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Multiple choice softskills leadership

besiege

  1. indifference

  2. surround with armed forces

  3. agent (sent on a mission to represent another)

  4. woman who rules a family or larger social group
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Besiege' means to surround a place with armed forces to capture it - a military term. Option B 'surround with armed forces' is the correct definition. Option A means 'apathy', option C defines 'envoy', and option D describes 'matriarch'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

besmirch

  1. neutral

  2. soil

  3. soothing or softening remedy (for the skin)

  4. enroll (in college or graduate school)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To "besmirch" means to damage the reputation of someone or to make something dirty or soiled. Distractors like "enroll" (matriculate) or "soothing remedy" (emollient) are incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

bestial

  1. undistinctive

  2. beastlike

  3. salary

  4. state of being married
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Bestial' means beastlike, savage, or brutish - resembling a beast in qualities or behavior. Option B is correct. Option A is not a standard word (perhaps 'indistinctive' was meant), option C means 'emolument', and option D refers to 'matrimony'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

bestow

  1. person of no importance

  2. confer

  3. ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

  4. point of origin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Bestow' means to confer or present (a gift, honor, or right) - to give something formally or as an honor. Option B 'confer' matches this meaning. Option A defines 'nonentity', option C means 'empathy', and option D describes 'provenance' or 'source'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

betoken

  1. put at a loss

  2. signify

  3. based on experience

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

Betoken means to signify, indicate, or be a sign of something. When something betokens another thing, it serves as a signal or warning sign, like how dark clouds might betoken an approaching storm.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

betray

  1. speech or writing with no meaning

  2. be unfaithful

  3. imitate

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

To betray means to be unfaithful, disloyal, or to deceive someone who trusts you. Option B correctly captures this meaning. Options A, C, and D represent unrelated concepts - meaningless speech, imitation, and rough handling respectively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

betroth

  1. loop formed in a rope

  2. become engaged to marry

  3. make (a bill) into law

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

Betroth means to promise or arrange to marry someone, making them engaged. Option B is the correct definition. Options A, C, and D are incorrect - they refer to a rope loop, making laws, and monumental tombs respectively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

bevy

  1. homesickness

  2. large group

  3. in love

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

A bevy refers to a large group or collection, typically of birds or people. Option B correctly identifies this meaning. Options A, C, and D are unrelated - homesickness, being in love, and a color respectively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

beware

  1. questionable medicine

  2. be cautious (of)

  3. encode

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

Beware means to be cautious, wary, or careful about something or someone. Option B is correct. Options A, C, and D are incorrect - questionable medicine, encoding, and rebelling respectively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

bewitch

  1. conspicuous

  2. cast a spell over

  3. surround

  4. mushy(sentimental) and gushy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Bewitch means to cast a spell over someone, enchant them, or captivate them completely. Option B is correct. Options A, C, and D are incorrect - conspicuous, surrounding, and overly sentimental respectively.