MUET Malaysia (Malaysian University English Test) Ā· Vocabulary and Semantics
Idiomatic Expressions and Phrasal Verbs in Formal Register
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- Choose the phrasal verb that best means 'to explain' or 'to constitute a proportion of':
Renewable energy sources now ________ nearly thirty-five percent of the total domestic electricity generationā¦ - Select the phrasal verb meaning to originate or derive from:
Environmental economists argue that chronic urban flash flooding ________ inadequate drainage infrastructure and rampant deforestation inā¦ - Choose the phrasal verb meaning to depend entirely on a single critical factor:
The commercial viability of the proposed deep-sea mining venture ________ the international maritime authority's impendā¦ - Select the idiom that means to remain logically sound and stand up to rigorous scrutiny:
Under cross-examination by econometricians, the minister's assertion that inflation was driven entirely by forā¦ - Choose the phrase that expresses direct contradiction or persistent disagreement:
The executive's optimistic public projections were sharply ________ the confidential internal insolvency assessmentsā¦ - Select the formal prepositional phrase meaning 'in place of' or 'as a substitute for':
The contractual agreement specified that the sovereign debtor could deliver crude petroleum shipments ________ cā¦ - Choose the comparative phrase meaning of equal standard or quality:
Independent international evaluations confirmed that the diagnostic accuracy of the domestic AI radiology system was ________ thatā¦ - Select the phrasal verb meaning to eliminate from consideration:
Although volcanic activity was initially suspected, seismologists have definitively ________ tectonic faulting as the primary triggerā¦ - Choose the idiom meaning to exert a decisive influence that changes the outcome:
The endorsement of the veteran senator was enough to ________ in favor of the contentious environmental infrastructureā¦ - Select the phrasal verb denoting the gradual, systematic elimination of a practice:
The European Union adopted ambitious environmental directives to ________ single-use petroleum plastics across allā¦ - Choose the phrasal verb meaning to enter a discussion or offer expert commentary:
Distinguished constitutional scholars were invited to ________ the controversial amendments concerning parliamentaryā¦ - Select the phrasal verb meaning to focus directly and precisely upon a target:
Using satellite radiometric imaging, glaciologists were able to ________ the precise fault line where the ice shelf is fā¦ - Choose the phrase that expresses central, indispensable importance:
Central banking authorities play a ________ role in modulating national monetary velocity and preventing systemic hyperinflation. - Select the phrase meaning to be replaced or superseded by:
In the late twentieth century, traditional mechanical accounting ledgers rapidly gave ________ to automated electronic enterprise databases. - Choose the formal discourse phrase meaning 'taking into consideration' or 'due to':
________ recent empirical findings demonstrating neurotoxic contamination in local fisheries, the health agency banā¦ - Select the phrasal verb meaning to reduce the number of possibilities:
Through meticulous phylogenetic sequencing, the geneticists were able to ________ the origins of the pathogen to a single bat coā¦ - Choose the phrasal verb that means to treat a subject briefly in a broader lecture:
Although the keynote address focused primarily on solar photovoltaics, the speaker did ________ the emerging potentā¦ - Select the formal expression meaning inconsistent with or conflicting with:
The corporate defendant's sworn testimony in court was directly ________ the documentation uncovered during the statutory tā¦
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