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Consumer Society Vocab
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Subject
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Study
read through
create demand
ridiculous
greed
2. A strong desire for more food & money & power & possessions etc than you need
run errands
greed
tasteless
durable
3. To make sure that you know all the most recent facts or information about a particular subject or situation
durable
a breath of fresh air
keep abreast of...
shop around
4. Phone
ring up
attractive
help out with
weird
5. Extremely easy
reliable
trigger
a piece of cake
excessive
6. To improve something and make it more modern
have the edge over all other models
out-of-this-world experience
try on
to upgrade
7. Very strange and unusual & and difficult to understand or explain
dull
profitable
bargain
weird
8. To try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you
invoke
try on
go to any lengths
out-of-this-world experience
9. Be friendly and helpful
give sb a warm welcome
weird
compulsive
take back
10. Approach
waterproof
go up to...
durable
bewildering
11. Made & decorated & or chosen with bad taste; slightly offensive
reliable
read through
have the edge over all other models
tasteless
12. An amount of money that is given back to you if you are not satisfied with the goods or services that you have paid for
refund
durable
sit back
tasteless
13. Relax
weird
a piece of cake
sit back
attractive
14. Paying the bills & going to the post office & doing grocery shopping & other mundane activities & go on a short journey in order to do something for someone & for example delivering or collecting something for them
trigger
keep abreast of...
waterproof
run errands
15. Large things such as cars & televisions & and furniture & that you do not buy often
to upgrade
distinctive
durable goods
take back
16. See if it fits
try on
waterproof
invoke
sit back
17. Give advice about
run errands
help out with
capture the moment
hoodwink
18. It is no longer considered useful or effective & because something more modern exists
capture the moment
retail therapy
greed
outdated
19. Too good to ignore
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
create demand
keep abreast of...
waterproof
20. Too good to ignore
invoke
give sb a warm welcome
refund
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
21. Boring; not interesting or exciting
dull
devastating
greed
read through
22. Confusing & especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time
go up to...
bewildering
have the edge over all other models
give sb a warm welcome
23. Very silly or unreasonable
outdated
offensive
durable goods
ridiculous
24. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
ring up
guarantee
shop around
compulsive
25. Create a memory
create demand
a breath of fresh air
keep abreast of...
capture the moment
26. Producing a profit or a useful result
profitable
ring up
excessive
a breath of fresh air
27. It is no longer considered useful or effective & because something more modern exists
read through
devastating
outdated
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
28. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
devastating
create demand
tasteless
profitable
29. Absolutely amazing
trigger
out-of-this-world experience
take back
be taken in...
30. Make something happen very quickly & especially a series of events
reliable
create demand
trigger
start off by
31. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
help out with
attractive
start off by
create demand
32. To improve something and make it more modern
compulsive
dull
invoke
to upgrade
33. Study
ridiculous
distinctive
read through
durable
34. Relax
attractive
sit back
offensive
hoodwink
35. Can be trusted or depended on
go up to...
out-of-this-world experience
distinctive
reliable
36. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
offensive
excessive
start off by
guarantee
37. Create a memory
waterproof
attractive
outdated
capture the moment
38. Very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
offensive
durable
capture the moment
trigger
39. Pleasant to look at
out-of-this-world experience
dull
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
attractive
40. Compare products and prices
receipt
bewildering
waterproof
shop around
41. Producing a profit or a useful result
try on
greed
profitable
weird
42. Not allowing water to enter
start off by
sit back
throw away
waterproof
43. Staying in good condition for a long time & even if used a lot
read through
greed
durable
to upgrade
44. Can be trusted or depended on
run errands
reliable
distinctive
greed
45. Pleasant to look at
help out with
dull
attractive
invoke
46. Having a special quality & character & or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
to upgrade
start off by
devastating
distinctive
47. Paying the bills & going to the post office & doing grocery shopping & other mundane activities & go on a short journey in order to do something for someone & for example delivering or collecting something for them
run errands
read through
try on
shop around
48. New and original
a breath of fresh air
run errands
distinctive
have the edge over all other models
49. Boring; not interesting or exciting
distinctive
dull
devastating
go to any lengths
50. To make sure that you know all the most recent facts or information about a particular subject or situation
durable goods
keep abreast of...
sit back
durable