Vocabulary Quiz level b unit 5

What does the word 'tactful' mean?

• easily taught, led, or managed

• skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

• capable of being wrong, mistaken, or inaccurate

• relating to farm areas and life in the country

What is the definition of 'anecdote'?

• to interfere with; to handle in a secret and improper way

• a short account of an incident in someone's life

• skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

• very dirty, covered with dirt or soot

What does it mean to 'tamper' with something?

• liable to change very rapidly, erratic, marked by a lack of constancy, or steadiness, inconsistent

• to interfere with; to handle in a secret and improper way

• to combine, unite; to make solid or firm

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

What does the word 'grimy' mean?

• a very small part or quantity

• possible, able to happen

• very dirty, covered with dirt or soot

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

What is the definition of 'iota'?

• liable to change very rapidly, erratic, marked by a lack of constancy, or steadiness, inconsistent

• a very small part or quantity

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

• possible, able to happen

What does the word 'fickle' mean?

• skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

• possible, able to happen

• very dirty, covered with dirt or soot

• liable to change very rapidly, erratic, marked by a lack of constancy, or steadiness, inconsistent

What does the word 'potential' mean?

• large, important, major, significant, prosperous, not imaginary, material

• doubt the state of being unsure

• an imitation designed to deceive

• something that can develop or become a reality

What is the definition of 'counterfeit'?

• a very small part or quantity

• to combine, unite; to make solid or firm

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

• an imitation designed to deceive

What does the word 'maul' mean?

• skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

• to interfere with; to handle in a secret and improper way

• rule over by strength or power, control; to tower over, command due to height

What does it mean to 'consolidate' something?

• to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle

• to combine, unite; to make solid or firm

• beg, implore, ask earnestly

• last, final; most important or extreme; eventual; fundamental