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Multiple choice softskills leadership

witticism

  1. fit for growing crops

  2. witty saying

  3. beginning

  4. main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Witticism' means a witty remark or clever saying. It comes from 'wit' (clever humor) plus '-icism' (action or practice). Option B is the correct definition. Other options define 'arable', 'onset', and 'force'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wont

  1. (the stated person's) habit or custom

  2. private secret meeting

  3. stupid person

  4. place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Wont' (pronounced like 'wunt' or 'wont') means a habit or custom, often in the phrase 'as is his wont' (as is his habit). Option A is correct. Other options define 'caucus', 'witling', and 'arboretum'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

yeoman

  1. man or farmer owning small estate

  2. trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

  3. piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest

  4. fleet of warships
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Yeoman' historically refers to a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate, or a farmer who owns his land. Yeomen were below gentry but above peasants in English society. Option A is correct. Other options define 'confidant', 'bust', and 'navy' or 'fleet'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wizened

  1. an act of yielding

  2. pirate

  3. unreasonable or capricious

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

'Wizened' means dried, shriveled, or wrinkled, especially due to age. It describes something that has lost freshness and become withered (like a wizened old face or wizened fruit). Option D is correct. Other options define 'waiver', 'buccaneer', and 'wanton'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

woe

  1. rustic

  2. act as judge (at the request of both sides)

  3. great sorrow

  4. reconciling
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Woe means great sorrow or distress. The correct answer is C because it directly defines woe as deep sadness or misery. Option A (rustic) refers to something rural or crude, which is unrelated. Option B refers to arbitration, not sorrow. Option D means reconciling differences, the opposite of woe.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wrath

  1. chief

  2. anger

  3. that which accompanies

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

Wrath means intense anger or fury. Option B is correct because anger is the direct definition of wrath. Option A (chief) refers to a leader, unrelated to anger. Option C means accompanying something. Option D refers to something jutting out physically, not an emotional state.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wreak

  1. inflict

  2. harmony

  3. size or volume (esp. when very large)

  4. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Wreak means to inflict or cause damage, punishment, or havoc. Option A is correct because 'inflict' directly matches this meaning, as in 'wreak havoc.' Option B (harmony) is the opposite - wreaking causes disruption. Option C refers to magnitude or bulk. Option D is the definition of archaeology, unrelated to wreak.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wrench

  1. formal agreement

  2. gold and silver in the form of bars

  3. antiquated

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

Wrench means to twist and pull forcibly, or to twist something. Option D is correct because 'twist' is the core meaning - you wrench a joint by twisting it, or use a wrench to twist bolts. Option A is a formal contract. Option B refers to precious metals in bulk form. Option C means outdated or old-fashioned.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

wrest

  1. one who is habitually cruel to weaker people

  2. prototype

  3. obtain by pulling violently

  4. agree
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Wrest means to obtain or seize something by pulling violently or with great effort. Option C is correct because it captures the violent pulling action - you wrest something from someone's grasp. Option A defines a bully (sadist). Option B is an original model or test version. Option D means to concur, which is the opposite of forceful taking.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

writhe

  1. slang

  2. twist in coils

  3. express condolences

  4. overregulated administrative system marked by red tape
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Writhe means to twist or contort the body, or make twisting, coiling movements. Option B is correct because 'twist in coils' directly describes writhing motion, like a snake or someone in pain. Option A refers to informal language. Option C means offering sympathy. Option D describes excessive bureaucracy.