Health, Prevention and Society Words

Study the questions and tasks

Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

C2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Use the surrounding sentence to identify the meaning and word form needed. Check which words naturally go together.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Poor housing can ___ respiratory illness.

   1. exacerbate
   2. alleviate
   3. conceal
   4. compile
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   exacerbate

   Exacerbate means make a problem or illness worse.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   A treatment intended to prevent disease before it occurs is ___.

   1. prophylactic
   2. speculative
   3. obsolete
   4. incidental
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   Answer

   prophylactic

   Prophylactic describes a treatment intended to prevent disease.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   The ability to recover after serious difficulty is called ___.

   1. resilience
   2. compliance
   3. incidence
   4. depletion
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   Answer

   resilience

   Resilience is the capacity to recover or adapt after difficulty.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   The study measured the ___ of new cases over twelve months.

   1. incidence
   2. remedy
   3. immunity
   4. consent
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   Answer

   incidence

   Incidence refers to new cases in a population over a period.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   The doctor stressed the need for ___ between the patient and specialist.

   1. collaboration
   2. corrosion
   3. hesitation
   4. isolation
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   Answer

   collaboration

   Collaboration means working together toward a shared result.

What to review next

Keep a short list of unfamiliar words with their meanings and example sentences. Practise recalling them later, then use them in a sentence of your own.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.

Before you practise: a worked example

Read the whole sentence before choosing a word. Check both its meaning and the words it naturally combines with.

Please make an appointment before visiting the clinic.

Make an appointment is a natural word combination. Knowing a dictionary meaning alone may not tell you which verb fits.

This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.