Vocabulary Lesson 16: Secrecy and Openness

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Secrecy and Openness Vocabulary: Lesson 16

By Gayle Tidona

​We live in a society with free and open communication. Yet we all have personal secrets, combinations to locks, and secret codes for entry. Important secrets can be a risk, however. Identity theft and fraud occur when criminals gain access to our credit card and bank account numbers. The words in this lesson are related to secrecy and openness.

Multiple Choice

This key provides access to my apartment.

• attention

• entry

• views

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This key provides access to my apartment.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The store improved accessibility to fire escapes by widening the aisles.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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You will need a password to access those computer files.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The Internet makes huge amounts of information accessible to people around the world.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• entry

• a means of getting to something​

noun - accessibility

verb - access

adjective - accessible​

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​access

Multiple Choice

The secret panel in the library concealed a cache of jewels.

• secret plot

• hidden valuables

• evidence

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A badger was sleeping in the hollow log that the trapper used as a cache for his tools.

• secret plot

• password

• hiding place

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A badger was sleeping in the hollow log that the trapper used as a cache for his tools.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• a hidden supply of goods or valuables

• a hiding place for supplies or provisions​

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​In computer science, a cache, or cache memory, is a way to store frequently used instructions or data.

​cache

Multiple Choice

Jeremy felt conspicuous in the bright orange mechanic's jumper.

• mysterious

• hidden

• noticeable

Multiple Choice

Jeremy felt conspicuous in the bright orange mechanic's jumper.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The large statue stood conspicuously in the middle of the small town.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The conspicuousness of extra guards at the bank helped discourage theft.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• noticeable; attracting attention

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adverb - conspicuously

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noun - conspicuousness​

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conspicuous

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Multiple Choice

He thought he had seen someone, but the elusive image vanished into the fog.

• obvious

• hard to find

• ready for use

Multiple Choice

He thought he had seen someone, but the elusive image vanished into the fog.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The fox darted elusively into the forest.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The meaning of that poem simply eludes me.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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The elusiveness of butterflies helps them to survive.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• hard to grasp or capture​

adverb - elusively

noun - elusiveness

verb - elude​

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​elusive

Multiple Choice

It was Mark's job to inter the time capsule, not knowing if he would ever see it.

• bury

• hide

• forget

Multiple Choice

It was Mark's job to inter the time capsule, not knowing if he would ever see it.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

After a military service, the interment of the general's body will take place at Arlington National Cemetery.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

verb

• to bury

• to place in a grave

noun - interment​

​inter

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Multiple Choice

The nobles' intrigue ended with the king losing his throne.

• hidden supply

• secret plot

• questions

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The nobles' intrigue ended with the king losing his throne.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

The spies intrigued to obtain the valuable document.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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Although I didn't fully understand it, I was intrigued by the poem.

• interested

• confused

• offended

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Although I didn't fully understand it, I was intrigued by the poem.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• a secret plot

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verb

• to plot secretly

• to fascinate or interest​

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​intrigue

Multiple Choice

The child cried in fear, as she entered the obscurity of the dark cave.

• unknown

• warmth

• clearness

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The child cried in fear, as she entered the obscurity of the dark cave.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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Many important inventors lived in poverty and obscurity.

• fame

• anonymity

• villain

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The instructions for filling out the government form were too obscure for Jesse to follow.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• darkness

• the condition of being difficult to understand

• the condition of being unknown or not famous​

adjective - obscure​

​obscurity

Multiple Choice

Ling often secludes herself in her room to study for exams.

• hides

• pairs

• puni

Multiple Choice

Ling often secludes herself in her room to study for exams.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

The corporation's headquarters were tucked away in a secluded wooded area, miles from any town.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Multiple Choice

The scholar spent many hours studying in seclusion.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

​verb

• to set apart

• to hide from view

adjective - secluded

noun - seclusion​

​seclude

Multiple Choice

Because hot water was unavailable we had to take cold showers.

• unfinished

• not noticeable

• not at hand

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Because hot water was unavailable we had to take cold showers.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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Because of the unavailability of high-quality turkeys, Mom made chicken for Thanksgiving dinner.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• not at hand or not capable of being gotten

• not ready for use

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noun - unavailability​

​unavailable

Multiple Choice

The office staff searched all day, hoping to unearth the lost file.

• uncover

• bury

• lift

Multiple Choice

The office staff searched all day, hoping to unearth the lost file.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

verb

• to bring up out of the earth or from an unknown storage place

• to uncover​

​unearth