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Multiple choice softskills leadership

alacrity

  1. stamp-collector

  2. summarize

  3. cheerful promptness without reluctance

  4. very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alacrity means cheerful promptness, readiness, or willingness to do something without reluctance or delay. It describes performing a task with eagerness and quickness. Option C perfectly captures this meaning. Option A is philatelist, B is summarize (circular), and D is shaving/veneer.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alchemy

  1. narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

  2. reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.)

  3. medieval chemistry

  4. bundle of stalks of grain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alchemy was the medieval precursor to modern chemistry, focused on transforming substances, particularly attempts to transmute base metals into gold and discover the elixir of life. Option C correctly identifies it as medieval chemistry. Option A is philistine, B is reconstruct, and D is sheaf.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alcove

  1. study of language or words

  2. quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.)

  3. nook

  4. remove (fleece or hair) by cutting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An alcove is a recess in a wall, often used for a bed or seating - essentially a small, sheltered nook. The other options are unrelated word meanings: A suggests a linguistic term, B describes a receptive attitude, and D refers to shearing sheep.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alias

  1. calm and unexcitable

  2. pause

  3. an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people)

  4. place into a case
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An alias is a false or assumed name used by someone, often to hide their true identity - commonly used by criminals or writers. A is incorrect as it describes 'phlegmatic', B refers to a pause in speech, and D means to encase something.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alienate

  1. morbid fear

  2. withdrawal

  3. make unfriendly or hostile

  4. small roofed structure for storage and shelter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alienate means to make someone unfriendly or hostile, often by causing them to feel isolated. A is 'phobia', B is too vague and could mean physical withdrawal, and D describes a shed or outbuilding.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alimentary

  1. symbol of immortality or rebirth

  2. habitual return to crime (even after being punished)

  3. supplying nourishment

  4. pure
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alimentary relates to nourishment or digestion, as in the 'alimentary canal' (digestive tract). A describes a mythical symbol, B is 'recidivism', and D simply means pure or clean.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alleviate

  1. piebald

  2. count

  3. relieve (pain)

  4. new growth from a plant
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Alleviate means to relieve or reduce something unpleasant, especially pain or suffering. A means spotted or patchy, B is to count items, and D refers to new plant growth.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

allocate

  1. coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

  2. hermit

  3. assign

  4. scolding woman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Allocate means to assign or distribute resources for a particular purpose. A is 'pigment', B is a religious recluse, and D is an archaic term for a scolding woman.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

alloy

  1. steal things of small value

  2. make friendly again (after quarrel)

  3. mixture as of metals

  4. clever
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An alloy is a mixture of metals, often combining a base metal with small amounts of other metals to improve properties. A is to 'pilfer', B is 'reconcile', and D means shrewd or resourceful.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

allude

  1. plunder

  2. abstruse

  3. refer indirectly

  4. make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Allude means to refer to something indirectly or suggestively, without explicitly stating it. A is to loot, B means difficult to understand, and D describes something shriveling.