Vocabulary exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. Productive employment is the only ………………. solution to poverty.

a) sustainable
b) satisfactory
c) necessary
d) required

2. A frustrated person is a ……………….. threat to social order and harmony.

a) sure
b) grave
c) potential
d) possible

3. Student organizations should be the ………………….. of students’ causes.

a) leaders
b) champions
c) masters
d) advisors

4. It is essential that we understand the true nature and ……………….. of the unemployment problem plaguing our country.

a) scope
b) magnitude
c) size
d) potential

5. There are still millions of …………………. children in the world.

a) over nourished
b) malnourished
c) illiterate
d) sick

6. He believed in social equality and argued that the evils of untouchability are against the dictates of …………………

a) reason
b) rational
c) norms
d) customs

7. Success cannot ……………. one who mentally and physically commits himself to his cause.

a) elude

b) escape
c) distract
d) evasive

Answers

1. Productive employment is the only sustainable solution to poverty.

2. A frustrated person is a potential threat to social order and harmony.

3. Student organizations should be the champions of students’ causes.

4. It is essential that we understand the true nature and magnitude of the unemployment problem plaguing our country.

5. There are still millions of malnourished children in the world.

6. He believed in social equality and argued that the evils of untouchability are against the dictates of reason.

7. Success cannot elude one who mentally and physically commits himself to his cause.