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

Fill the gaps with words from A opposite.
1 When 
and economic 
had failed, the Cabinet voted to take 
military action.
2 Occasional violence between the two groups eventually 
into all-
civil 
war.
3 The government forces were accused of carrying out ethnic 
by executing members 
of the rival tribe.
4 During the war, a 
occurred in a village near the border. Some 150 women and 
children were shot by enemy troops.
5 The war brought about 
change. The former dictator was 
and forced to 
flee from the country.
6 The process of conflict 
was successful and the country has now been at peace for 
ten years.
7 War should always be a last 
when all other avenues have been explored.
8 There were many civilian 
as a result of the bombing raid.
9 There were violent 
between police and demonstrators in the capital city.
10 The armed forces moved a large amount of 
to the battlefront, including tanks, 
artillery and missile launchers.
Replace the underlined words using an appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1 The irrational dislike of people of other ethnic groups is one of the root causes of conflict. (
hate
)
2 The involvement of the United Nations in the situation helped to restore peace. (
intervene
)
3 The political groups that opposed one another finally negotiated a peace agreement. (
rival
)
4 The general was a cruel and violent dictator who ruled for 18 years. (
Brute
)
5 There had been a longstanding feeling of not trusting each other between the two tribes. (
trust
)
6 The fight against the government began in 2010. (
reBel
)
Choose a word from the box to complete the sentences below, using an appropriate form.
ambush observers truce suicide wage siege peacekeeping campaign ceasefire
1 A 
bomber disguised as a police officer killed 15 people in an attack today.
2 The UN sent in a 
force to keep the two sides in the civil war apart.
3 A convoy of lorries was 
by enemy soldiers in a remote valley yesterday.
4 International 
monitored the election and concluded that it had been fair.
5 The government has 
war on the drug cartels for the last ten years.
6 The 
of the city lasted six months before the enemy troops were pushed back.
7 After a year of fighting, the two sides agreed to a 
to enable peace negotiations to 
start. (
two possible answers
)
8 The army fought a long 
to free the country from the enemy forces.