Elizabet of England, 80-86.

1. Supply the missing forms of the following words (if the form exist):
NOUN
Adulation
Perseverance
Veneration
Succession
Defiance
Augmentation
Recession
(Un)Deterance
Vehemence

VERB
Adulate
Persevere
Venerate
Succeed
Defy
Augment
Recede
(Un)Deter

ADJECTIVE
Adulatory
Persevering
Venerable
Successive
Defiant
Augmentative
Recessive
Undeterred
Vehement

PREVOD
Oboavanje, Laskanje
Istrajnost
Strahopotovanje
Nasleivanje
Odbijanje
Uveanje
Recesija
Pokolebati
Snaga

2. Match the words on the left to the synonymous words on the right.
Ardent Burning / hot / Fervent / Vehement
Tenacious Obstinate / Bold / Persevering /

Absorb/accept
Profitable

Resolute
Auspicious Successful
Instignation Stimulation / Arousal /

Calm / soothe
Trademarks

Provocation
Gravity Seriousness
To imbibe Absorb/accept
Tenets Principles
Staunchly Faithful / very loyal
Impassive Expressionless / not showing

Expressionless / not showing emotions

Principles
Seriousness
Stimulation / Arousal / Provocation
Burning / hot / Fervent / Vehement

emotions
To veer away Change direction
Unsolicited Unwarranted / Not asked for
To allay Calm / soothe
Hallmarks Trademarks
Magniloquence Grandiloquence / Bombastic

Faithful / very loyal

Obstinate / Bold / Persevering / Resolute
Successful
Fit
Unwarranted / Not asked for

style of speach
Parsimony Stinginess
To woo To courd / attract
Lucrative Profitable
Bout Fit

To courd / attract
Stinginess
Grandiloquence / Bombastic style of speach
Change direction

3. Use each word of the easily confusable pairs in a sentence to illustrate the difference
between them.
Precocious / Precautious
Precociuos is something overly mature. They say that he was a very

precocious boy.
Precautious is someone very cautious. The guardsmen stood precautious.

Imminent / Immanent

Imminent is something bound to happen. Death is imminent.

Immanent is something characteristic to someone. He was known for his
immanent parsimony.

Divert / Diverge

Divert Skrenuti. The ship diverted its course.

Diverge Razilaziti se. The group diverged in various directions.

4. Use the correct prepositions.

To be common __to___
__by___ no means
Key ___to__ stable sucession
To be beheaded ___on__ charges of adultery
To be the third ___in__ line ___for__ the throne
To be fluent ___in__ French
To burst __into___ tears
To be wedded __to___ her kingdom
To be skilled ___at__ manipulating
To avail oneself __in___ somebody' s hospitality
To draw ___to__ a close

5. Match words from columns A and B to form collocations:

Advantageous Marriage
Dazzling Display
Tangled Web
Bitter Disappointment
Lucrative Monopolies
Enthusiastic Welcome
Desperate Attempt
Severe Strains

Monopolies
Web
Strains
Marriage
Disappointment
Display
Welcome
Attempt

Culture and Civilazation in Modern Times, page 97-100

I) Supply the missing form of words
Noun

Verb

Adjective

Prevod

Proliferation

Proliferate

Prolific

Viak, proliferacija

(In)Determination

(In)Determine

Indeterminate

(Ne)Odlunost

Elusiveness

Elude

Elusive

Neuhvatljiv

Abundance

Abound

Abundant

Obilje

Tendency

Tend

Tendentious

Tenja

Accumulation

Accumulate

Cumulative

Nakupljanje

Application

Apply

Applicable

Prijava, apliciranje

Judgment

Judge

Judgmental

Osuda, presuda

Certainty

Ascertain

Ascertainable

Utvrditi

II) Match the words and synonyms, and use them in the sentences.
To linger
To enhance
To encompass

To remain/loiter/stay behind
To improve/increase/develope
To include/incorporate/embrace

To reinforce
Susceptible to
To warrant
attribution

To strenghten/support
Vulnerable/prone/liable
To permit
Ascription/credit

To designate
To eschew
To succumb to
Fulcrum of

To label/name/refer to
To avoid/shun
To yield/surrender
Pivot/hinge/support

1. No matter was to small to warrant his attention.

2. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
3. Young people are particularly susceptible to advertisements.
4. They wanted to reinforce the idea that human rights are never to be violated.
5. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
6. They are keen to enhance their reputation abroad.
7. His repertoire encompasses a wide range of composers.
8. He eschew publicity an avoided nightclubs.
9. There is a lot of attribution of evil intent to those who have different views.
10. We shall designate this man as X.
11. He will shortly become the fulcrum of the England team.
III) Illustrate the difference between these two words.
Literally doslovno. He takes literally eeverything he hears.

