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Expand your vocabulary

29 May, 2022

Circle A, B, or C that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.

1. Rigorous
A. outstanding
B. precise
C. practical
2. Surveillance
A. observation
B. inquiry
C. measurement
3. Mire
A. look up
B. push aside
C. get bogged down
4. Rudiments
A. fundamentals
B. behavioural standards
C. acts of kindness
5. Entrepreneur
A. investigator
B. beginner
C. business person
6. Paucity
A. excess
B. scarcity
C. meanness
7. Ostensible
A. well-defined
B. apparently real
C. important
8. Infuse
A. absorb
B. impair
C. instill
9. Sublimate
A. to redirect
B. rest
C. provide
10. Animated
A. imitative
B. happy
C. lively
11. Sultry
A. glamorous
B. sour
C. hot
12. Integrate
A. challenge
B. combine
C. equalise
13. Epithet
A. agreement
B. conclusion
C. nickname
14. Flux
A. continuous change
B. difficult problem
C. curious mixture
15. Pratfall
A. unimportant event
B. amusing incident
C. embarrassing accident

Key
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. C
Rating
01 – 05 Correct:
Good
06 – 10 Correct:
Excellent
11 – 15 Correct:
Exceptional
 

 

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