Vocab Checking of group 4

He has political ______, and hopes to run for Congress some day.

• hefty

• aspiration

• exponential

• quest

Her salary will go up by a ______ 13 percent.

• automate

• bandwidth

• buyout

• hefty

She advised us to look abroad for more lucrative business _______.

• ventures

• parasite

• cram

• plausible

The law firm was active in management _____, mergers, and acquisitions.

• corporation

• downsizing

• buyouts

• die down

The system will handle signals that need high ______, for instance those that encode TV pictures.

• bandwidth

• non-stop

• sophisticated

• ventilation

Answer explanation

a measurement of the amount of information that can be sent between computers, through a phone line, etc.

The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria ____.

• fallacy

• parasite

• headcount

• plausible

Answer explanation

an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type and feeds from it

Eight children were ______ into the back of the car.

• crammed

• quested

• automated

• overhauled

Answer explanation

to force a lot of things into a small space

New technologies let you ______ control of your home lighting, appliances, and even heating and cooling systems.

• sophisticated

• purify

• downsizing

• automate

Answer explanation

to make a process in a factory or office operate by machines or computers, in order to reduce the amount of work done by humans and the time taken to do the work

The school chose to _________ its curriculum by equipping classrooms with new technology.

• call the shots

• overhaul

• purify

• headcount

Answer explanation

to completely change a system so that it works more effectively

I really must ________ my Japanese before we visit Japan next year.

• polish up

• die down

• quest to

• overhaul

Answer explanation

refine or improve something.