Literary knjievno. The Lord of the Rings is literary masterpiece.

IV) Find the antonyms.
Superiority inferiority
True false
External internal
Moral immoral/amoral
Synonym antonym
Applicable inapplicable
Associated disassociated
Conceptions misconceptions
Selective non-selective/unselective
Desirability undesirability
Activity inactivityV) Use the correct prepositions
To derive something from something else
To refer to something
Superiority over something/someone
Within ones grasp
To bring something to light
Control over something/someone
To be confined to
In terms of
To be susceptible to something
On the one hand; on the other
To be synonymous to
To separate something from something
To succumb to something
For fear of doing something
101-106
1. /
Supply the missing forms of the following words (if the form exist)
2.

3. Match the words on the left to the synonymous words on the right.
Impact Influence / effect / impression
Impetus Stimulus / motivation / drive
Hectic Chaotic / wild / frantic
To dazzle To amaze / impress / stun
To flourish To blossom / prosper / grow
To campaign To fight / push / struggle
Bent Inclination
To convey To express / get across / take
To permeate To pervade / fill

To fight / push / struggle

To pervade / fill
Influence / effect / impression
Stimulus / motivation / drive
Chaotic / wild / frantic
To amaze / impress / stun
To blossom / prosper / grow
Inclination
To express / get across / take

Rasism and crime still ______flourishing________ in the ghetto.

The two days we spent there were enjoyable but _____hectic________.

NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

PREVOD

Appearance
Glory
Appreciation
Endowment
Inspiration
Debt

To appear
To glorify
To appreciate
To endow
To inspire
To be

apparent
glorious
appreciative
endowed
Inspiring/inspirational
indebted

pojava
Slava
ceniti
obdariti
Inspiracija
Dug

Belief
Intensity
Enrichment
tendency
Assumption
Failure
preservation
Harmony
Regeneration
Complement

indebted
To believe
To intensify
Enrich
Tend
Assume
Fail
Preserve
To harmonize
To regenerate
To

believable
intensive
Enriched/enriching
tendentious
failed
preserving
Harmonious
Regenerative
Complementary

Vera
Intenzitet
Obogatiti
Tendencija
Pretpostavka
neuspeh
Sauvati
Harmonija
Regeneracija
Podudaranje/

Tranquility

complement
To tranquilize

Tranquil

dopunjavanje
smirenost

The major ________impact_____ of this epidemic is yet to come.

She needed a new ______impetus________ for her talent.
John _____dazzled________ us with his knowledge of the world.
We ________ campaigned _________ for law reform.
In herworks she always _______conveyed_______ a sense of immediacy.
He had a clear _________bent_______ for natural history.
Bias against women ______perneates______ every level of this society.

4. Use each word of the easily confusable pairs in a sentence to illustrate the difference
between them.
To borrow / To lend
We borrowed something from someone.
We lend something to someone.
To own / To owe

I own this house.

I owe you an apology.

5. Supply the appropriate preposition.

To contribute __to___ something
Talent _in___ something
To excel ___in__ something
To derive something __from___ something (else)
To vary __in___ (intensity)
__on___ the whole
6. Find the antonyms of the following words:
Thinkable unthinkable
Partial inpartial
Approve disapprove
Similar dissimilar
Belief disbelief
7. Phrasal Verb. Use the correct preposition with the verb to look.
1) The manual workers in this company used to be looked _____down
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

upon______.
We were all looking ______forward_____ to coming here.
No decision should be reached before we look _____into___ into problem.
Look ___up____ the meaning of the word kosher.
Look me ____up____ when you come to Longon next time.
They look __at____ restaurants as investments.
I look _up___ __to__ my mother. She is wonderful.

8. Match the foolowing verbs related to the ways of looking with their meanings, and
use them in the sentences below:
To gape, to peep, to peer, to glare, to glance, to stare, to gaze.
a) To look at someone or something for a long time (shocked, angry, interested)
to stare
b) To look at someone or something beautiful or interesting for a long time to
gaze
c) To look at someone or something for a long time, especially with your mouth
open (suprised or shocked) to gape
d) To look angrily at someone for a long time without moving your eyes to
glare
e) To look someone or something quickly (by raising your eyes and then
lowering them) to glance
f) To look at someone or something with difficulty (because you cannot see well
or there is not enough light) to peer
g) To look quickly at someone or something, especially secretly or through a
small hole to peep
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

He ___is peering/peeped____________ at the writing under the picture.

