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Multiple choice softskills communication

to check or hinder

  1. inhibit

  2. delectable

  3. obdurate

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

"Inhibit" means to restrain, hold back, or hinder - exactly what the definition states. The other options are unrelated: "delectable" means delicious, "obdurate" means stubborn, and "obtrusive" means noticeable or intrusive.

Multiple choice softskills communication

potent

  1. brag, glory over

  2. a gentle wind, breeze

  3. having great power or physical strength

  4. moral corruption; badness
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

"Potent" means having great power, strength, or effect. Option C correctly defines it. The other options describe boasting, a gentle breeze, and moral corruption - none of which relate to power or strength.

Multiple choice softskills communication

mild; harmless

  1. dais

  2. ostensible

  3. furtive

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

"Benign" means gentle, harmless, or not dangerous - matching the definition given. The distractors are: "dais" (a platform), "ostensible" (apparent rather than actual), and "furtive" (secretive or sneaky) - none of which mean mild or harmless.

Multiple choice softskills communication

periodic; occasional

  1. impenitent

  2. intermittent

  3. curmudgeon

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

Intermittent means occurring at irregular intervals, not continuous or permanent. Impenitent means not showing regret. Curmudgeon is a bad-tempered person. Exhume means to dig out of the ground.

Multiple choice softskills communication

shabby in appearance

  1. dowdy

  2. saturate

  3. tribunal

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

Dowdy describes something unfashionable, shabby, or worn out in appearance. Saturate means to fill to capacity. Tribunal is a type of court. Abbreviate means to shorten.

Multiple choice softskills communication

opprobrium

  1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.

  2. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

  3. The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

  4. A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Opprobrium means public disgrace or shame resulting from shameful conduct. Option A is the correct definition. Option B describes an astringent. Option C describes efflorescence. Option D describes a chronometer.

Multiple choice softskills communication

foresail

  1. an unimportant or insignificant person

  2. release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting

  3. The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

  4. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A foresail is the lowest and usually largest square sail on the foremast of a sailing ship. Option A describes a nonentity. Option B describes manumission. Option D describes an offshoot.

Multiple choice softskills communication

turgid

  1. Having an odor or fragrance.

  2. Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language.

  3. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force

  4. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Turgid means swollen, distended, or bloated beyond the natural state by internal fluid or pressure. Option A describes fragrant. Option B describes cognate. Option D describes indigenous.