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Multiple choice softskills leadership

chip

  1. move suddenly or involuntarily

  2. relieve (pain)

  3. lose a small piece from the surface or edge

  4. recollection
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Explanation

To chip means to lose or break off a small piece from the surface or edge of something. This can happen to pottery, teeth, glass, or other hard materials. Options A, B, and D describe sudden movement, pain relief, and memory - unrelated to the physical meaning.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

chisel

  1. formal

  2. repetition of beginning sound in poetry

  3. swindle or cheat

  4. suggestive of something (in the past)
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Explanation

Chisel in informal usage means to swindle, cheat, or defraud someone, often through cunning or manipulation. This slang usage comes from the tool used for carving - figuratively 'carving away' someone's money. Options A, B, and D describe formality, alliteration, and suggesting past events.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

chivalrous

  1. having no motion

  2. assign

  3. courteous

  4. negligent
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Explanation

Chivalrous means courteous, gallant, and honorable, especially toward women. It comes from chivalry - the medieval code of knightly conduct including bravery, courtesy, and honor. Options A, B, and D describe motionlessness, assigning, and negligence respectively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

choice

  1. law enacted by the legislature

  2. mixture as of metals

  3. delicate

  4. temporary moderation (of disease symptoms)
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Explanation

Choice, when describing objects or specimens, means of superior quality, delicate, or carefully selected. This is seen in phrases like 'choice cuts' of meat or 'choice specimens.' Options A, B, and D describe laws, mixtures, and symptom relief - none match this meaning.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

choir

  1. created by statute or legislative action

  2. refer indirectly

  3. group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services)

  4. transmit (money) in payment
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Explanation

A choir is an organized group of singers who perform together, especially in religious services or ceremonies. The term refers to both the people and the area in a church where they sing. Options A, B, and D describe statutory creation, indirect reference, and money transfers.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

choleric

  1. steadily loyal

  2. entice

  3. hot-tempered

  4. remitting of money
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Explanation

Choleric describes someone who is quick-tempered or easily angered. It comes from the ancient four humors theory where yellow bile was associated with anger and irritability.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

chore

  1. action of moving secretly or unseen

  2. pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

  3. daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

  4. remainder
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Explanation

A chore is a routine task, especially domestic work like cleaning, cooking, or shopping. It refers to regular household duties.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

choreography

  1. soak

  2. money or goods given to the poor

  3. art of representing dances in written symbols

  4. protest
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Explanation

Choreography is the art of designing and recording dance sequences, traditionally using written symbols or notation. It encompasses both the creation and documentation of dance movements.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

chortle

  1. pertaining to the stars

  2. upward

  3. chuckle with delight

  4. deep regret for wrongdoing
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Explanation

A chortle is a chuckle or laugh with delight, often a blend of 'chuckle' and 'snort.' It expresses amusement or joy.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

chorus

  1. stop or check (the flow of)

  2. apart

  3. phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

  4. (of work) compensating
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Explanation

A chorus is a repeated section in music or poetry that typically conveys the main theme. It's the part that recurs throughout a song or poem, often with the same lyrics.