
 38.4
1 mot juste
2 eloquent
3 speechless
4 succinct
5 foot
6 words
7 inarticulate
Unit 39
 39.1
1 reign
2 dynasty
3 heir (the heir has a legal right to take over, for example, by birth; the successor is any person who 
actually takes over, for example, by being elected)
4 manuscript
5 coronation
6 empire
7 dawn
8 shred
9 the Bronze Age
10 the pre-colonial era
 39.2
person
noun
verb
king
kingdom
emperor
empire
successor
succession
succeed
coronation
crown
conqueror
conquest
conquer
archaeologist
archaeology
reign
reign
labourer
labour
labour
migrant
migration
migrate
ruler
rule
rule
monarch
monarchy
 39.3 
1 d 2 g 3 a 4 f 5 h 6 b 7 e 8 c
 39.4 
1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b

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Unit 40
 40.1
1 deprivation
2 illiterate
3 affluent
4 Denial
5 destitution
6 violation
 40.2
1 relative
2 line
3 shelter
4 fundamental
5 absolute
6 impoverished
7 super
 40.3
1 line
2 bracket
3 context
4 ends
5 belts
6 stricken
 40.4
1 destitute
2 mouth
3 tight
4 deprived
5 poverty line
6 bracket
7 classed
8 affluence
9 malnourishment
10 sanitation
Unit 41
 41.1
1 False. It is down to the MP to make up his or her own mind.
2 False. They only make a statement about some of them. Others are simply placed in the Petitions Bag.
3 True.
4 False. Only on the substantive ones.
5 False. It is an example of a Select Committee that crosses departmental barriers.
6 False. They do investigate the conduct of individual MPs.
7 True. (Presumably because they do not have the same constituency work to do.)
8 False. They don’t. They focus on six key areas, whereas Commons Select Committees focus on 
shadowing government departments (as well as some other things).
 41.2 
1 d 2 h 3 e 4 b 5 g 6 a 7 f 8 c
 41.3
1 debating chamber
2 briefing material
3 wide-ranging expertise
4 select committee
5 party policy
6 committee stage
7 Speaker’s chair
8 government department

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 41.4
1 conduct
2 allegations
3 down / up
4 shadow
5 set
6 crosses
7 expertise
8 scrutinises
Unit 42
 42.1
1 conquer 
5 negotiations
2 injustice 
6 humanity
3 minorities 
7 justify
4 establish 
8 pursue
 42.2
verb
noun
constitute
constitution
found
foundation, founder
undertake
undertaking
negotiate
negotiation, negotiator
justify
justification
conquer
conquest, conqueror
liberate
liberation, liberator
unite
unity
delegate
delegate, delegation
recognise
recognition
 42.3
1 B march
2 C delicate
3 D infrastructure
4 B undertook
5 A foundation
6 D delegate
 42.4
1 undeniably
2 customary
3 injustice
4 solidarity
5 movements
6 integrated
Unit 43
 43.1
1 impeached
2 lodge
3 overturned
4 sets
5 award/grant
6 bend
7 are infringing / infringed
8 perverting
9 annulled
10 quashed

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 43.2
1 trespass / trespassing
2 embezzlement
3 discrimination
4 perjury
5 harassment
6 insider trading / dealing
7 stalking
 43.3
1 amendments
2 harassment
3 infringement
4 contravention
5 perversion
6 allegation
7 annulment
8 impeachment
 43.4
1 You should let the police deal with the situation – it’s far too risky to 
take the law into your 
own hands.
2 Sam started getting into trouble when he got in with a gang of habitual 
law-breakers
.
3 You shouldn’t start 
laying down the law on your first day in a new job.
4 Masha will never be able to get Vadim to conform – he’s 
a law unto himself
.
5 Isabelle is far too 
law-abiding to agree to bring extra cigarettes into the country.
Unit 44
 44.1
1 diplomacy, sanctions
2 escalated, out
3 cleansing
4 massacre
5 regime, overthrown
6 resolution
7 resort
8 casualties
9 clashes
10 weaponry
 44.2
1 
Irrational hatred of people of other ethnic groups is one of the root causes of conflict.
2 The 
intervention of the United Nations in the situation helped to restore peace.
3 The 
rival political groups finally negotiated a peace agreement.
4 The general was a 
brutal dictator who ruled for 18 years.
5 There had been a longstanding 
mistrust between the two tribes.
6 The 
rebellion began in 2010.
 44.3
1 suicide
2 peacekeeping
3 ambushed
4 observers
5 waged
6 siege
7 truce / ceasefire
8 campaign
 44.4 
1 d 2 e 3 f 4 a 5 b 6 c

