Tag: softskills

'Vociferous' is the odd one out - it means noisy or clamorous, while 'ravenous', 'gluttonous', and 'voracious' all relate to hunger or excessive eating. Vociferous is about making loud noise, not about eating.

'Exacerbate' is the odd one out - it means to make a problem worse, while 'exonerate', 'exculpate', and 'vindicate' all mean to clear someone from blame or guilt. Exacerbate has a negative effect; the others are about absolving guilt.

'Amnesty' is the odd one out - it means a formal pardon, while 'travesty', 'parody', and 'lampoon' all refer to mocking, satirical imitations, or grotesque representations. Amnesty is about forgiveness, not mockery.

'Intransigent' is the odd one out - it means stubborn or uncompromising, while 'querulous', 'petulant', and 'fretful' all relate to complaining, being irritable, or showing annoyance. Intransigent is about refusal to change, not about expressing dissatisfaction.

'Secretitious' is the odd one out because it's a very rare/archaic synonym for secretive. 'Surreptitious', 'furtive', and 'stealthy' are common, widely-used words meaning done secretly or stealthily. Secretitious is essentially an obsolete variant of surreptitious.

Michael Dell's first computer was an Apple II, which he famously disassembled to see how it worked. This event is a well-known part of his biography before he started his own PC company.

Dell was originally founded as PC's Limited in 1984 by Michael Dell while he was a student at the University of Texas at Austin. The company focused on selling IBM PC-compatible computers built from stock components, which it sold directly to consumers, bypassing the retail channel. It was renamed Dell Computer Corporation in 1988 when the company incorporated.