Tag: softskills

Falsify means to make something false by altering it, typically documents or records. Option A correctly defines this as changing something to make it false. The other options represent different words: unfounded rumor (fabrication), not done politely (informal/abrupt), and modest (humble).

Facile means easily accomplished or achieved, often implying superficiality. Option A provides the correct definition. The distractors are different concepts: deliberately planned (calculated/premeditated), sore on skin (fester/ulcer), and combining into whole (integrate/synthesize).

Falter means to hesitate, waver, or lose confidence/strength in speech or action. Option A correctly captures this meaning. The other options are unrelated: frankness (candor/openness), unscrupulous (unprincipled), and violent (fierce/forceful).

Fanaticism refers to excessive, unreasonable zeal or enthusiasm, often for a cause or belief. Option A correctly defines it as excessive zeal. The other options are unrelated: related to dogs (canine), boorish (rude/vulgar), and strange (epeculiar/eerie).

Fancied means imagined, supposed, or believed without certainty. Option A correctly gives the definition. The distractors represent different words: ulcerous sore (fester/fistula), anointing with oil (unction/unction), and not done politely (informal/abrupt).

Fancier refers to a person who breeds or deals with animals, typically for show or competition (like cat fanciers, pigeon fanciers). Option A is correct. The distractors are different concepts: shrewd with money (frugal/parsimonious), oily (unctuous/greasy), and unscrupulous (unprincipled).

Fanciful means whimsical, imaginative, or fantasy-based. Option A correctly provides this synonym. The other options describe different words: insincere pious speech (pietistic/godly), done slyly and secretly (surreptitious), and boorish (churlish/rude).

Fancy means imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature. Option A correctly defines the word. The distractors represent different concepts: ill-humored (surly/fretful), lying below (subterrenean/underlying), and anointing with oil (unction).

A fanfare is a short, loud, celebratory piece of music played on brass instruments, especially trumpets or bugles. It's typically used to announce someone's arrival or mark an important occasion. Option B describes a cantata (a musical composition), C could relate to words like attenuate (weaken gradually), and D (oily) is unrelated.

A farce is a comic dramatic work or light play characterized by broad comedy, exaggerated situations, and slapstick humor. It features ridiculous, improbable scenarios for comedic effect. Option B (canter) describes a slow gallop, C might mean underscore, and D could be furtive - all unrelated to theatrical comedy.