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

Find words and expressions in the text in B with the following meanings.
1 want to achieve 
2 have their roots in 
3 completely get rid of 
4 supporters 
5 organised activities to try to achieve 
something 
6 principle 
7 campaign of protest 
Choose the correct word in the sentences below.
1 A gullible person believes everything even if it is 
plausible 
/
 implausible
.
2 I don’t find his story at all 
credible 
/
 incredulous
.
3 When marking exams, try to give candidates the 
advantage 
/
 benefit
of the doubt.
4 A fanatic is someone with a very 
objective 
/
 subjective
point of view.
5 The law says that you must be 
derived 
/
 presumed
innocent until proven otherwise.
6 It is better to take her promises with a pinch of 
salt 
/
 pepper
.
7 In the essay you must summarise the economic problems of this area and conclude by giving your 
own 
point of view 
/
 tenet 
about what the government should do to solve them.
8 The play has been 
presumed 
/
 attributed
to Shakespeare.
Choose words from the box to complete the sentences below.
adherents attribute converts eradicate justified objective pinch resistance 
subjective
1 The charity aims to 
poverty in this region within five years.
2 It has been said that 
to a religion can often be much more active supporters of the 
religion than people who were born into it.
3 The group felt their protest against the unfair laws was completely 
.
4 The criteria for judging the Poem of the Year competition are, inevitably, to some extent 
.
5 Many of the self-professed 
of this philosophy have never even read its basic texts.
6 Historians 
the origins of this philosophy to Ancient Greece.
7 A judge must try to remain 
and not let personal values influence his or her 
decisions.
8 The Government troops offered no 
to the rebel takeover.
9 I take anything said by an election candidate with a 
of salt.