Practical Language   Breaking News Vocabulary Practice 2

   

   Match the following words with their correct definitions/examples.

   

   revered            imploring          brink    parameters       abundant         
   capture            beguiled

   ethnic cleansing            postmortem                 incumbent        drawn out       
   bash     quip

   antagonistic      broadside         faux pas           lose your marbles         blunder 
   tirade

   wisecrack       

   

   1. edge

   2. limits

   3. a lot of something

   4. a short remark

   5. hit hard and unexpectedly

   6. kissing the Queen

   7. go insane

   8. mistake

   9. an angry emotional speech

   10. highly respected

   11. to catch

   12. genocide

   13. politician with a job

   14. extended

   15. after death

   16. led by deception

   17. what critics did to Krysař

   18. begging

   19. something said that is sarcastic perhaps

   20. expressing hostility