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ENGLISH VOCABULARY - FIVE WORDS A DAY MCQ TEST - 002

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SYNONYM TEST Correct answer is C – summary Synopsis: noun] Meaning: # a summary or outline # an outline of the plot of a play, film, or book. Example: Please write a synopsis of the play for the brochure. Synonym: summary, precis, résumé, abstract, outline, condensation, digest, summarization, summing-up, rundown, round-up, abridgement, review; Antonym: expansion, addendum, amplification, enlargement, expansion, supplement; Evaluation: [noun] Meaning: # the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment. Example: A careful evaluation of the survey data quality is necessary before it is published. Synonym: assessment, appraisal, judgement, gauging, rating, estimation, ranking, weighing up, summing up, consideration, assay, analysis; Antonym: disregard, neglect, summary; Critique: [noun] Meaning: # a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory. # evaluate (a theory or practice) in a deta...

ENGLISH VOCABULARY - FIVE WORDS A DAY MCQ TEST - 001

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SYNONYM The correct answer is (C) - exist. 1. Survive: [verb] Meaning: # continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship. # continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal). # manage to keep going in difficult circumstances. Example: Against all odds the child survived. Synonym: remain alive, live, sustain oneself, cling to life, pull through, get through, hold on, hold out, make it, keep body and soul together Antonym: depart, die, discontinue, neglect, refuse, reject, give up, leave, quit, stop, cease 2. Prosper: [verb] Meaning: # succeed in material terms; be financially successful. # flourish physically; grow strong and healthy. Example: areas where grey squirrels cannot prosper Synonym: do well, get on well, go well, farewell; thrive, flourish, flower, bloom, blossom, burgeon, grow vigorously, shoot up; boom, expand, spread, pick up, improve, come on; succeed, be successful, make it, do all right for oneself, get ahead, progress, make progres...