Tag: softskills

Exude means to flow out slowly or to display a quality prominently. Option A correctly captures this. 'Great fire' (B) is 'inferno' or 'conflagration', 'eager enthusiasm' (C) is 'zeal', and 'logical formula' (D) is 'syllogism'.

Exult means to rejoice or show great happiness, especially after a triumph. Option A is correct. 'Flowing together' (B) is 'converge', 'one who is zealous' (C) is 'zealot', and 'pertaining to woods' (D) is 'sylvan'.

A facet is a small plane surface on a gemstone, or more broadly, a particular aspect or feature. Option A correctly defines this. 'Confuse' (B) is 'perplex', 'orange skin' (C) is 'zest', and 'similarly timed' (D) is 'synchronous'.

Facilitate means to make easier or help bring about something. Option A correctly captures this meaning. 'Large kettle' (B) is 'caldron', 'intentionally hidden' (C) is 'concealed', and 'not natural' (D) is 'artificial'.

Factitious means artificial, contrived, or not natural - produced by human effort rather than occurring naturally. Option A is correct. 'Youthful' (B) is 'juvenile', 'unexplicable' (C) contains a typo and should be 'inexplicable' meaning unexplainable, and 'final' (D) is 'ultimate'.

A factotum is a person who handles many different tasks, essentially a handyman or jack-of-all-trades. Option A correctly defines this. 'Area of thick hard skin' (B) is 'callus', 'complete agreement' (C) is 'unanimity' or 'consensus', and 'last demand' (D) is 'ultimatum'.

Faculty refers to a natural ability or power, particularly mental capabilities like reason, memory, or perception. Option A correctly identifies this meaning as mental or bodily powers, as seen in phrases like 'faculties of the mind.' The other options (heat-producing, not open to attack, resentment) represent different word meanings entirely.

Fallacious means 'based on a fallacy' or containing a mistaken belief, essentially false or misleading. Option A correctly captures this core meaning. The other options are unrelated concepts: good-fellowship (camaraderie), modest (humble), and complete agreement (unanimity).

Fallible means capable of making mistakes or liable to err. Option A provides the precise definition. The distractors are unrelated: shell/jewel carved in relief (cameo), violent (fierce), and not open to attack (invulnerable).

Fallow refers to agricultural land that is plowed but left unsown for a season to restore its fertility. Option A gives the precise agricultural definition. The other options describe different concepts: group with common cause (faction), strange (eerie/fancied), and unsatisfied (unfulfilled).