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Multiple choice softskills communication

Xenophobia

  1. Fear of riding in a car

  2. Fear of strangers

  3. Fear of pain

  4. Fear of flowers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Xenophobia is the fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or people from different cultures. It comes from Greek 'xenos' (stranger/foreigner) and 'phobos' (fear).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

vigor

  1. deprived of (something valuable)

  2. walking at an easy unhurried pace

  3. active strength

  4. climb by crawling with difficulties
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Vigor refers to physical strength and good health, or effort and enthusiasm. 'Active strength' is a precise definition. 'Bereft' means deprived, and 'scramble' means to climb with difficulty.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

progeny

  1. children

  2. free from worries

  3. additional object

  4. simultaneous discharge of a number of shots
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Progeny refers to the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring or children. 'Additional object' refers to an adjunct, and 'volley' refers to the discharge of shots.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

imbibe

  1. drink in

  2. opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

  3. affecting or relating to the sense of taste

  4. worthless products of an endeavor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To imbibe means to drink (alcohol) or to absorb ideas/knowledge. 'Drink in' is the literal definition. 'Gambit' is the chess opening mentioned, and 'gustatory' relates to taste.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

idiosyncrasy

  1. place for burying the dead

  2. individual trait usually odd in nature

  3. affecting or relating to the sense of taste

  4. low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An idiosyncrasy is a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual; an odd trait. 'Cemetery' is for burying the dead, and 'gustatory' relates to taste.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

indiscriminate

  1. choosing at random

  2. spacious

  3. agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

  4. make friendly again (after quarrel)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Indiscriminate means done at random or without careful judgment. 'Choosing at random' is the closest definition. 'Spacious' means roomy, and 'catalyst' is the chemical agent described in option 489341.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Juxtapose

  1. Place next to

  2. Painful

  3. Cloister

  4. Querulous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To juxtapose means to place things side by side for comparison or contrast. This is commonly used in literature, art, and arguments to highlight differences or similarities between elements.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Laconic

  1. Devouring

  2. Stubborn

  3. Voracious

  4. Terse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Laconic means using very few words to express much - terse, concise, or brief in speech. It derives from Laconia, the region of Sparta, known for their succinct speech style.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Serendipity

  1. Sports medicine expert

  2. Accidental finding

  3. Mercurial

  4. Requirement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Serendipity is the occurrence of fortunate discoveries or happy accidents - finding something valuable while looking for something else. The word was coined by Horace Walpole, inspired by a Persian fairy tale.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Herd:Cows

  1. School:Birds

  2. Pride:Lions

  3. Pack:Cats

  4. Battery:Hyenas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Herd is the collective noun for cows, while Pride is the collective noun for lions. The relationship is collective noun:animal it describes. School is for fish, Pack for wolves/dogs, Battery is not used for hyenas.