OSB2+SB-1B-topic vocabulary 2025

Which verb means to desert or leave someone/something completely?

• abandon

• apply

• resign

• retire

She decided to ______ for the scholarship in writing.

• resign

• apply

• quit

• fire

If you “commit yourself,” you…

• make a promise

• stop working

• get a promotion

• retire

Choose the verb that means to handle or manage a situation.

• fire

• direct

• deal

• quit

If you are in charge of an organisation or activity, you ______ it.

• discontinue

• direct

• resign

• abandon

The company will ______ production of that model next year.

• discontinue

• resign

• retire

• raise

Which two verbs both mean “to remove someone from a job”?

• fire & dismiss

• raise & resign

• quit & retire

• abandon & apply

To formally announce that you are leaving a post is to ______.

• resign

• retire

• quit

• discontinue

After 40 years, she will ______ and receive a pension.

• resign

• retire

• abandon

• quit

The opposite of “run out of” money is to ______ some for later.

• put by

• cut down on

• live on

• take out