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Multiple choice softskills leadership

elixir

  1. cure-all

  2. place for burying the dead

  3. empty

  4. talking to oneself (esp. in a play)
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Explanation

An elixir is a magical or medicinal potion believed to cure all ailments - a 'cure-all' or 'panacea'. The distractors (cemetery, empty, soliloquy) are unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

ellipsis

  1. omission of words from a text

  2. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)

  3. wanderer (without a permanent home)

  4. state of being alone
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Ellipsis refers to the omission of words from a text or speech that are understood from context, often marked by three dots (...). The distractors (census officer, wanderer, solitude) describe unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

elliptical

  1. elliptic

  2. severely critical

  3. capricious happening

  4. point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator
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Elliptical means relating to or having the shape of an ellipse, or describes language with omitted words (ellipsis). The distractors (mordant, capricious, solstice) define unrelated adjectives.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

elope

  1. run away secretly with the intention of getting married

  2. blame

  3. homeless wanderer

  4. able to be dissolved in a liquid
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To elope means to run away secretly to get married, often against parental wishes. The distractors (impute, vagrant, soluble) are unrelated verbs or adjectives.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

eloquence

  1. expressiveness

  2. mythical figure, half man and half horse

  3. full of self-admiration

  4. substance that dissolves another
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Explanation

Eloquence is the quality of expressive, persuasive, or moving speech - fluent expressiveness in communication. The distractors (centaur, conceited, solvent) are completely unrelated nouns.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

elucidate

  1. explain

  2. denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

  3. boastful

  4. pertaining to the body
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To elucidate means to make something clear by explaining it - literally 'to shed light on'. The distractors (Centigrade, boastful, somatic) describe unrelated concepts (temperature, personality, body).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

elusive

  1. evasive

  2. radiating

  3. saying farewell

  4. dark
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Elusive describes something difficult to find, catch, or achieve - evading pursuit or understanding. The distractors (emitting, valedictory, dark) are unrelated adjectives.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

elysian

  1. relating to paradise

  2. machine that separates substances by whirling them

  3. pertaining to farewell

  4. sleepwalker
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Elysian refers to the Elysian Fields in Greek mythology, the final resting place of heroic and virtuous souls. It describes something blissful, heavenly, or divinely beautiful and perfect. The word comes from Greek 'Elysion,' meaning paradise.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

emaciated

  1. thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

  2. Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

  3. make valid

  4. of sound or its speed in air
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Emaciated describes someone or something extremely thin and wasted away, usually from severe hunger, illness, or suffering. It comes from the Latin 'emaciare' meaning to make lean or thin. The word conveys a more extreme condition than simply being thin.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

emancipate

  1. set free

  2. thought

  3. ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living

  4. resonant
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Emancipate means to set free from legal, social, or political restrictions. It's most commonly used in the context of ending slavery (Emancipation Proclamation) or minors gaining legal independence from parents. The word comes from Latin 'emancipare' meaning to transfer ownership.