Book 11 Test 1 Passage 2: Collecting as a Hobby (Vocabulary & Answers)

Vocabulary IELTS Book 12 Test 1 Passage 2

Collecting as a Hobby

  1. Dignify: Prestigious, glorify, impressive

  2. Fascinating: Captivating, Attractive

  3. Arctophile: things collector

  4. Deltiologist: a person who collects postcards as a hobby.

  5. Amassing: Accumulating

  6. Antiques: old things - usually precious

  7. Triumph: victory

  8. Locomotive: Rail Engine

  9. Depict: predict, suggest, illustrate

  10. Eccentric: unusual, a person who is unconventional, indifferent

  11. engrossing: making you fully focused


Answers

14. Antiques

15. Triumph

16. Information

17. Contact/ Meeting

18. hunt/ Desire

19. Aimless/ Empty

20. Educational

21. Transporting

22. Not Given

23. False

24. Not Given

25. True

26. True