TRS601 - Vocabulary Quiz

It is noteworthy that only 15% of senior managers are women.

• deserving to be noticed or to receive attention

• questionable and should not be trusted

• cannot be supported by any sources

• deserving to be reevaluate because of the lack of evidence

The minister's statement provides reinforcement for the view that tax cuts are likely in the budget.

• the act of making something more visible, especially a feeling or an idea

• the act of making something weaker, especially a feeling or an idea

• the act of making something stronger, especially a feeling or an idea

• the act of denying something, especially a feeling or an idea

By and large, I enjoyed my time at school.

• used when you are saying something that is rarely true

• used when you are saying something that is generally true

• used when you are saying something that is hardly true

• used when you are saying something that is completely true

We outsource all our computing work.

• to arrange for somebody outside a company to do work or provide goods for that company

• to arrange for somebody outside a company to come to that company to evaluate work

• to arrange for somebody outside a company to train the employees of that company

• to arrange for somebody outside a company to create orders for that company

Angry bakers who believe organised gangs are responsible yesterday called for a crackdown on the thefts.

• severe action taken to limit the activities of people who do not pay taxes

• severe action taken to limit the activities of those who do not publicly support the government or somebody in authority

• severe action taken to limit the activities of businesses that do not comply with the government's recent policies

• severe action taken to limit the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or somebody in authority

She cut open the frog and puked at the sight of its innards.

• the organs inside the body of a person or an animal, especially the stomach

• the different drops of blood inside the body of a person or an animal, especially the stomach

• the veins inside the body of a person or an animal, especially the stomach

• the pieces of food found inside the body of a person or an animal, especially the stomach

He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.

• to refuse to let somebody be the leader of a social group

• to try to make somebody become a member of a social group

• to praise someone because he or she is the best member of a social group

• to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group

The snake's venom induces instant paralysis.

• an increase in control of, and sometimes feeling in, part or most of the body,

• a loss of control of, and sometimes feeling in, part or most of the body,

• an uneasy feeling in part or most of the body

• a relaxing feeling in part or most of the body

He opposed the homogenization of culture under the pressure of mass marketing.

• the process of changing something so that all its parts or features become relatively similar

• the process of changing something so that all its parts or features become very similar

• the process of changing something so that all its parts or features become disorganized

• the process of changing something so that all its parts or features become smaller in size

Because my students had attended class, therefore, none were vulnerable to the retaliatory measures that the university contemplated.

• used to describe an action that is intended to support someone who has done something useful to you

• used to describe an action that is intended to harm someone who has done something to harm you

• used to describe an action that is intended to expel someone who has failed to finish their final exam

• used to describe an action that is intended to eliminate someone who are not qualified for a job