Verbal Proficiency Flashcards
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Which sentence uses the word 'AFFECT' correctly?
Answer: Cold weather can affect crop yields.
Affect is a verb meaning to influence or have an impact on something, correctly used in option B.
What is the best meaning of the idiom 'burn the midnight oil'?
Answer: Work or study late into the night
To burn the midnight oil means to work or study late into the night, historically referring to using oil lamps after dark.
Choose the word that means 'excessively eager to please others':
Answer: Obsequious
Obsequious describes someone who is excessively eager to serve or please others, often in a fawning manner.
Which option correctly identifies the grammatical error? 'Me and my colleague presented the report to the board.'
Answer: 'Me' should be 'I'
When used as a subject of a sentence, 'I' is correct; 'Me' is an object pronoun and should not start a subject phrase.
Select the correct meaning of the prefix 'ANTE-' as in 'antechamber' or 'antedate'.
Answer: Before or preceding
The prefix ante- means before or preceding in time or position, as in antechamber (a room before another) or antedate (to date before).
Which sentence demonstrates correct use of a semicolon?
Answer: The rain stopped; the sun came out.
A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses without a conjunction, as in 'The rain stopped; the sun came out.'
What does the word 'MITIGATE' mean?
Answer: To lessen the severity or impact of something
Mitigate means to make something less severe, serious, or painful, often used in the context of risk or consequences.