20 SYNONYMS TO “ELIXIR”
PART A
FIND THE BEST CONCISE MEANING TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS
1. Elixir
a. Preparation supposed to prolong strength
b. Preparation supposed to prolong honor
c. Preparation supposed to prolong honesty
d. Preparation supposed to prolong life
2. Nostrum
a. Medicine sold with false claims
b. Medicine sold with false ingredients
c. Medicine sold with false brands
d. All are correct
3. Remedy
a. Disease medicine
b. Occidental medicine
c. Prescribed medicine
d. All are correct
4. Panacea
a. Medicine for all persons
b. Medicine for all pharmacies
c. Medicine for all drugstores
d. Medicine for all diseases
5. Treatment
a. Domestic care for a disease
b. Specialized care for a disease
c. Extraordinary care for a disease
d. Medical care for a disease
6. Cure
a. Treatment for a condition
b. Treatment for a slowdown
c. Treatment for a depression
d. All are correct
7. Solution
a. A means of dealing with an attack
b. A means of dealing with a reprisal
c. A means of dealing with a protest
d. All are correct
8. Therapy
a. Treatment for a disorder
b. Treatment for a failure
c. Treatment for a hindrance
d. All are correct
9. Therapeutic
a. Treatment with a drug
b. Treatment with a surgery
c. Treatment with a mixture
d. Treatment with a practice
10. Antidote
a. Particular treatment to obstruction
b. Particular treatment to indigestion
c. Particular treatment to poison
d. All are correct
ANSWERS: 1. d 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. d 6. d 7. a 8. d 9. a 10. c
PART B
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CONCISE MEANING
- Marital problems can’t have a good ____________ providing a heart of sacrifice.
- Herbal __________ are admired for aches and pains in rural areas.
- He was well known with this _____________for asthma.
- Injured shoulder can have _________from special practioner.
- Flu patient can be cured of fever with the common ____________.
- Ancient emperors would like to seek for ________ of life by drinking liquid gold.
- Poor people usually get to _________ medicine for a disease cure.
- No __________ can be gained to deal with corruption.
- The pain-alleviating Tylenol is the __________to long bus rides.
- Antibiotic __________often contains so much mystery.
ANSWERS: 1. solution 2. remedy 3. thereupatic 4. treatment 5. cure 6. elixir 7. nostrum 8. panacea 9. antidote 10. therapy
PART C
FIND THE BEST CONCISE MEANING TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS
11. Tonic
a. Substance to restore destruction
b. Substance to restore health
c. Substance to restore cultivation
d. Substance to restore education
12. Prescription
a. Instruction on medicine use
b. Instruction on engine use
c. Instruction on property use
d. Instruction on information use
13. Rehabilitation
a. Restoration to previous condition
b. Restoration to normal condition
c. Restoration to special condition
d. Restoration to current condition
14. Mendicant
a. Depending on money for a living
b. Depending on honor for a living
c. Depending on love for a living
d. Depending on alms for a living
15. Medicament
a. Substance used as social treatment
b. Substance used as medical treatment
c. Substance used as public treatment
d. Substance used as pollution treatment
16. Medication
a. Drugs used as medical treatment
b. Food used as medical treatment
c. Liquid used as medical treatment
d. Powder used as medical treatment
17. Preventive
a. Treatment to let attack not to occur
b. Treatment to let disease not to occur
c. Treatment to let disorder not to occur
d. Treatment to let disability not to occur
18. Preventative
a. Inspiration to keep something not to happen
b. Facilitiesto keep something not to happen
c. Advices to keep something not to happen
d. Obstacle to keep something not to happen
19. Defence
a. The act of resisting attack
b. The attitude of resisting attack
c. The temper of resisting attack
d. The spirit of resisting attack
20. Defense
a. The act of being protected in attack
b. The meaning of being protected in attack
c. The sense of being protected in attack
d. The confidence of being protected in attack
ANSWERS: 11. b 12. a 13. b 14. d 15. b 16. a 17. b 18. d 19. a 20. a
PART D
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CONCISE MEANING
11. Depression in the old days can be cured with a rest instead of _____________.
12. The paper published too many _________ not yet approved by the relevant authority.
13. Prisoners can’t be ___________ without a good measure to their social well-being.
14. Buddhist ___________are often seen on the streets in Asian cities.
15. Bird flu ___________first comes from keeping good hygiene.
16. Big pharma pretend not to know anything about herbal ________ in Oriental medicine.
17. Declaring personal property is not a ______________ to corruption.
18. Any country ______________in the world depends on the military complex.
19. His _____________from being criticized is doing at best in any case.
20. Experience is said to help doctors scribble a ______________so fast.
ANSWERS: 11. medication 12. tonic 13. rehabilitation 14. mendicant 15. preventive 16. medicament 17. preventative 18. defense 19. defence 20. prescription
