Vocabulary Challenge Week 1

Many people feel exasperated and helpless when their smartphone breaks. What does "exasperated" mean?

• Confused

• Excited

• Frustrated

• Angry

In 2014, the Pope said choosing pets over children was detrimental to our future. What does "detrimental" mean?

• Disappointing

• Terrible and will have bad consequences

• Great and will have good effects

• Optimistic

Dogs, I think, are superior to most people. What does "superior" mean?

• Lacking and needs improvement

• Equal to

• Less than

• Better than

The Japanese gaming company Nintendo has predicted the year ending March 2021 will be a bumper year. What does a "bumper year" mean?

• A year filled with gifts

• Eventful and filled with ups and downs

• Bumped around like bumper cars

• A year that is expected and ordinary

This is a 26 per cent increase from the previous forecast. What does "forecast" mean?

• A prediction of the future

• The weather and temperature

• If you need a cast for your forehead

• None of the above

It is a hybrid console. What does "hybrid" mean?

• A combination of different things and can take a different form

• Something that has one single type of use

• Really advanced and developed

• Powerful and unexpected

Two men from the Solomon Islands inadvertently did just that. What does inadvertently mean?

• Positively

• Purposely

• Strongly

• Accidentally

Put the word "philosophy" in a sentence

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What is an example of a greenhouse gas?

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Who is someone that might have worshippers?

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