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Unit 45
 45.1
1 sustainable
2 following / pursuing, eradicate
3 encouraging, taking
4 deep / abject
5 recovered
6 achieve
7 allocate
8 access
 45.2
1 Over a period of five years, the country incurred huge debts which it could not repay.
2 
Debtor countries are completely at the mercy of wealthier nations.
3 
The debt burden is so great in some countries that their economies are collapsing.
4 Wealthier countries could do a lot to 
ease 
/
 alleviate the debt of poor countries, and indeed, in 
some cases, could 
cancel the debt altogether.
5 Over a period of three years, the country suffered a 
double-dip recession.
6 The following year, there was a 
slump in the price of crude oil.
7 While some countries 
devalued their currencies, one country alone revalued its currency due to 
its strong economy.
8 Urgent measures were needed to 
boost the economy.
 45.3
1 a trade war
2 impose sanctions, lift embargoes
3 restrictive practices
4 monetary union
5 development grants
6 a war-torn economy
7 ailing
8 relief
 45.4
1 Monetary union was agreed between the five countries in 2003.
2 The government introduced a package of measures to rescue the 
ailing economy.
3 The two Trade Ministers got together to try to abolish 
restrictive practices.
4 A 
trade war broke out between the two countries in 1999.
5 The 
war-torn economy is slowly recovering now that peace has come.
6 The United Nations 
imposed sanctions on the country in 1995 and did not lift them until 2008.
7 The region received a 
development grant from the World Bank.
8 
Debt relief has been crucial for some developing nations.
Unit 46
 46.1
1 debit card
2 credit card fraud (you can also say 
identity theft
)
3 put it / stick it
4 direct debit
5 electronic transfer
6 broke / skint
7 strapped
8 tight
9 contactless
 46.2
1 She got a huge golden handshake when she left the company.
2 My old aunt Jessie is 
rolling in it. Every time I go to see her, she gives me £100.
3 My father got a 
lump sum when he retired, so he bought a weekend cottage.
4 She put her 
life savings into an online company and lost everything when it collapsed.

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5 The bank tried to persuade me to put my money into a share 
portfolio, with stocks and shares in 
different companies.
6 If you need a very large sum of money, it’s not a good idea to 
borrow from friends or neighbours.
 46.3 
1 d 2 f 3 e 4 b 5 a 6 c
Unit 47
 47.1
1 classified ads (or adverts/advertisements) / classifieds
2 an agony aunt
3 the obituaries (or obituary column)
4 an editorial / a leader (or leading article)
5 a supplement
6 a feature
7 circulation
8 coverage
 47.2
1 manual
2 flyers / leaflets
3 brochures
4 pamphlets
5 journal
6 press release
7 prospectus
8 newsletter
 47.3 
edition is used about both books and magazines (a book, magazine, etc. that is one of a large 
number that are the same and were produced at the same time)
Books
spine (the vertical edge of the book which usually has the title on it)
blurb (short description usually on back cover, written to encourage people to read the book)
foreword (a piece of text before the main text of the book begins)
index (alphabetical list of subjects or names at the end of a book, showing on what page they are 
found in the text)
edition – see above
Magazines
subscription (a payment that buys you a certain number of issues in advance, e.g. for one year)
issue (publication printed for a particular day/week/month)
edition – see above
quarterly (a magazine issued every three months)
 47.4 
1 B 2 C 3 A
 47.5
1 c
2 d
3 a
4 e If something 
tells you all you need to know about something (informal), it gives all the most 
important information.
5 f
6 b 
Small print refers to the details, rules and restrictions that often accompany legal documents 
such as guarantees, contracts, insurance policies, etc., which are often written in very small letters.