Make Choice Of The Concise Meaning In Each Word Usage

Temporize, delay, defer, tarry, balk, hedge, stall, procrastinate, equivocate, prevaricate

 

1. Temporize means:

  1. a.      Cause trouble
  2. b.      Put off to meet a circumstance
  3. c.       Extend further
  4. d.      Build solidly

2. Delay means:

  1. a.      Distort intentionally
  2. b.      Roar up swiftly
  3. c.       Make slower than expected
  4. Console mildly

3. Defer means:

  1. a.      Put off to face up to opposition
  2. b.      Break off connection
  3. c.       Hold up to assault
  4. d.      Bring out failure

4. Tarry means:

  1. a.      Be late due to lingering
  2. b.      Be tardy in intention
  3. c.       Remain working in effort
  4. d.      All are correct

5. Balk means:

  1. a.      Ready to go with
  2. b.      Slow to go with
  3. c.       Hesitant to accept
  4. d.      Sure to get along

6. Hedge means:

  1. a.      Go on in defense
  2. b.      Go back in retreat
  3. c.       Go along in urgency
  4. d.      Go up to the highest

7. Stall means:

  1. a.      Stop for an obstacle
  2. b.      Withstand against trouble
  3. c.       Make no progress by accident
  4. d.      All are correct

8. Procrastinate means:

  1. a.      Be late to meeting a chance
  2. b.      Be slow to deal with
  3. c.       Be tardy to go on
  4. d.      All are correct

9. Equivocate means:

  1. a.      Avoid duty by malingering
  2. b.      Escape a failure by leaving
  3. c.       Shun the truth in intention
  4. d.      Avert a project by withdrawal

10. Prevaricate means:

a. Evade in speaking

b. Not answering directly

c. Misleading in expression

d. All are correct

 

ANSWERS: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5.c  6. a 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. d

   

Eulogize, panegyrize, lionize, idolize, praise, extol, exalt, laud, applaud, compliment, commend

 

  1. Eulogize means:
  1. Preach highly in speech
  2. Praise highly in speech
  3. Preserve safely in cache
  4. Promise quickly in recession
  1. Panegyrize means:
  1. Speak in praise
  2. Write in praise
  3. State in praise
  4. All are correct
  1. Lionize means:
  1. Give a lot of praise
  2. Give a lot of support
  3. Give a lot of public attention
  4. Give a lot of irony
  1. Praise
  1. Ensure safety
  2. Expire on time
  3. Express admiration
  4. Extend so far
  1. Extol means:
  1. Praise enthusiastically
  2. Give so much approval
  3. Raise higher words of praise
  4. All are correct
  1. Exalt means:
  1. Praise in exaggeration
  2. Give boastful words of praise
  3. Praise to the skies
  4. All are correct
  1. Laud means:
    1. Praise in mass media
    2. Praise in public manner
    3. Praise in public context
    4. All are correct
  2. Applaud means:
    1. Give praise by singing
    2. Give praise by writing
    3. Give praise by speaking
    4. Give praise by clapping
  3. Compliment means:
    1. Give respectful recognition
    2. Give high approval
    3. Give serious statement
    4. Give so high admiration
  4. Commend means:
    1. Praise officially
    2. Praise secretly
    3. Praise zealously
    4. Praise boastfully

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