Vocabulary and Word Usage

1. What does "benevolent" mean?

💡 A benevolent person is kind, generous, and wishes well to others.

2. Which word best completes: "The scientist made a ___ discovery."

💡 Both "groundbreaking" and "ground-breaking" are acceptable spellings of the same word.

3. What is a "debut"?

💡 A debut is a person's first appearance or performance in a particular role or field.

4. Which phrase means "very expensive"?

💡 "Cost a pretty penny" is an idiom meaning something is very expensive.

5. What does "procrastinate" mean?

💡 To procrastinate means to delay doing something, especially out of laziness or habit.

6. What is a synonym for "ambiguous"?

💡 "Ambiguous" means open to more than one interpretation — unclear or having double meaning.

7. Choose the correct collocation: "Make or do?"

💡 In English, we "make a decision" — collocations must be memorized as fixed pairs.

8. What does "candid" mean?

💡 A candid person is honest, direct, and straightforward in what they say.

9. What is the meaning of "tranquil"?

💡 "Tranquil" describes a peaceful, calm, and undisturbed environment or state of mind.

10. What does "eloquent" mean?

💡 An eloquent speaker expresses ideas clearly, fluently, and persuasively.

11. What is the antonym of "abundant"?

💡 "Scarce" means in short supply — the opposite of "abundant" which means plentiful.

12. Choose the word that does NOT belong: "Happy, joyful, elated, miserable."

💡 "Miserable" means extremely unhappy — opposite in meaning to the other three words.

13. What does "resilient" mean?

💡 A resilient person or material recovers quickly from setbacks, hardship, or change.

14. What does "meticulous" mean?

💡 A meticulous person is extremely careful and precise, paying close attention to every detail.

15. What is the meaning of "inevitable"?

💡 Something inevitable is certain to happen and cannot be avoided or prevented.

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