Vocabulary Unit 9 Verbs

Vocabulary Unit 9 Verbs

COMPETE (v)

COMPETENT (adj) (proficient / adept)

COMPETITIVE (adj) ambitious

competent /adept

x

incompetent/inept

Fill in the Blank

According to Sadhguru, competition is __ ___ ____.

Multiple Choice

Sadhguru says, "If you are _________ and you are in __________, then you will feel stressed.

• incompetent / a competition

• a competition / incompetent

• competing / competition

• compatible / competent

Open Ended

"We still think our education is cooked in heaven" What does Sadhguru point out in this sentence ?

Multiple Select

According to Sadhguru,

• We should focus on enhancing our competence

• We should have big desires

• We shouldn't care damn how others are doing

• Lack of competence is our problem

• There is nothing wrong in visiting temples before examination day

Open Ended

What's the relation between hatching eggs or cocoons and a school of children?

Multiple Choice

She's fiercely ___________and gets very upset if she loses at anything.

• competent

• inept

• competitive

• gifted

• adopted

Multiple Choice

James was socially _______and uncomfortable in the presence of women.

• adept

• inept

• proficient

• competitive

• competent

ADOPT (V) accept / raise

adoption (n)

ADAPT (V) alter, adjust

adaptation (n)

**ADEPT (ADJ) proficient / adroit

Fill in the Blank

Proficient and adroit are synonyms of ....................

Multiple Choice

They have no children of their own, but they're hoping to_________.

• adapt

• adopt

• adept

• inept

• adjust

Multiple Choice

Evolution occurs as a result of ___________ to new environments.

• adoption

• adapt

• adaptation

• adaptable

• adopt

Multiple Select

He's usually very ________at keeping his private life out of the media.

• good

• cautious

• skilled

• proficient

• adept

Multiple Choice

The survivors in this life seem to be those who are _______________to change.

• proficient

• adaptable

• adroit

• alteration

• adopted

ASSERT (V)  claim / maintain / contend

ASSERTION (n)

ASSERTIVE (ADJ)

(self-assured)

assertiveness (n)

If you assert yourself, you act forcefully in a way that expresses your confidence

Open Ended

What's the difference between being assertive and being aggressive?

Multiple Choice

People sometimes confuse __________ with aggressiveness and hostility.

• self-effacement

• assertion

• apology

• assertiveness

• diffidence

Multiple Select

He ________that she stole money from him.

• claims

• suggests

• asserts

• maintains

• contends

BARGAIN (v/n)

bargain (n) *good deal

**negotiation

bargain (v) haggle / barter / dicker

into the bargain (idiom)

in addition to other facts previously mentioned

He's intelligent, funny, a loving husband, and an excellent cook into the bargain.

CEASE (V/N) stop

CESSATION (N)

ending /stopping

CONCEAL (V)

hide / disguise / camouflage

concealment (n) concealer (n)

CONVEY (v) communicate / transport

CONVEYANCE (n) transportation

Multiple Select

In which of the following sentences "bargain" means "an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else"

• "I'll clean the kitchen if you clean the car." "OK, it's a bargain."

• The airline regularly offers last-minute bookings at bargain prices.

• The sales had started and the bargain hunters were out in force.

• The management and employees eventually struck/made a bargain

Multiple Choice

The two parties made a bargain to _________ fire.

• convey

• cease

• conceal

• commit

• assert

Multiple Choice

We would like to take this opportunity to _______ our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.

• assert

• diminish

• convey

• distribute

• subside

Multiple Choice

_____________ of evidence is against the law.

• Protection

• Concealment

• Confirmation

• Entitlement

• Bargain

Multiple Choice

The listening device was __________in a pen.

• confounded

• attempted

• extracted

• distracted

• concealed

Multiple Select

The company relies on trains for the _____________of goods.

• proposal

• conveyance

• discharge

• transportation

• confirmation

DEFAULT (V/N)

delinquency, nonpayment (n)

to fail to do something that you legally have to do

DENOTE (v) represent / mean

DENOTATION (N) main meaning of a word

DENOTATIVE X CONNOTATIVE (adj)

DISTRACT (v)

DISTRACTION (n)

distracting (adj)

divert attention / confuse

EXTRACT (V/N) remove / take out

extraction (n)

*a particular part of a book, poem, etc. 

**a substance removed from another substance

***to make someone give you something when they do not want to

ENDEAVOUR (V/N)

STRIVE

STRUGGLE

attempt / venture / trial

ENTITLE (v)

If you are entitled to something, you have the right to have it or the right to do it.

Did you know that descendants of the people who lived in Australia before Europeans started living there in the 1700's weren't entitled to vote in national elections until the 1960's?

INTRIGUE

plot

arouse curiosity

PROPEL

to cause something to move forward

Seals use their fins and flippers to propel them through the water with great force.

Multiple Choice

Everyone should be ________ to a decent standard of living.

• intrigued

• endeavoured

• extracted

• entitled

• competent

Multiple Select

With limited resources, they are striving to make the school a better one.

Tick the synonyms of the verb in the sentence above

• struggle

• entitle

• endeavour

• adapt

• try

Multiple Choice

Throughout history, people have been __________ by the question of whether there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

• entitled

• endeavoured

• intrigued

• distracted

• denoted

Multiple Choice

The film__________ him to international stardom.

• propelled

• intrigued

• concealed

• conveyed

• asserted

Multiple Choice

The colour red is used to ___________ passion or danger.

• prove

• deepen

• merge

• convert

• denote

Multiple Choice

I have trained myself to read through almost any ____________ noise.

• distracted

• distraction

• distracting

Multiple Choice

In addition to its news, sport, and business coverage, the online version of the paper includes ________from the weekend magazine.

• broadcasts

• extracts

• conflicts

• particles

• sensations

Multiple Choice

The oil which is __________ from olives is used for cooking.

• conveyed

• distracted

• estimated

• extracted

• fulfilled

Multiple Choice

The __________ meaning of a word includes the feelings and ideas that people may connect with that word.

• denotative

• connotative

Multiple Choice

Shoplifters often work in pairs, with one creating a diversion to _________the shop assistants while the other steals the goods.

• distract

• adapt

• conceal

• denote

• disguise

Open Ended

1.Are you diffident, assertive or non-assertive when talking to your parents?

2.Do you know someone who considers himself/herself as assertive but in fact s/he is just aggressive. Who is that?