Tag: softskills

Confidential means secret or private, intended to be kept confidential. Option C 'spoken or written in secret' correctly defines this. The distractors are unrelated: unscrupulous, saboteur, or casual.

Confine means to enclose or limit within a space. Option C 'shut in an enclosed space' correctly captures this meaning. The distractors are unrelated: boorish, overly sweet, or to quibble.

Confiscate means to seize or take possession of something, especially by authority. Option C correctly defines this. The distractors are unrelated: anointing with oil, desecrating, or yielding territory.

A conflagration is a large, destructive fire that burns many things. Option C 'great fire' correctly defines this. The distractors include a typo (invioably sacred) and unrelated terms: oily, speed.

Confluence refers to a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or abstract things. Option C 'flowing together' correctly captures this meaning. The distractors are unrelated: sly behavior, cruelty, or heavenly.

A conformist is someone who uncritically follows the customs, behaviors, and norms of a group. Option A ('lying below') is incorrect - that would describe something subjacent. Option B ('Scandinavian myth') is unrelated. Option D ('abstaining from sexual intercourse') describes celibacy or abstinence, not conformity.

To confound means to confuse, perplex, or mix things up so they become unclear. Option A ('underline') is incorrect - that refers to marking text. Option B ('person celebrated for wisdom') describes a sage. Option D refers to a Roman censor, a government official.

To congeal means to change from liquid to solid, to freeze or become thick/firm. Option A ('state with less truth than seems warranted') describes exaggeration or hyperbole. Option B ('lascivious') means lustful or lewd. Option D ('severely critical') describes harsh or stringent judgment.

Congenital means pleasant, agreeable, or compatible with one's nature or temperament. Option A ('funeral director') describes an undertaker. Option B ('prominent') means notable or conspicuous. Option D ('blame') is a verb meaning to censure or hold responsible.