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Multiple choice softskills leadership

diminution

  1. lessening

  2. N: split

  3. large group

  4. approve
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Explanation

Diminution means a reduction, decrease, or lessening in amount, size, or degree. It shares the same root as 'diminish'. Option B appears to be a misprinted entry, option C is 'multitude', and option D is 'approve' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

din

  1. continued loud noise

  2. disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments

  3. be cautious (of)

  4. place of refuge
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Explanation

A din is a continued loud, confused noise or uproar that makes it hard to hear individual sounds. Option B is 'clemency', option C is 'beware of', and option D is 'asylum' - all unrelated definitions.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dinghy

  1. small boat (often ship's boat)

  2. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

  3. cast a spell over

  4. bloody
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Explanation

A dinghy is a small boat, often carried on or towed behind a larger ship as a tender. It's used for transportation between ship and shore. Option B is 'cliche', option C is 'enchant', and option D is 'sanguinary' - all unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dingy

  1. (of things and place) dirty and dull

  2. body of customers

  3. two-chambered as a legislative body

  4. optimistic
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Explanation

Dingy describes something (especially a place or thing) that looks dirty, shabby, and in poor condition - lacking freshness or brightness. Option B is 'clientele', option C is 'bicameral', and option D is 'optimistic' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dint

  1. means

  2. relating to the highest point

  3. quarrel

  4. diminish
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Explanation

Dint means 'by means of' or 'through' - as in the phrase 'by dint of hard work'. It refers to the means or effort by which something is achieved. Option B is 'zenith', option C is 'quarrel', and option D is 'diminish' - all unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

diorama

  1. life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

  2. climate

  3. command

  4. cutting ironic remark
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Explanation

A diorama is a life-size, three-dimensional display or model showing a scene from nature, history, or some other subject. It's often found in museums. Option B is 'climate', option C is 'command', and option D is 'sarcasm' - all unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dire

  1. warning of disaster

  2. cut off with shears

  3. every two years

  4. scornfully mocking
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Explanation

Dire means warning of or indicating disaster, terrible, dreadful, or urgent - as in 'dire consequences' or 'dire straits'. Option B is 'shear', option C is 'biennial', and option D is 'sneering' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dirge

  1. funeral song

  2. sailing vessel built for great speed

  3. divided into two branches

  4. pertaining to tailors or tailoring
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Explanation

A dirge is a funeral song or hymn of mourning expressing grief, typically performed at a funeral or memorial service. Option B is 'yacht', option C is 'furcated', and option D is 'sartorial' - all unrelated definitions.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disabuse

  1. correct a false impression

  2. small exclusive group of people

  3. one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

  4. satisfy to the full
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Explanation

To disabuse means to correct a false impression or persuade someone that their belief is mistaken - as in 'disabuse someone of an idea'. Option B is 'clique', option C is 'bigot', and option D is 'satiate' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dislodge

  1. remove (forcibly)

  2. retort

  3. grandiloquent, pompous speech

  4. contemptible
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Explanation

To dislodge means to force something out of its fixed position. Option A 'remove (forcibly)' correctly captures this meaning. The other options are unrelated words that do not define dislodge.