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

undermine everything I do. 
[attack, weaken]
He did it in a very 
underhand way. 
[secretly and possibly dishonestly]
up- can suggest a change of some kind, often positive.
The airline 
upgraded me to business class. 
[changed my ticket to a better class]
There has been an 
upturn in the economy. 
[change for the better]
Less frequent prefixes
con-/com- often suggests mixing things together (often in verbs of communication).
converse commiserate condolences congeal contaminate
pro- can often suggest pushing something forward or increasing it.
promote proliferate procrastinate procreate
e- can give the idea of something coming out of something.
They were 
ejected from the restaurant for bad behaviour. 
[thrown out; 
formal
]
The machine 
emitted a loud noise and then stopped working. 
[gave out; 
formal
]
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Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Choose a word from A opposite to complete each sentence.
1 They are planning to 
the area around the old bus station.
2 It is 
to use informal language in a formal essay.
3 The yes votes 
the no votes by two to one.
4 Ivan’s English is excellent but he still tends to 
idioms occasionally.
5 We all hope you will 
your decision to turn down our offer of a job.
6 I’m afraid I only have an 
understanding of the situation myself.
7 These pupils do not usually 
in class.
8 An 
to drive is a serious problem for anyone in this line of business.
9 Lance seems to be 
of understanding even the simplest instructions. 
10 Paula lost marks in her science test because of the 
of her measurements.
11 More and more businesses use the internet in order to sell their products, so 
is 
becoming more and more important to the economy.
12 More farmers are now choosing to use 
fertilisers that don’t harm the environment 
or wildlife.