Test nr 16 z książki Test Your Vocabulary

A(n) ........ is someone who has been shipwrecked.

castaway

A(n) ........ is a person who enjoys talking about other people's private lives.

gossip

A(n) ........ is a nurse who has been specially trained to advise pregnant women and to assist them when giving birth.

midwife

A(n) ........ is a member of a trade union who is elected by the other members in the factory or office where he/she works to represent them.

shop steward

A(n) ........ is a rich and powerful businessman or industrialist.

tycoon

A(n) ........ is someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong.

culprit

A(n) ........ is a person who helps another person to commit a crime.

accomplice

A(n) ........ is someone who is made to serve in one of the armed forces of a country whether he/she likes it or not.

conscript

A(n) ........ is a noisy, rough young person who causes damage or disturbance in public places.

hooligan

A(n) ........ is a person responsible for keeping official records.

registrar

A(n) ........ is a brother or a sister.

sibling

A(n) ........ is a person who, during a strike, is placed outside a factory by his/her trade union to prevent other workers from going in until the strike is over.

picket

A(n) ........ is a foreigner who has not yet become a citizen of the country in which he/she is living.

alien

A(n) ........ is a skilled manual worker or craftsman.

artisan

A(n) ........ is a young person who is in the care of a guardian or a law-court.

ward

A(n) ........ is someone who has withdrawn from society and lives alone.

hermit

A(n) ........ is the former occupant of an office, position, etc.

predecessor

A(n) ........ is a person who makes insurance contracts.

underwriter

A(n) ........ is a person who holds that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not.

agnostic

A(n) ........ is a person in charge of a college or school who is responsible for the accounts.

bursar

A(n) ........ is a person who writes the words for advertisements.

copywriter

A(n) ........ is a person of the same age, rank or status as oneself.

peer

A(n) ........ is a person who deceives others, usually to get money illegally.

swindler

A(n) ........ is a person who is called in to settle a dispute between two people or groups - usually at the request of both sides.

arbitrator

A(n) ........ is a fellow countryman or countrywoman.

compatriot

A(n) ........ is a ruler who uses his/her power unfairly or cruelly.

despot

A(n) ........ is a person who is entitled to receive money or property from a will or insurance policy.

beneficiary

A(n) ........ is a small child who has just learnt to walk.

toddler

A(n) ........ is a person whose job is to calculate the value of a property or the amount of income or taxes.

assessor

A(n) ........ is a special messenger sent by one government to do business with another government.

envoy