English Quiz (Part 62)

'Inversion' Meaning

• The belief that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere; the fact of using someone's feelings or emotions to your advantage

• (of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things; solving by trying different actions to see if they produce the result that is wanted, rather than using strict rules

• A situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down; a situation in which an organ, or part of an organ, is turned inside out; a situation in which the temperature of the air high above the ground is warmer than the air near the ground

‘Implies’ Meaning

• the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details; the main subject, without details, of a piece of information;

• to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly; (as something implies) used to show that the name, etc. of something tells you something about it; to involve something or make it necessary; to suggest something without saying it directly, or to involve something as a necessarypart or condition

• using or relating to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.; a systemfor measuring something

‘Vanity’ Meaning

• the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details; the main subject, without details, of a piece of information;

• using or relating to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.; a systemfor measuring something

• the personal characteristic of being too proud of and interested in yourself, esp. in yourappearance or achievements; a piece of bedroom furniture like a table with a mirror and drawers; a small cupboard that stands on the floor in a bathroom and has a washbasin (= a fixed bowl-shaped container for water) in the top; used to describe something that is done with the aim of getting praise, fame, or approval rather than for serious or good reasons

‘Metric’ Meaning

• using or relating to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.; a systemfor measuring something

• the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details; the main subject, without details, of a piece of information;

• a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so; a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true

‘Gist’ Meaning

• a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so; a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true

• the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details; the main subject, without details, of a piece of information;

• existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern; belonging to the same period, or to a stated period in the past; someone living during the same period as someone else; a person who is of the same age as you; existing or happening now

‘Contemporary‘ Meaning

• existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern; belonging to the same period, or to a stated period in the past; someone living during the same period as someone else; a person who is of the same age as you; existing or happening now

• a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so; a statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true

• the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details; the main subject, without details, of a piece of information;