VOCABULARY TEST DEC 6, 2020

 

 

 

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Sunday Vocabulary
Test 5

"Sapere aude"

1. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

We tried, albeit we did not find success. Albeit we tried, we did not find success. We tried, albeit without success. Albeit success was difficult nevertheless to find, we tried.

2. "Her secretary aided and ______ her in the fraud".

abetted abeted abbeted abated

3. The saying, "THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE", means

It is necessary to keep an account of how much you are spending on tasty food items. It is impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which we don't like. When we don't keep an account of the political turmoils across the world, it is very pleasant to have one's food in peace. No one likes keeping an account of what others do not like.

4. The company was accused of distributing ____________ food.

adulterated unabashed ambiguous abashed

5. If you are an ___________ supporter of an idea, you don't worry about possible criticism or embarrassment.

unabiding abashed unabashed anachronistic

6. They __________ themselves of the new schemes.

availed abided acquiesced alleviated

7. The idiom, "of your own accord", means

unintentionally voluntarily aimlessly angrily

8. We had to postpone the event because of _________ weather conditions.

averse ambiguous adverse adulterated

9. "There is always an accident waiting to happen on a busy road". It means

there is always an accident on a busy road a busy road is a potentially dangerous place accidents happen because of busy roads accidents happen because people wait for others on busy roads

10. The idiom "have an ace up one's sleeve", refers to

secret knowledge a pack of cards carried by a magician expensive jewellery treasure

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