Tag: softskills

Harvest is the correct answer as it means to gather in crops or collect resources, which encompasses all three meanings given: gathering ripe crops, catching (as in harvesting fish), and gathering generally. Cut is too specific, grasp means to hold, and abolish means to do away with.

Fizzle is the correct answer as it means to fail after starting well, often accompanied by a hissing noise that fades into silence. Fussion is a misspelling of fusion, fathom means to understand or penetrate, and fuse means to join or blend.

Both shorten and abbreviate are correct as they both mean to reduce the length or duration of something. Abridge means to condense while keeping the main points. Join means to connect, and bridge is a distractor word that sounds similar but means a structure spanning a gap.

Accumulation is the correct answer as accretion means the process of gradual increase or accumulation, especially through external additions or growth. Decrease means the opposite, assimilation means absorption, and creation means bringing into existence.

"Buff" means enthusiastic or eager. An enthusiast is someone who is very interested in or enthusiastic about a particular activity or subject. "Discourage" and "dull" are opposite in meaning, while "enthusiasm" is the noun form, not the nearest meaning to the adjective "buff".