Advanced Vocabulary Challenge


Goodness


Which synonyms from the list best complete the sentences that follow? If needed, change the tense or use the plural. When you are not sure, try intuition. Do first the ones you are most certain of.


          invigorating     harmless         favourable

          profitable       wholesome       useful

          salubrious      advantageous       healthy




1. Orange juice and rye bread make a ................ breakfast.

2. A cold shower is a bit too .................. for me.

3. A peaceful wooded countryside is more ................. to work in than the city.

4. He let us have the franchise on very .................. terms.

5. It would be ..................... for us to undercut the price of our competitors.

6. Jogging is a ............... activity.

7. Making money is not only a .................. occupation: it is, generally speaking, ...................

8. The computer is a ................. tool.

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