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Multiple choice softskills leadership

dossier

  1. file of documents on a subject or person

  2. aqueduct

  3. make shiny by rubbing

  4. new growth from a plant
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A dossier is a collection of documents containing detailed information on a particular subject or person. Option A correctly defines this term. An aqueduct is a water channel, making shiny by rubbing is polishing, and new plant growth is a shoot.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dotage

  1. senility

  2. trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

  3. piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

  4. push forward
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Dotage refers to the state of mental decline associated with old age, especially senility. Option A correctly defines this term. A trusted friend is a confidant, a bust is a sculpture, and pushing forward is propelling.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dote

  1. be excessively fond of

  2. tell in confidence (to a person one trusts)

  3. support

  4. scolding woman
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To dote means to show excessive fondness or love, often toward someone younger or vulnerable. Option A correctly captures this meaning. Telling in confidence is confiding, support is backing, and a scolding woman is a shrew.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dour

  1. sullen

  2. self-assurance

  3. full-bosomed

  4. clever
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Dour describes a gloomy, stern, sullen manner or appearance. Option A correctly matches this adjective meaning. Self-assurance is confidence, full-bosomed refers to body shape, and clever means intelligent.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

douse

  1. plunge into water or liquid

  2. spoken or written in secret

  3. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

  4. make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
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To douse means to plunge something into liquid or pour liquid over it, especially to extinguish fire. Option A correctly defines this action. Secret speech is sotto voce, a secret group is a cabal, and shriveling is withering.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dowdy

  1. untidy (of a woman or clothes)

  2. shut in an enclosed space

  3. hiding place

  4. shake uncontrollably
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Dowdy means unfashionable, shabby, or untidy in appearance, especially regarding a woman or her clothes. Option A correctly defines this adjective. Shutting in is enclosing, a hiding place is a lair, and shaking uncontrollably is shuddering.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

downcast

  1. disheartened

  2. seize

  3. discordant

  4. mix together
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Downcast means sad, discouraged, or looking downward in dejection. Disheartened captures this sense of losing hope or spirit. The other options are completely unrelated meanings.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dowry

  1. money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

  2. great fire

  3. corpse

  4. keep away from
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Dowry is money, property, or goods that a bride brings to her husband upon marriage. This is a traditional practice in some cultures, particularly in South Asia. The other options are unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dowse

  1. use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals

  2. flowing together

  3. like a corpse

  4. move (a railway train) from one track to another
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Dowse means to use a divining rod or forked stick to search for underground water, minerals, or other hidden materials. This practice is also called dowsing or water witching. The other options describe different concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

doze

  1. sleep lightly

  2. person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group

  3. rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds)

  4. lawyer using questionable methods
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Explanation

Doze means to sleep lightly or take a short, light sleep. It refers to a brief, drowsy sleep rather than deep, restful sleep. The other options are unrelated words with entirely different meanings.