Dont ____stare______ at people. Its very rude.
She _____gazed____ at her favourite signer.
She ___gaped______, open-mouthed, trying to say something.
They kept _____glancing_______ at the door, as if expecting someone.
No ____peeping______ !
She sat down and ______glared______ at me fiercley.

9. Fill in the gaps with the following words:

Observable, Generate, Abstract, Distinguish, Proliferated, Capabilities, Whole, Set,
Comprehensive, Behind, Acceptable, Upon, Variance, Proper.
The Concept of Culture was first developed by anthropologists toward the end of the
nineteenth century. The first celar and ________comprehensive_______ definition was that
of the British anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Tylor. Writing in 1871, Tylor defined culture
as that complex _______whole______ ________capabilities_____ and habits acquired by
man as a member of society. Since Tylors time, definitions of culture have
______proliferated______, so that by the early 1950s, North American anthropologist A. L.
Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn were able to collect over a hundred definitions of culture from
the literature. Recent definitions of culture tend to _______distinguish_________ more
clearly between actual behaviour on the one hand and the ______abstract_______ values,

beliefs,

and

perceptions

of

the

world

that

lie

____behind________

______observable_______ behaviour, but rather the shared ideals, values, and beliefs that
people use to interpret experience and _______generate________ behaviour and which are
reflected in their behaviour. An _______acceptable_________ modern definiton of culture,
then, runs as follows; culture is a ____set_________ of tules or standards that, when acted
_____upon______ by the members of a society, produce behaviour that falls within a range
of _____variance_______ the members consider ________proper_______ and acceptable.

126-131.
1. Match the words on the left with the explanations or synonymous words on the right
and use them in the sentences below.
Utility Usefulness
Succinct Concise / brief / to the point
To profess To declare / state
Awkwardness Nervousness / uneasiness /

Ordinary / dull / routine / humdrum

Usefulness
Concise / brief / to the point
Boring/ dull / dreary / monotonous / tiresome

anxiety
Tedious Boring/ dull / dreary / monotonous /

To declare / state

tiresome
To encapsulate To summarize / capture
Mundane Ordinary / dull / routine / humdrum
Quotidian Everyday
Thick skin Able to withstand criticism
Purview Extent/ range of

Nervousness / uneasiness / anxiety

Able to withstand criticism
Test of ones parience or endurance
Everyday
To accent / emphasize / stress

(function,power,competence)
To foreground To accent / emphasize / stress
Bleeding obious Strikingly obvious
Trials and tribulations Test of ones parience or

Strikingly obvious
To summarize / capture
Extent/ range of (function,power,competence)

endurance
1) She went through all the ____trials______ __and_ _____tribulations_______
of being admitted to law school only to find she couldn't afford to go.
2) His book ______foregrounds_______ three major events in their relations
with the media.
3) You need a ___thick________ _____skin_______ to become a headmaster.
4) Sometimes stating the _____bleeding______ _____obvious________ is the
most difficult thing to do.

5) While

most

of

the

jobs

they

perform

are

routine

and

______mundane/tedious______, our workers are increasingly paricipating in

out-of-the-ordinary projects in the area.
6) Television has become part of our _____quotidian______ existence.
7) It was difficult to ____encapsulate_______ the story of the revolution in a
single one-hour documentary.
8) His lectures were very dry and _____tedious_______.
9) He displayed all the ______awkwardness________ of adolescence.
10) She ______professed_______ ignorance of the whole affair, though I am not
sure I believe her.
11) Kepp your letter ______succint_______ and to the point.
12) The _____utility______ of this substance has been proved in a series of tests.
13) This case is outside the _____purview______ of this paricular court.
2. ? II 3. Use one of the following words in the sentences below:
Up-to-date, modern, contemporary, contemporaneous, pristine, fashionable, in vogue,
obsolete, out-of-date, anciend, archaic, old-fashioned.
1) The two events were more or less _______contemporaneous_______ with
only months between them.
2) Although it was written two hundred years ago it still has a
______modern_______ / ______contemporary______ feel to it.
3) Old buildings in the city have been demolished and replaced with
____modern______ tower blocks.
4) They left their offices in _____pristine_______ condition.
5) It is important to keep ______up-to-date______ with the literature in your
field.
6) That word is not ___in vogue______ any longer.
7) They spend most of their summers

jet-setting

around

the

_____fashionable______ European resorts.

8) Gas lamps became ______obsolete_____ when electric lighting was invented.
9) That radio is _____out-of-date_________.
10) Call me ____old-fashioned________, but I like handwritten letters.
11) History _______ancient_______ and modern, has taught these people an
intense distrust of their neighbours.
12) _____Archaic______ practices such as these are often put forward by people
of limited outlook.
4. Use the correct preposition.
To be subject ___to__ (criticism)
__for___ want of something
___to__ a certain extent
To be struck __by___ something

