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Multiple choice softskills leadership

fleck

  1. spot

  2. warm by rubbing

  3. change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)

  4. position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A fleck refers to a small spot, patch, or streak of color or substance on a surface. Option A correctly identifies this meaning. Option B describes chafe or massage, option C means color or stain, and option D refers to a vantage point, all unrelated to small marks or spots.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fiasco

  1. total failure

  2. calamity

  3. unjustified

  4. untarnished
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Explanation

Fiasco refers to a complete, embarrassing, or ridiculous failure. Option A accurately defines this term. Option B (calamity) is very close in meaning but typically implies a disaster with wider consequences, while fiasco often emphasizes the humiliating or ridiculous nature of the failure. Options C and D describe justification and purity, unrelated to failure.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fiat

  1. command

  2. shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

  3. awkward (to carry or move)

  4. (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Fiat is a Latin term meaning let it be done and refers to an authoritative command or order. In modern usage, it describes an arbitrary decree or authoritative order. The other options describe different concepts: B is a boo or hiss (called booing), C means cumbersome, and D means untenable.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fickle

  1. changeable (in affections or friendship)

  2. book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

  3. not knowing

  4. unexpected and adverse
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Explanation

Fickle describes someone or something that changes frequently, especially in emotions, affections, or loyalties. A fickle person might be friendly one day and distant the next. B refers to a catechism (religious instruction book), C means ignorant, and D describes an untoward (unexpected adverse) event.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fictitious

  1. imaginary

  2. without exceptions

  3. unaccustomed

  4. unjustified
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Explanation

Fictitious means invented or imaginary, not real or genuine. It's often used to describe fake characters, false stories, or made-up scenarios. B means unreservedly (without exceptions), C means unused to (unaccustomed), and D means unwarranted (unjustified).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fidelity

  1. loyalty

  2. provide food and drink (for)

  3. reprimand

  4. awkward (to carry or move)
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Explanation

Fidelity means faithfulness, loyalty, or adherence to obligations. It's commonly used in phrases like marital fidelity or fidelity to a cause. B means feed (provide food), C means rebuke (reprimand), and D means cumbersome (awkward to handle).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fiend

  1. evil spirit

  2. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

  3. (sitting or standing) straight up

  4. not knowing
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Multiple choice softskills leadership

figment

  1. invention

  2. purgative

  3. noisy confusion

  4. unaccustomed
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Explanation

A figment is something invented or fabricated, existing only in the imagination. Figment of imagination is a common phrase. B means purgative (purgative medicine), C means tumult (noisy confusion), and D means unused to (unaccustomed).

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figurative

  1. not literal but metaphorical

  2. (of likings and interests) universal

  3. marked by commotion or uproar

  4. reprimand
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Figurative language uses figures of speech and metaphors rather than literal meaning. If someone says it's raining cats and dogs, they're speaking figuratively. B means catholic (universal), C means tumultuous (marked by commotion), and D means rebuke.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

figure

  1. written symbols

  2. private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

  3. outcome

  4. (sitting or standing) straight up
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Explanation

In this context, figure refers to written symbols, numerals, or digits. We speak of a seven-figure salary or figure out the numbers. B is caucus (private political meeting), C means upshot (outcome), and D means erect (straight up).