Vocab quiz a04 09.02

"The leader" of a meeting or a working party is called (mark all possible answers):

• a chairperson

• a chairman

• a chair individual

• a chairwoman

• a chair

If someone is meticulous, they:

• pay a lot of attention to details

• are not very tall

• are very rational

• often talk without thinking first

In a sentence: "We've made a terrible mistake", a good synonym for the word terrible would be:

• failing

• egregious

• metric

• ventured

The word venture is NOT used correctly in the sentence:

• It was obvious she was scared of venturing anywhere near the edge of the cliff.

• Mike was in charge of their ill-conceived venture while it was running, or at least that's what I've heard.

• More than £8000 was needed to fund the venture, but at last the company took off.

• North of the lake the forest trees and general venture look very enticing.

A handout can mean (tick all correct answers):

• a piece of paper with the most important info from a talk at a conference

• a xerox given to students at a lecture

• a sum of money from government, like social aid

• a big poster you can see on a billboard

If you want to know an opinion of a group of people, you might want to conduct a ...

• form

• probe

• survey

• questionnaire

How many hemispheres are there in any spherical object?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

In the sentence: "Mark's solution to the problem is actually quite convoluted", convoluted could be replaced by:

• simplistic

• unachievable

• brilliant

• complex

A good synonym for quit, as in the sentence "Tom wasn't doing well at school, so he decided to quit" will be:

• get going

• drop out

• run off

• take off

"You're such a ... ! You always ruin people's fun with your comments!"

• quick wit

• down to earth

• spoilsport

• collocation