BYV 18 T4P3 Boost Your Vocabulary Cambridge 18 Test 4 Passage 3

Which word is a synonym for REPUTATION in this sentence?
Wegener’s REPUTATION today rests with his theory of continental displacements.

Which word is a synonym for THEORY in this sentence?
Wegener proposed this THEORY in 1912 and developed it extensively for nearly 20 years.

Which word is a synonym for DISPLACEMENT in this sentence?
Wegener, whose reputation today rests with his theory of continental DISPLACEMENTS, better known as ‘continental drift’.

Which word is a synonym for PROPOSE in this sentence?
Wegener PROPOSED this theory in 1912 and developed it extensively for nearly 20 years.

Which word is a synonym for EXTENSIVELY in this sentence?
Wegener proposed this theory in 1912 and developed it EXTENSIVELY for nearly 20 years.

Which word is a synonym for CONTROVERSY in this sentence?
His book on the subject, The Origin of Continents and Oceans, went through four editions and was the focus of an international CONTROVERSY in his lifetime and for some years after his death.

Which word is a synonym for MYSTERY in this sentence?
Wegener’s basic idea was that many MYSTERIES about the Earth’s history could be solved if one supposed that the continents moved laterally, rather than supposing that they remained fixed in place.

Which word is a synonym for SUPPOSE in this sentence?
Wegener’s basic idea was that many mysteries about the Earth’s history could be solved if one SUPPOSEd that the continents moved laterally, rather than supposing that they remained fixed in place.

Which word is a synonym for CONTINENT in this sentence?
Wegener showed in great detail how such CONTINENTal movements were plausible and how they worked, using evidence from a large number of sciences including geology, geophysics, paleontology, and climatology.

Which word is a synonym for LATERALLY in this sentence? Wegener’s basic idea was that many mysteries about the Earth’s history could be solved if one supposed that the continents moved LATERALLY, rather than supposing that they remained fixed in place.