VOCABULARY REVISION
| set 1 persistent reflected imperatives ultimate preoccupied enable mismatch endowment milestone hastening | 1. Shareholders, policymakers and commercial ………… are pushing companies to put sustainability at the heart of their operations. 2. In a statement, Emergent President and Chief Executive Robert Kramer called the FDA’s decision a “historic ………… .” 3. Some voices in finance are calling for smaller and fewer rate increases, worried that the Fed is underestimating the ………… impact of its actions to date. 4.Volvo has put a heavy emphasis on sustainability, and it is ………… in its Lead the Charge rating, which is the third highest of all automakers the group surveyed. 5.The UK officials told Israeli border police that the official was a British government minister and that the visit had been coordinated with Islamic ………… that runs the site, the Waqf. 6. U.S. lawmakers and regulators fear that the Chinese government’s broad power over private companies in the country could ………… authorities in Beijing to access the data of American users. 7. At the press briefing, the team members emphasized that what turns climate hazards into humanitarian disasters is a ………… backdrop of other social, political and infrastructure factors. 8. Margaret Thatcher’s response, as Conservative prime minister during the 1980s, was to fight and win a war abroad while ………… a profound economic shift at home. 9. An analysis by the European economic think tank Bruegel revealed a severe ………… between the goal and the amount of fossil fuel infrastructure European countries are endeavoring to build and support. 10. Amid supply chain disruptions and shortages of goods and workers in some sectors, investors have been ………… by rising prices and expectations about central banks withdrawing stimulus to combat inflation. |
| set 2 dispensed commitment encompasses precipitated epitomize underscore reconcile blueprint contentious expedite | 1. The status of Jerusalem remains one of the thorniest issues in the decadeslong conflict and has ………… numerous rounds of violence. 2. China announced the construction of a National Data Bureau, reflecting China’s ………… to data and artificial intelligence as fundamental drivers of its future economy. 3. Shortages of chips and other critical products in the pandemic helped ………… how reliant the country is on foreign factories. 4. Tesla Autopilot, the driver-assistance suite that ………… Full Self-Driving Beta, is facing multiple investigations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 5. Northern Ireland became one of the world’s most ambitious experiments in how to ………… a deeply divided society. 6. The Biden administration just announced the launch of Project Next Gen, which will devote more than $5 billion to help ………… ongoing scientific efforts. 7. For many Republicans, covid restrictions ………… their fear of government intrusion into private life. 8. Sweden, struggling with the backwash from a surge of immigration as well as tough economic prospects, has ………… with its center-left government. 9. In appointing another African American man to a senior Pentagon position, Mr. Biden may be setting up a ………… period on Capitol Hill. 10. Republicans, plagued by internal divisions, have so far been unable to coalesce the conference around a full budget ………… . |
| set 3 obtained albeit shrank articulated inevitable forbade stringent adherents encountered permit | 1. Paraguay was one of the Latin American nations most devastated by the pandemic, and its economy ………… the previous year. 2. Officers at ports of entry ………… another 29,287 unauthorized migrants at the southern border and 13,155 at the northern border. 3. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put some Querdenker ………… under surveillance as the movement has become increasingly radicalized and its protests have attracted neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists. 4. As with any robotics, there is the ………… question of whether jobs will be replaced by the devices. 5. Cypriot economy grows strongly in Q1 2023 ………… with signs of slowdown. 6. Three years of ………… restrictions under the zero-Covid policy, a crackdown on the tech and property sectors and growing tensions with the West have hammered the economy. 7. The files contain public information, ………… from state voter registration databases, like a person’s name, date of birth and address, as well as the election years in which the person has voted. 8. Unlike some other Twitter board members, Mr. Musk did not sign an agreement that ………… him from influencing the company’s policies. 9. A bill in Georgia would prohibit the state government from requiring a minor to obtain a work …………. 10. Xi has ………… a Chinese commitment to reducing carbon emissions; Lula has promised to reverse deforestation in the Amazon, after Bolsonaro promoted development there. |
