Vocab Defintions
Which word has the following definition:
The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. It is having both positive and negative feelings simultaneously.
Ambivalence
Which word has the following synonyms:
Determine, confirm, establish, verify, find out, discover, learn, realize
Ascertain
Which word best completes the sentence:
We successfully _____ the contamination back to a single batch of imported ingredients.
A) outstripped
B) exploited
C) traced
D) spurred
traced
Which phrasal verb means to deduct an amount from a total or a price?
Take off
Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence:
The celebrity was so rich that many people believed he could _____ any crime by paying people
A) take back
B) get away with
C) give in
D) turn up
get away with
Which word has the following definition:
The state of being famous or well-known, for positive or negative reasons. Most often negative.
Notoriety
Which word has the following synonyms:
Ordinary, usual, everyday, routine, mundane, widespread, unremarkable
Commonplace
Which word best completes the sentence:
Despite his initial _____, she finally convinced him to join the hiking trip.
A) garment
B) patronage
C) middleman
D) reluctance
reluctance
Which phrasal verb means to suddenly become successful or popular?
Take off
Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence:
The large corporation tried to _____ its smaller competitor through aggressive marketing
A) take after
B) take out
C) take back
D) take off
take out
Which word has the following definition:
To receive (a reward, consequence, or result) whether good or bad, as a return for effort, work, or previous actions
Reap
Which word has the following synonyms:
Humor, gratify, appease, please, yield to, give way to, submit to
Indulge
Which word best completes the sentence:
Consumers threatened to _____ the coffee chain if it did not switch to using ethically sourced beans.
A) boycott
B) grind
C) trace
D) perceive
boycott
Which phrasal verb means to do something wrong or unacceptable without being caught or punished?
Get away with
His voice ____ after he had spent the entire night yelling at the concert.
A) gave back
B) got back at
C) gave out
D) turned away
gave out
Which word has the following definition:
To urge, encourage, or stimulate someone or something to action or accelerated growth
Spur
Which word has the following synonyms:
Goods, merchandise, products, commodities, articles
Wares
Which word best completes the sentence:
The trial generated enormous national _____, making it impossible for the jury to avoid media coverage.
A) opaque
B) initiative
C) wholesale
D) publicity
publicity
Which phrasal verb would you use to mean “to give something as a gift, or to donate something for free”?
Give away
Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence:
The messy room immediately _____ the potential renters.
A) got away
B) gave back
C) took back
D) turned off
turned off
Which word has the following definition:
A wrong judgement or error in estimating a situation, outcome, or person’s abilities or intentions.
Miscalculation
Which word has the following synonyms:
Past, former, previous, long-ago, departed, olden
Bygone
Which word best completes the sentence:
Farmers often feel exploited by the ______ who purchase their produce cheaply and then sell it for a much higher price in the city.
A) minus
B) middleman
C) audit
D) ire
middleman
Which TWO phrasal verbs means to refuse or reject an offer, request, service or proposal?
Turn down and turn away
Which phrasal verb best completes the sentence:
All the children ____ their father in their love for music and hiking.
A) give away
B) take after
C) take apart
D) give back to
take after