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Subjects : english, trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 40 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. A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one






2. To exhaust the supply of: ran out of fuel.






3. Eccentric - unconventional






4. To keep a promise






5. An alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before






6. Be hopeful because difficult times always lead to better days. People sometimes say this to comfort somebody who's having problems.






7. To waste one's time in a hopeless enterprise






8. Money that you save is more valuable than money that you spend right away.; It is good to save money.






9. To appear suddenly and unexpectedly






10. The most important fact in a situation






11. Deep and careful attention to private thoughts - especially about a moral problem






12. To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong






13. To describe a situation in a particular way






14. To try to make people believe that something is not very important - or that it is not likely to happen






15. To meet someone you know when you are not expecting to meet them; to find accidentally






16. You should try to understand someone before criticizing them.






17. Used to tell someone to drive faster or to hurry






18. To be very angry about something






19. To make someone feel tired and less able to argue






20. 1. to do something regularly - or to enjoy something 2. to take part in a competition






21. A question which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence






22. Practical and realistic






23. To catch a person at a time of carelessness






24. To be receptive to different opinions and ideas






25. To respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment






26. To destroy all possible ways of going back to a situation






27. To invent something - especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way






28. To be very attracted to someone and begin to love them






29. This is what I think. I may not be correct. You should solicit additional opinions.






30. Having to make a difficult decision between two things that are equally unpleasant






31. Something that you say which means it is possible to do anything if you are very determined to do it






32. To risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into one plan or one course of action






33. Plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening






34. To want to do something and to be able to do it






35. To put up with something painful or difficult






36. Having something that is not satisfactory is better than having nothing at all.






37. A free choice in which only one option is offered; a choice between taking the option or not; 'take it or leave it'






38. Something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something






39. To tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them






40. When the body confronts danger and freezes - people report seeing visual images of their lives