Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The committee introduced stricter disclosure rules to ............... the risk of investors being misled by overly optimistic forecasts.
Wrong!
"Mitigate" means to make a risk or harmful effect less severe.
2From the minister's guarded answers, journalists were quick to ............... that the policy had already been abandoned behind closed doors.
Wrong!
"Infer" means to reach a conclusion from evidence or clues.
3By refusing to release the full report, the company seemed to ............... that the independent auditors had found something embarrassing.
Wrong!
"Imply" means to suggest something without saying it directly.
4The interviewer's first task was to ............... a clear account of events from witnesses who were understandably reluctant to speak.
Wrong!
"Elicit" means to draw information, an answer, or a response from someone.
5The arbitration panel must include at least one ............... expert with no financial connection to either firm.
Wrong!
"Disinterested" means impartial and without a personal stake in the matter.
6The CEO's claim that the losses were minor was impossible to ............... with the auditors' figures showing that the company was insolvent.
Wrong!
"Reconcile" means to make two facts, ideas, or accounts seem consistent with each other.
7After three years of record profits, the board had become dangerously ............... about the threat posed by smaller online competitors.
Wrong!
"Complacent" means too self-satisfied to notice danger or weakness.
8The dictator preferred ............... advisers who would approve every decree rather than question its practical consequences.
Wrong!
"Complaisant" means too willing to please or obey others.
9The new ethics code will ............... gifts from suppliers if their value exceeds a nominal amount.
Wrong!
"Proscribe" means to officially forbid something.
10For severe infections, the guidelines ............... a ten-day course of antibiotics rather than the shorter treatment used in mild cases.
Wrong!
"Prescribe" means to officially state, recommend, or order a course of action.
11Before the museum accepted the donation, an independent specialist was asked to ............... the painting.
Wrong!
"Appraise" means to assess the value or quality of something.
12The solicitor promised to ............... the family that the hearing had been postponed.
Wrong!
"Apprise" means to inform someone about something.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The committee introduced stricter disclosure rules to mitigate the risk of investors being misled by overly optimistic forecasts.
- From the minister’s guarded answers, journalists were quick to infer that the policy had already been abandoned behind closed doors.
- By refusing to release the full report, the company seemed to imply that the independent auditors had found something embarrassing.
- The interviewer’s first task was to elicit a clear account of events from witnesses who were understandably reluctant to speak.
- The arbitration panel must include at least one disinterested expert with no financial connection to either firm.
- The CEO’s claim that the losses were minor was impossible to reconcile with the auditors’ figures showing that the company was insolvent.
- After three years of record profits, the board had become dangerously complacent about the threat posed by smaller online competitors.
- The dictator preferred complaisant advisers who would approve every decree rather than question its practical consequences.
- The new ethics code will proscribe gifts from suppliers if their value exceeds a nominal amount.
- For severe infections, the guidelines prescribe a ten-day course of antibiotics rather than the shorter treatment used in mild cases.
- Before the museum accepted the donation, an independent specialist was asked to appraise the painting.
- The solicitor promised to apprise the family that the hearing had been postponed.
