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Multiple choice softskills leadership

abridge

  1. state of being partial

  2. flexible

  3. condense or shorten

  4. pertaining to tailors or tailoring
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Explanation

To 'abridge' means to condense, shorten, or reduce a text while maintaining its essential meaning. It's commonly used in contexts like 'abridged version' of a book. The other options incorrectly suggest flexibility, partiality, or an unrelated meaning involving tailoring.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abrogate

  1. one-sided

  2. entreating

  3. abolish

  4. satisfy to the full
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Explanation

To 'abrogate' means to abolish, repeal, or do away with a law, right, or formal agreement. It's used in legal and formal contexts like 'abrogate a treaty.' The other options incorrectly suggest one-sidedness, entreating (pleading), or satisfaction.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abscission

  1. divide into parts

  2. one who supplicates

  3. cutting off

  4. small body revolving around a larger one
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Explanation

Abscission means the act of cutting off or separating, commonly used in biology to describe the natural shedding of leaves, fruits, or flowers from plants. The term derives from Latin 'abscissio' meaning 'a cutting off'. Option A is incorrect because abscission refers to separation, not division into parts. Option B describes a 'supplicant' (one who supplicates), not abscission. Option D describes a satellite or moon, not a cutting-off process.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abscond

  1. upstart

  2. petition humbly

  3. depart secretly and hide

  4. satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)
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Explanation

Abscond means to depart secretly and hide away, especially to avoid detection or escape. It's commonly used when someone flees to avoid consequences, like a thief absconding with stolen goods.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

absolute

  1. old-fashioned

  2. assumption

  3. complete

  4. form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly
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Explanation

Absolute means complete, total, or unconditional. When something is absolute, it's not relative or comparative - it exists without qualification or exception.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

absolve

  1. present falsely

  2. assumed

  3. pardon (an offense)

  4. using satire
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Explanation

Absolve means to formally pardon or forgive someone from guilt, blame, or responsibility. It's often used in legal or moral contexts when someone is cleared of wrongdoing.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abstain

  1. not active

  2. put an end to forcibly

  3. refrain

  4. soak thoroughly
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Explanation

Abstain means to deliberately choose not to do something, especially something enjoyable but potentially harmful. It's commonly used when someone voluntarily avoids alcohol, voting, or certain behaviors.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abstemious

  1. smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive)

  2. satiate

  3. sparing in eating and drinking

  4. morose
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Explanation

Abstemious describes someone who is moderate, especially when it comes to consuming food and drink. An abstemious person practices restraint and doesn't overindulge.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abstinence

  1. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

  2. powerful movement of or like a wave

  3. restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking

  4. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning
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Explanation

Abstinence is the practice of deliberately refraining from pleasures or indulgences, particularly food, drink, or sexual activity. Unlike dieting, abstinence emphasizes complete self-denial rather than just reduction.