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opprobrium

  1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.

  2. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

  3. The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

  4. A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Opprobrium means public disgrace or shame resulting from shameful conduct. Option A is the correct definition. Option B describes an astringent. Option C describes efflorescence. Option D describes a chronometer.

Multiple choice softskills communication

foresail

  1. an unimportant or insignificant person

  2. release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting

  3. The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

  4. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A foresail is the lowest and usually largest square sail on the foremast of a sailing ship. Option A describes a nonentity. Option B describes manumission. Option D describes an offshoot.

Multiple choice softskills communication

turgid

  1. Having an odor or fragrance.

  2. Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language.

  3. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force

  4. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Turgid means swollen, distended, or bloated beyond the natural state by internal fluid or pressure. Option A describes fragrant. Option B describes cognate. Option D describes indigenous.

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deponent

  1. The theory that the basis of knowledge is reason rather than experience, or divine revelation

  2. A group of 8-12 (or more) quail. See gaggle, host, flock.

  3. The act of banishing or excluding someone

  4. A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A deponent is specifically a witness who gives information under oath, typically during a deposition in legal proceedings. While depositions involve gathering facts known to the witness, the key characteristic is the formal oath-bound testimony, not just having information.