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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. Extremely easy
sit back
help out with
a piece of cake
a breath of fresh air
2. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
retail therapy
refund
guarantee
create demand
3. A behavior that is very difficult to stop or control
compulsive
trigger
start off by
attractive
4. Something you buy cheaply or for less than its usual price
throw away
devastating
bargain
excessive
5. Make something happen very quickly & especially a series of events
be taken in...
durable
trigger
attractive
6. To try very hard or to do whatever is necessary to achieve something that is important to you
to upgrade
create demand
retail therapy
go to any lengths
7. Can be trusted or depended on
reliable
go up to...
go up to...
take back
8. To improve something and make it more modern
durable goods
to upgrade
attractive
bargain
9. New and original
hoodwink
go up to...
ridiculous
a breath of fresh air
10. Having a special quality & character & or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
compulsive
take back
bargain
distinctive
11. Very strange and unusual & and difficult to understand or explain
excessive
ring up
weird
throw away
12. A strong desire for more food & money & power & possessions etc than you need
retail therapy
greed
dull
keep abreast of...
13. Convinced or deceived
hoodwink
attractive
be taken in...
read through
14. Begin
receipt
guarantee
start off by
go up to...
15. Get rid of
create demand
trigger
throw away
at one's disposal
16. Give advice about
offensive
help out with
trigger
run errands
17. Large things such as cars & televisions & and furniture & that you do not buy often
durable goods
read through
go to any lengths
retail therapy
18. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
devastating
ridiculous
start off by
capture the moment
19. Made & decorated & or chosen with bad taste; slightly offensive
to upgrade
attractive
give sb a warm welcome
tasteless
20. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
distinctive
dull
create demand
shop around
21. Very silly or unreasonable
create demand
ridiculous
greed
help out with
22. Made & decorated & or chosen with bad taste; slightly offensive
shop around
retail therapy
dull
tasteless
23. Return
ridiculous
take back
throw away
read through
24. Too good to ignore
to upgrade
hoodwink
distinctive
our offer is not to be sniffed at...
25. To make a particular idea & image & or feeling appear in people's minds by describing an event or situation & or by talking about a person
invoke
waterproof
ridiculous
try on
26. To make a particular idea & image & or feeling appear in people's minds by describing an event or situation & or by talking about a person
bewildering
weird
invoke
trigger
27. Make people need or desire particular goods and services
read through
create demand
a breath of fresh air
give sb a warm welcome
28. To trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself
hoodwink
refund
compulsive
have the edge over all other models
29. New and original
outdated
a breath of fresh air
capture the moment
a piece of cake
30. Confusing & especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time
devastating
a piece of cake
give sb a warm welcome
bewildering
31. Much more than is reasonable or necessary
read through
excessive
retail therapy
compulsive
32. To make sure that you know all the most recent facts or information about a particular subject or situation
durable
help out with
keep abreast of...
be taken in...
33. To improve something and make it more modern
ring up
a breath of fresh air
to upgrade
devastating
34. Very rude or insulting and likely to upset people
keep abreast of...
offensive
sit back
attractive
35. To make a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time
guarantee
outdated
compulsive
start off by
36. Return
refund
take back
a piece of cake
retail therapy
37. Convinced or deceived
trigger
retail therapy
a piece of cake
be taken in...
38. Large things such as cars & televisions & and furniture & that you do not buy often
throw away
outdated
start off by
durable goods
39. Producing a profit or a useful result
profitable
invoke
sit back
durable goods
40. Pleasant to look at
refund
go to any lengths
attractive
help out with
41. Badly damaging or destroying something; very effective
distinctive
dull
weird
devastating
42. Are better than
greed
have the edge over all other models
bargain
run errands
43. Not allowing water to enter
read through
waterproof
reliable
greed
44. Phone
be taken in...
create demand
greed
ring up
45. A piece of paper that you are given which shows that you have paid for something
receipt
go up to...
at one's disposal
hoodwink
46. Begin
a piece of cake
receipt
start off by
run errands
47. Create a memory
guarantee
take back
capture the moment
try on
48. To trick someone in a clever way so that you can get an advantage for yourself
excessive
hoodwink
a breath of fresh air
outdated
49. Study
offensive
try on
durable goods
read through
50. Make something happen very quickly & especially a series of events
dull
capture the moment
trigger
devastating