[ĐLV] Quiz 22

You'll have ... opportunity to ask questions after the talk.

• bountiful

• ample

• copious

• cramped

Answer explanation

Ample (adj): more than enough; plentiful.

Similar: abundant, bountiful, broad, copious,

expansive.

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She said nuclear weapons were an ... in the post cold war era.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Anachronism (n): a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present.

Similar: misplacement, prolepsis, solecism.

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Learn to step back and critically ... situations.

• interpret

• interpret

• inspect

• analyze

Answer explanation

Analyze (v): to examine the nature or structure of something, especially by separating it into its parts, in order to understand or explain it.

Similar: consider, evaluate, figure out, inspect,

interpret.

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The ... effects were not restricted to any particular type of pain.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Analgesic (adj): used to stop people from feeling pain, or relating to the stopping of pain.

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He drew an ... between the brain and a vast computer.

• parallel

• correlation

• metaphor

• analogy

Answer explanation

Analogy (n): a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain

a principle or idea.

Similar: comparison, correlation, metaphor, parallel.

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Did the CIA cooperate ... in illegal activities?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Wittingly (adv): in a way that involves knowing or planning what you are doing.

Similar: intentionally, deliberately, purposely,

knowingly, willfully.

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He'd been drinking the night before and was

looking a bit ....

• haggard

• gaunt

• brawny

• emaciated

Answer explanation

Haggard (adj): looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes.

Similar: gaunt, skeletal, emaciated, starved,

starving.

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A lot of people when they catch a fish are amazed at the (a)  

Answer explanation

Iridescence (n): the quality of showing many bright colors that change with movement.

Similar: luminescence, irradiation, illumination,

luminosity, radiance.

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A(n) ... shift in the global oil market is under way.

• anticlimactic

• cataclysmic

• epochal

• momentous

Answer explanation

Epochal (adj): used to refer to times or events that are very important because they involve new developments and great change.

Similar: momentous, cataclysmic, earthshaking,

fateful, life-and-death.

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Winning the lottery could not have come at a more ... time for the recently laid-off worker.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Providential (adj): happening exactly when needed but without being planned.

Similar: fortunate, happy, lucky, fortuitous,

coincidental.

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