Test your range of vocabulary with this interactive exercise.
1. One who does not consume alcoholic drinks is a …………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
2. The meeting was ……………………… due to bad weather.
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Wrong!
To put off is to postpone.
3. The practice of having more than one husband
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Wrong!
4. Performance without preparation
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Wrong!
5. Action involving destruction of private or public property
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Wrong!
6. The action of speaking sacrilegiously against God
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Wrong!
7. Good communication skills are essential to put your ideas ……………………..
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Wrong!
To put ideas across is to convey them.
8. The union leaders have ………………………. the strike.
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Wrong!
To call off is to decide that something will not happen.
9. I think he is lying, …………………………..?
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Wrong!
Negative tags are used after affirmative statements.
10. It snows in winter, …………………………?
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Wrong!
11. Everybody has sanitized their hands, ……………………….?
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Wrong!
12. I couldn’t ……………………….. what he said.
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Wrong!
To figure out is to understand.
Answers
1. One who does not consume alcoholic drinks is a teetotaler.
2. The meeting was put off due to bad weather.
3. Polyandry
4. Extempore
5. Vandalism
6. Blasphemy
7. Good communication skills are essential to put your ideas across.
8. The union leaders have called off the strike.
9. I think he is lying, isn’t he?
10. It snows in winter, doesn’t it?
11. Everybody has sanitized their hands, haven’t they?
12. I couldn’t figure out what he said.
