Words of the week

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What is the synonym of "Indolent"?

1. active
2. lazy
3. excited
4. disappointed

Indolent 

• Indolent; Indolence n. Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful, lazy: “an indolent person.”
• Example:   Because I enjoy being indolent, there is nothing I find more pleasant than relaxing in bed

What is the synonym of "caprice"?

1. shrewd
2. irresistible
3. energy
4. impulse

Caprice

• Caprice: (the quality of often having) a sudden and usually silly wish to have or do something, or a sudden and silly change of mind or behaviour

• Examples: After Marvin committed the caprice of stealing the car, he found himself being hunted by the drug dealer who owned the vehicle.

• Because John did not think before acting, he could spend the next ten years in prison for a silly caprice

What is the meaning of the word "Spry"?

1. full of energy
2. laziness
3. self-esteem
4. rational

Spry

• Spry:(especially of older people) and able to move quickly and energetically.
• Examples: The spry old woman runs three miles every morning.
• Can you believe my spry 90-year-old grandmother wants to jump out of an airplane?
  

What is the opposite of "intuitive"?

1. natural
2. reasond
3. untaught
4. emotional

Intuitive

• Intuitive: being able to sense or understand things with little or no information
  
• Examples:The intuitive police officer could tell the woman was trying to hide something from him.
  
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• The intuitive teacher could tell from the student’s guilty look he had cheated on his final exam
  

What is the meaning of "Adduce"?

1. Edition
2. cite as evidence
3. deletion
4. addiction

Adduce

• Adduce:To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.
• Examples:During the trial the defense attorney will adduce evidence to show the defendant’s innocence
• Since the scientist cannot adduce facts supporting his theory, other scientists will not accept his hypothesis
  

"Always determined and energetic in trying to achieve something and never willing to admit defeat" is ...............

1. Sustainability
2. maintain
3. indefatigable
4. pseudonym

Indefatigable

• Indefatigable: The director of the homeless shelter is an indefatigable woman who works almost eighteen hours every day.
  
• After losing her son in a car accident, April became an indefatigable promoter of teen driver training
  

What is the meaning of "masticate"?

1. Obesity
2. Swells
3. Chewing food
4. Expanding

Masticate

Masticate: to chomp with teeth; chewing food.

• Examples: My mother told me to never talk while I masticate my food.
  

• If we do not find my grandmother’s artificial teeth, she will not be able to masticate her sandwich
  

The English word "Boss" evolved from the...............

1. Spanish language
2. Arabic language
3. Dutch language
4. French language

The origin of English words

The bulk of the words adopted from the early Dutch settlers are what the Dutch call huis-tuin-en-keukenwoorden (house, garden and kitchen words), i.e. words used in everyday life.

Examples of these include bakoven (baking oven) and beddenpan (bed pan).

The following English words evolved from Dutch, and the English versions still bear a close resemblance to their Dutch origins:

› boss: baas ›          cookie: koekje      › Santa Claus: sinterklaas.   

Yankee: Jan-Kees

What does the word "Titanic" mean?

1. Endless
2. Speed
3. Extremely expensive
4. Extremely powerful/huge