Book 11 Test 3 Passage 3 Vocabulary & Answers

Vocabulary IELTS Book 11 Test 3 Passage 3

Preface to "How the other half thinks: adventures in mathematical reasoning"

1. Spectator: Audience

2. Preface: context

3. Adventure: quest, journey

4. Illustrate: Explain

5. Occasionally: Seldom

6. Composition: to compose, to collect

7. Intuitive: instinctive

8. Fascinating: Charming, beautiful, attractive

9. Adapt: Muwafiq hona, to sync

10. Restricted: restrain, to stop something

11. Narrow: short

12. Cite: reference

13. Tantalize: tease, torture

14. Subatomic: very small

15. Sustained: undergo, suffer, strengthen physically

16. Unpleasant: bad, ugly, irritating

17. Aficionado: Nerd, Intelligent, expert, skilful

18. Precise: concise, to the point

19. Testimonials: appreciation

20. Delight: Happiness

21. Unanticipated: Against the expectation


Answers

  • 27. D

  • 28 B

  • 29 G

  • 30 C

  • 31 B

  • 32 E

  • 33 A

  • 34 F

  • 35 Beginner

  • 36 Arithmetic

  • 37 intuitive

  • 38 scientists

  • 39 experiments

  • 40 theorems