To do something __out__ __of___ social habit

To collide __with___ something

5. Match words from columns A and B to form collocations:

To stir Attention
To spark Interest
Spirited Debate
Sketch Contour
Benevolent Bemusement
(civic) dereliction of Duty
Buried Meaning
Pristine Condition
Cast-iron Excuse

Excuse
Condition
Attention
Debate
Duty
Bemusement
Interest
Contour
Meaning

155-159.
6. Supply the missing forms of the following words (if the form exist):
NOUN
Origin
Explanation
Obtainment
Equality
Persistance
Divinity/divination
Ignorance
Alliance/ally
Restriction/restraint
Proximity

VERB
To originate
Explain
Obtain
Equal
Persist
Divine
Ignore
Ally
Restrain
Approximate

ADJECTIVE
original
(In)explicable
Obtainable
Equal
Persistent
Divine
Ignorant
Allied
Unrestrained
Approximate

PREVOD
Poreklo
Objanjenje
Nabaviti
Jednakost
Otpornost
Boanstvo
Neznanje
Savez
Restrikcija/uzdravanje
Blizina/priblino

7. Match the words on the left with the synonymous words or explanations on the right
and use them in the sentences below (change the word form if necessary).
To pry To interfere / be inquisitive
Clairvoyant Psychic / far-sighted / intuitive
Chary Cautious
Bogey Cause of trouble
Riddle Puzzle / enigma
Anon Immediately / shortly
Advent Arrival / beginning

Cause of trouble
To interfere / be inquisitive
Psychic / far-sighted / intuitive
Cautious
Puzzle / enigma
Arrival / beginning
Immediately / shortly

1) You did not have to be a _______clairvoyant________ to see that the war

would go on.
2) Age is another ____bogey________ for actresses.
3) You shall see him ______anon_________.

4)
5)
6)
7)

Stop _____prying_________ into other people's affairs.

I am rather ________chary______ of making too many idiotic mistakes.
The ______advent_______ of war led to a greater austerity.
Who will solve the ________riddle______ of the birth od the Universe.

8. Use each word of the easily confusable pairs in a sentence to illustrate the difference
between them.
Excess / Access
Viak. We have excess of money.
Prsitup. Access denied.
Contention / Content (s) (n.) / Content (adj.)

Claim/dispute. That has been a source of contention for years.

Sadraj. The content of this book is well organized.
Zadovoljan. I am content with your services.

9. Fill in the main forms of the following verbs:

Infinitive
melt
bend
Seek
Strike
Found
find
Ground
Grind
Beget

Past tense
Melted
Bent
sought
Struck
founded
Found
grounden
Ground/grinded
begot

Past participle
Molten
Bent
Sought
Struck/stricken
Founded
Found
Grounded
Ground/grinded
Begot/begotten

10. Fill in the gaps with the following words:

Hence, Gem, Precious, Preservative, Occult, Talisman, Mascot, To avoid, Essential,
Diseases, Luck, Attached, Charm.
An amulet (from the Arab word hamala = to carry) is anything hung round the neck,
placed like a bracelet on the wrist, or otherwise _____attached___________ to the
person, as an imagined _____preservative________ against sickness or other evils; a
________charm______ is exactly the same thing, the only difference being that the
woed itself contatins the notion of some human action imparting to the article a
certain power fo good - _______hence______ the expression, ''a charmed life''; a
_______gem_________

is

simply

the

general

name

of

NOUN
Procession
Profusion
Composure
Assailant
Comprehension
Subversion
Suspension/suspens
e
Dignity/dignitaries

VERB
proceed

ADJECTIVE
Processional
Profuse
Composed

Compose
Assail
Comprehend

Comprehensive/

PREVOD
Procesija
Obilje
Sastav
Napada
Shvatiti

Subvert
Suspend

comprehensional
Subversive
Suspended/

Subverzija
Suspenzija

Dignify

suspenseful
Dignified

Dostojanstvo

________precious__________ stone, used in this association because of alleged

_______occult______ powers; a _____talisman__________ is a special kind of
charm on which is cut or engraved a magical figure, worn _______to avoid________
disaster to the wearer. A ______mascot________ is identical with a talisman, except
that the design need not be there. It will be thus seen that there is no
_______essential________ difference between these articles: they are all worn to
ward off ________diseases______ and bad _____luck_______.