| set 4 backlash compatible putative perspective indispensable populous tentatively subsequent viable impelled | 1. Solar panels were not yet commercially ………… ; the mainstreaming of electric vehicles was still decades away. 2.The world’s most ………… country has reached a pivotal moment: China’s population has begun to shrink, after a steady, yearslong decline in its birthrate that experts say will be irreversible. 3.Many developing countries borrowed heavily over the past three years to cope with the pandemic and ………… economic downturn. 4. Mr. Biden approaches Irish issues from a sentimental rather than a diplomatic ………… . 5. In the political realm, the coronavirus has handed those who denounce immigration ………… evidence for their warnings. 6. African nations are confronting a massive wave of urbanization, ………… by rising living standards, agricultural mechanization and climate change. 7. Business leaders and top economists argue that reforms are needed to convince investors to start pouring money again into Latin America’s largest economy, which is ………… emerging from a deep recession. 8. The country’s central bank laws are not ………… with euro zone legislation on the European Central Bank and Bulgaria’s inflation is too high. 9. Qatar, many energy experts said, is becoming the Saudi Arabia of natural gas — an ………… energy supplier with vast reserves and very low costs. 10. The prospect of the Biden administration making trade deals that would benefit other nations could generate ………… in Washington. |
| set 5 evolve pivotal bolster reinforced clout facilitating impacted insulate stance profound | 1. The EU has grown into a global economic powerhouse, but never developed security and defense ………… to match. 2. Elon Musk and other technology leaders have urged artificial intelligence labs to pause the training of the most advanced systems, warning in an open letter that A.I. tools present “………… risks to society and humanity.” 3. In Germany, the eurozone’s biggest economy and the one most ………… by soaring energy costs, inflation has started to fall from double-digits in autumn. 4.The European Union has agreed to a $47 billion subsidy plan to ………… chip making in the bloc. 5. Countries such as Indonesia, India and Malaysia have restricted exports of cooking oil, wheat and chicken to ………… their domestic markets. 6. Mr. Macron’s move is seen as a ………… moment in a growing debate over nuclear power in Europe. 7. Nigeria’s central bank banned banks and financial institutions from dealing in or ………… transactions in digital currencies. 8. Public health experts say that while the pandemic’s perils have largely receded, they remain wary of future variants and note that the virus continues to ………… . 9. G7’s fundamental ………… is that currency rates are set by the market and that members will closely consult with each other on any action in the foreign exchange market. 10.The gender imbalance is ………… at the highest levels by a political agenda that has increasingly promoted conservative ideas about family structures and the role of women in society. |
| set 6 imperil curtailing nurture inimical standoff implying flawed surge clamped down | 1. Texas and Arizona stand to face the brunt of the new ………… of migrants that’s already begun, even before the end of Title 42. 2. Sweden has ………… on immigration since the 2015 refugee crisis, under two straight terms of Social Democrat rule. 3. To keep the economy growing, China needs to ………… its consumer market and that requires more imports. 4. Huawei’s chief financial officer was released by Canadian authorities, ending a ………… with Washington over the tech giant’s dealings with Iran. 5. BBC Scotland revealed last month how NHS leaders in Scotland have discussed creating a «two-tier» health service by having the wealthy pay for treatment, and the possibility of ………… some free prescriptions. 6. In 2015, Beijing’s population planners finally concluded that the consequences of their awful “one child policy” were ………… to state interests. 7. Journals can withdraw papers for a number of legitimate reasons, like ………… data. 8. The prolonged political gridlock is likely to ………… access to billions of euros in EU recovery funds for the European Union’s poorest member state and hurt its prospects of joining the euro zone in 2024. 9. A Goldman Sachs estimate of the chance of a downturn over the coming year is 30 percent, much higher than normal but still far from ………… that a recession is inescapable. |