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Multiple choice softskills leadership

abash

  1. foremost in importance

  2. die or kill from lack of air

  3. embarrass

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

To abash means to make someone feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. 'Embarrass' is the correct synonym. The other options describe importance (paramount), suffocation (asphyxiate), or desecration.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abate

  1. illicit lover

  2. advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)

  3. subside or moderate

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

To abate means to become less intense or widespread. 'Subside or moderate' correctly defines the term. The other options describe a lover (paramour), a suffragette, or something sacred (sacrosanct).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abbreviate

  1. psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution

  2. spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

  3. shorten

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

To abbreviate is to make a word, phrase, or story shorter by omitting parts of it. 'Shorten' is the correct definition. The other options describe paranoia, suffusion, or sadism.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abdicate

  1. equipment

  2. man who is courting a woman

  3. renounce

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

To abdicate means to renounce one's throne or fail to fulfill a duty. 'Renounce' is the correct synonym. The other options (equipment, suitor, or Scandinavian myth) do not define the word.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

aberrant

  1. restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author

  2. silently showing ill humor or resentment

  3. abnormal or deviant

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

Aberrant means departing from an accepted standard or what is normal. 'Abnormal or deviant' is the correct definition. The other options describe paraphrasing, being sullen, or being wise (sagacious).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abet

  1. extremely dry

  2. (of weather) hot

  3. assist usually in doing something wrong

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

To abet is to encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime. The other options describe dryness (arid), heat, or lustfulness (lascivious), which are unrelated to the verb 'abet'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abeyance

  1. writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat

  2. act of finding the total

  3. suspended action

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

The correct answer is C. 'Abeyance' means a state of temporary disuse or suspension - an action or process that is currently not active but may resume later. Option A describes 'parchment', B describes 'summation', and D means 'noticeable' - none of which match the meaning of abeyance.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abhor

  1. cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife)

  2. grand suggesting great expense

  3. detest

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

To abhor something is to regard it with disgust and hatred. 'Detest' is a synonymous verb. The other options describe peeling (pare), expensive/grand (sumptuous), or salty (briny), which do not match the definition.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abide

  1. social outcast

  2. separate

  3. dwell

  4. (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While 'abide' often means to tolerate or follow (abide by), its archaic or formal meaning is to 'dwell' or reside in a place. The other options (outcast, separate, yellowish skin) are definitions for other words like 'pariah' or 'sallow'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

abject

  1. area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

  2. miscellaneous

  3. (of a condition) wretched

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

Abject describes a situation or condition that is extremely bad, unpleasant, or degrading. '(of a condition) wretched' is an accurate definition. It is not related to parishes, miscellaneous items, or healthfulness.