How fast can you find the meanings of the following five words?

A.

1.  controversial

a. being accepted in any society

b. loosing control of one's power

c. outgoing and popular

d. causing a lot of discussion and argument

2. feasible

a. can be made, done or achieved

b. being a cause to celebrate

c. caused something to happen without realising it

d. able to cause a disaster

3. chronicle

a. happened a long time ago

b. to arrange a series of events according to their importance

c. to describe or record a series of events in the order in which they happened

d. to document something in the way it happens without putting any personal comments

4. chronic

a. very severe and unpleasant

b. of or from a period of time in the past

c. according to its level of importance

d. straight forward

5. conventional

a. old- fashioned and conservative

b. being accepted and regarded as normal by most people

c. ordinary, plain and not exciting

d. being passed on to next generations

B.

Use the five words to complete the following sentences

1. Corruption and unethical practices have been a ......problem in Thailand for decades.

2. It is quite ...... to have every house equipped with a solar panel to reduce electricity consumption but the government would not agree with the idea.

3. In his last document, John ......the suffering of the people and political scandals in the war-torn country that led to the destruction of the whole nation.

4. You would expect that the opinions of an educated, middle-aged man would be ...... but this guy is different.

5. The dress she wore at the gala premier had many of the conservative-minded elite raising their eyebrows; the matter has been ......for many weeks. 

Answers:

A.        1.d, 2. a, 3. c, 4. a , 5. b

B.        1. chronic, 2. feasible, 3. chronicled, 4. conventional, 5. controversial

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