171.
6. Phrasal Verbs. Use the correct prepositions with the verbs to bring and to cut.
1) The administration helped bring __about___ a peaceful settlement.
2) Bring your friend __along___. We will be happy to meed him.
3) He brought __up___ two children alone.
4) She will bring __up___ the matter at the next meeting.
5) She has cut __down___ __on___ smoking.
6) Her parents thought she was cut __out___ __for___ being a schoolteacher.
7) All trees in my street were cut __down___ last year.
8) I began a preply, but he cut __in___ again.
9) She felt cut __out___ from the central life of the village.
10) They should not cut __off___ economic aid.
11) The pictures of animals were cut __out___ of magazines.
12) She had all her hair cut __off___ like a boy.

172-177.
1. Supply the missing forms of the following words (if the form exist):

2. Match the words on the left with the synonymous words or explanations on the right
and use them in the sentences below.
Treacherously Deceitfully
Attire Clothing / dress / outfit
Sedate Calm / dignified / composed
Lofty High / elevated / patronizing / dignified
Dismay Disappointment / shock /

Disappointment / shock / consternation

Deceitfully
Clothing / dress / outfit
High / elevated / patronizing / dignified
Calm / dignified / composed

consternation
1) Should we trust the country that attacked us so
2)
3)
4)
5)

_____treacherously___________.
The _____sedate_______ approach, however, appears to have paid off.
The elegant square was shaded by _______lofty_______ palms.
He looked up at her in _____dismay__________.
They were dressed in their finest attire.

3. Explain and illustrate the different meanings of the following words:

Litter
Litter of puppies.
He was carried in a litter.
Dont throw litter in the streets.
Process / Procession

Process of recovery.
Procession was moving through the city.

4. Use the correct prepositions.

To stumble __upon___ the rich empire
To shout ___to__ somebody
To be accustomed __to___ command
To pour __into___ the plaza
To be taken __by___ surprise
To be blinded __by___ the smoke
To be seized ___with___ panic
___in__ vain
___at__ lenght
An attempt ___at__ resistance
Short __in___ duration

5. Match words from columns A and B to form collocations:

Vast Profit
Inestimable value
Immediate Attendance
Massive Gold
Fierce Charge
Thick Gloom
Convulsive Struggles
Terrible Pressure
Hotly Pursued
Stentorian Voice
Fully Comprehend
Carefully Guarded

Voice
Guarded
Struggles
Charge
Pressure
Gold
Gloom
Pursued
Comprehend
Profit
Attendance
value

6. Fill the main forms of the following verbs:

Infinitive
Wear
Clothe
Bear
Deal
Burst
Hang
Leap
Strike
Ride
Spread

Past tense
Wore
Clothed
Bore
Dealt
Burst
Hung/hunged
Leapt
Struck
Rode
Spread

Past participle
Worn
Clad
Borne
Dealt
Burst
Hung/hunged
Leapt
Stricken/struck
Riden
Spread

1.
2.
3.
4.

Large-scale nuclear war would bring about global destruction.

Our country fought/waged three wars in 20th century.
The government still denies waging war against a musch stronger enemy.
Some 19th century colonial powers made war on Third World countries in order to

5.
6.
7.
8.

gain teritory.
These two neighbouring countries have been at war for years.
The conflict between the two belligerent factions seems to be imminent.
When did the Americans declare war on Germany?
He was eventually seen as a warmonger who led his country into unnecessary

conflict.
9. For the hawks in the government no peace alternative is acceptible.
10. The warring countries are having difficulties funding the war.
11. Those young soldiers were just fed to the Allied Forces as cannon fodder.
12. The death toll in this war has risen to 100 000.
13. Troops fired on isurgents causing many casualties.
14. No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war.
15. In wartime food is often scarce.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Page 197.
These photographs were taken in stunning countryside.
Issues like the European Union transcend party loyalty.
The introduction of new machines renders the existing ones useless.
Although its just the local paper it somehow manages not to be too parochial in its

outlook.
5. Some people never outgrow their interest in games.
6. I find them truculent and unpleasant.
7. Everybody thinks of him as quintessentially New Yorker.
8. Being overly cautious, he surprised everybody with his injudicious remark.
9. She played down the rumors that she intends to leave the company.
10. The government dismissed all allegations of its involvement in the fraud.
11. I am a fervent admirerer of your work.
12. Who coined the word lunatic?
13. He is the man whose name is on everyones lips at the moment.
14. They put the project on hold until they got enough money to finish it.
15. He is impervious to ctiticism and rational argument.