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Multiple choice softskills leadership

fortuitous

  1. accidental

  2. skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence

  3. corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields

  4. keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours)
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Explanation

Fortuitous means happening by accident or chance rather than design, often with a positive connotation of a lucky coincidence. Option A 'accidental' correctly identifies this core meaning. The other options define tact, conglomerate, and vigil respectively - unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

forum

  1. public square of an ancient Roman city

  2. careful no to cause offence

  3. mass of material sticking together

  4. watchful
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Forum originally meant a public square or marketplace in an ancient Roman city used for judicial and other business. Option A correctly captures this historical definition. The other options describe tactful, coagulate, and vigilant respectively - unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

forward

  1. presumptuous or bold

  2. pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

  3. correspondence of parts

  4. one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers
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Forward can mean presumptuous or bold, especially in an impudent or overly familiar way. Option A correctly identifies this meaning. The other options define tactile, symmetry, and vigilante respectively - unrelated words. This is an archaic or less common usage of 'forward'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

foster

  1. rear

  2. contaminate

  3. in agreement

  4. small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter
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Foster means to rear, bring up, or encourage the development of something or someone. Option A 'rear' correctly captures this meaning of raising or nurturing. The other options define contaminate, accord, and vignette respectively - unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

foul

  1. very bad or disagreeable

  2. burlesque

  3. pine tree (usu. evergreen)

  4. active strength
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Foul means very bad, unpleasant, or offensive in quality, character, or manner. Option A correctly captures this core meaning. The other options define burlesque, fir tree, and vigor respectively - unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

founder

  1. person who establishes (an organization or business)

  2. charm

  3. surmise

  4. despicable
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Founder means a person who establishes or creates an organization, institution, or business. Option A correctly identifies this definition. The other options define charisma, surmise, and despicable respectively - unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fracas

  1. brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part

  2. claw of bird

  3. pertaining to marriage

  4. slander
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Explanation

Fracas means a noisy, quarrelsome, or disorderly fight or argument, typically involving multiple people. Option A 'brawl' correctly captures this meaning. The other options define talon, marital, and slander respectively - unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

fractious

  1. unruly

  2. convert (hide) into leather

  3. cause to appear by magic

  4. clear from blame
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Fractious means irritable, quarrelsome, or troublesome in nature - tending to cause annoyance or difficulty. Option A 'unruly' correctly identifies this meaning. The other options define tan, conjure, and exonerate respectively - unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

frail

  1. weak

  2. only slightly connected

  3. pretense of ignorance of something wrong

  4. disposed to revenge
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Frail means weak, delicate, or lacking physical strength or robustness. Option A 'weak' correctly captures this core meaning. The other options define tenuous, socratic ignorance, vindictive respectively - unrelated words.

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franchise

  1. right or privilege granted by authority

  2. able to be touched

  3. person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected)

  4. wine merchant
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A franchise refers to a right or privilege granted by authority, such as a government or parent company, to an individual or organization. For example, a business franchise grants the right to operate under an established brand. The other options define different words: tangible describes something that can be touched, connoisseur is a person of refined taste, and vintner is a wine merchant.