General Practice Problems Incorrect 3

Question 1

oust

Answer 1

To take away; remove.

To turn out; eject; dispossess.

noun – Same as oast.

transitive verb – To take away; to remove.

transitive verb – To eject; to expel; to turn out.

noun – See oast.

verb – To expel; to remove.

Question 2

marginalized

Answer 2

To furnish with marginal notes.

To make marginal notes.

verb – To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit

verb – relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people

Question 3

sideline

Answer 3

noun – A line pertaining or attached to the side of something; specifically, in the plural, lines by which the fore and hind feet on the same side of a horse or other animal are tied to prevent straying or escape.

noun – A line or course of business aside from or additional to one’s regular occupation.

To hobble, as a horse.

noun – In foot-ball, hockey, and similar games, a line defining the limit of play on the side of the field, and outside of which the ball is out of bounds.

A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing.

Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.

Question 4

scant

Answer 4

Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of.

Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled.

noun – Scarcity; scantiness; lack.

To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries.

To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down.

Question 5

scrupulous

Answer 5

adjective: characterized by extreme care and great effort

Because of his scrupulous nature, Mary put him in charge of numbering and cataloging the entire collection of rare stamps.

adjective: having a sense of right and wrong; principled

Everyone trusted what he said and followed his example because he was scrupulous and honest.

Question 6

cursory

Answer 6

Running about; not stationary.

In entomology, adapted for running, as the feet of many terrestrial beetles; cursorial.

Hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not exercising or receiving close attention: as, a cursory reader; a cursory view.

adjective – Running about; not stationary.

adjective – Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.

adjective – hasty; superficial; careless

adjective – Running about; not stationary.

Question 7

undergird

Answer 7

To gird round the bottom; gird beneath.

transitive verb – To bind below; to gird round the bottom.

verb – To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.

verb – To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.

verb – To lend moral support to.

verb – To secure below or underneath.

verb – make secure underneath

Question 8

commensurate

Answer 8

adjective: to be in proportion or corresponding in degree or amount

The convicted felon’s life sentence was commensurate with the heinousness of his crime.

Question 9

amenable

Answer 9

adjective: easily persuaded

Even though she did not like the outdoors, Shirley was generally amenable and so her brother was able to persuade her to go camping.

Question 10

inkling

Answer 10

noun: a slight suggestion or vague understanding

Lynne speaks four Romance languages, but she doesn’t have an inkling about how East Asian languages are structured.

Question 11

presentiment

Answer 11

noun: a feeling of evil to come

On the night that Lincoln would be fatally shot, his wife had a presentiment about going to Ford’s Theater, but Lincoln persuaded her that everything would be fine.

Question 12

predilection

Answer 12

a strong liking for something

Question 13

recondite

Answer 13

adjective: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Question 14

obscure

Answer 14

verb: to make unclear

While they drove past the Grand Canyon, Mr. Smith’s big head obscured much of Mrs. Robinson’s view, so she only saw small patches of red rock.

adjective: known by only a few

Many words beginning with the letter ‘x’ are so obscure that only a few people have ever heard of them.

Question 15

eclectic

Answer 15

adjective: comprised of a variety of styles

Joey was known for his eclectic tastes in music, one moment dancing to disco the next “air conducting” along to Beethoven’s 9th symphony.

Question 16

ephemeral

Answer 16

adjective: lasting a very short time

The lifespan of a mayfly is ephemeral, lasting from a few hours to a couple of days.

Question 17

prosaic

Answer 17

adjective: dull and lacking imagination

Unlike the talented artists in his workshop, Paul had no such bent for the visual medium, so when it was time for him to make a stained glass painting, he ended up with a prosaic mosaic.

Question 18

vitiated

Answer 18

verb – Simple past tense and past participle of vitiate.

adjective – ruined in character or quality

adjective – impaired by diminution

Question 19

intrigue

Answer 19

To entangle; involve; cause to be involved or entangled.

To plot for: scheme for.

To practise underhand plotting or scheming; exert secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose; seek to promote one’s aims in devious and clandestine ways.

To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

noun – Intricacy; complication; maze.

noun – Secret or underhand plotting or scheming; the exertion of secret influence for the accomplishment of a purpose.

noun – A clandestine plot; a scheme for entangling others, or for gaining an end by the exertion of secret influence: as, to expose an intrigue.

Question 20

robust

Answer 20

adjective: strong and full

Chris preferred watery, mild beers, but Bhavin preferred a beer with more robust flavor.

Question 21

canard

Answer 21

To fly or float about, or circulate as a canard or false report: as, certain stories canarding about the hotels.

To imitate or produce the peculiar harsh cry of the duck, as an unskilled player on a wind-instrument.

noun – An absurd story or statement intended as an imposition; a fabricated story to which currency is given, as by a newspaper: a hoax.

noun – Hence A broadside cried in the streets: so called from the generally sensational nature of its contents.

noun – An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

noun – A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

noun – A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Question 22

assiduity

Answer 22

noun – Constant or close application to any business or occupation; diligence.

noun – Solicitous care of a person or persons; constant personal attention: usually in the plural.

noun – Hence Sycophantic attention; servility.

noun – Synonyms Industry, Assiduity, Application, Diligence, Constancy, Perseverance, Persistence, care, attention, watchfulness, sedulousness, patience. Diligence in labor often conveys the idea of quickness. Industry keeps at work, leaving no time idle. Assiduity (literally, a sitting down to work) sticks quietly to a particular task, with the determination to succeed in spite of its difficulty, or to get it done in spite of its length. Application, literally, bends itself to its work, and is, more specifically than assiduity, a steady concentration of one’s powers of body and mind: as, he was a man of extraordinary powers of application; Newton attributed all his own success to application. Diligence is, literally, fondness for one’s work, and so, by a natural transfer, industry that is alert. Constancy is the power to continue unchanged, as in affection, or to hold on in any particular course or work: it goes more deeply into character than the others. Perseverance suggests obstacles from without or within which are steadily met, and is morally neutral. Persistence may be good, but it is more often an evil perseverance, as obstinacy or a determination to carry one’s point against unwillingness or refusal on the part of others. We speak of plodding industry, patient assiduity, steady application, great diligence, unshaken constancy, undaunted perseverance, persistence that will not take No for an answer.

noun – Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.

noun – Studied and persevering attention to a person; – usually in the plural.

noun – Great and persistent toil or effort.

Question 23

evanescent

Answer 23

adjective: tending to vanish like vapor

The storm flashed into existence above us and lasted only a short time—an evanescent turbulence of wind and cloud.

Question 24

fleeting

Answer 24

adjective: lasting for a very short time

Roller coasters are thrilling, but the experience is fleeting; most rides take under 90 seconds to complete.

Question 25

pedestrian

Answer 25

adjective: lacking imagination

While Nan was always engaged in philosophical speculation, her brother was occupied with far more pedestrian concerns: how to earn a salary and run a household.

Question 26

subterfuge

Answer 26

noun: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Finally deciding to abandon all subterfuge, Arthur revealed to Cindy everything about his secret affair over the past two years.

Question 27

artifice

Answer 27

noun: cunning tricks used to deceive others

The mayoral candidates both spent much of the campaign accusing each other of artifices designed to mislead the voting public.

Question 28

calumny

Answer 28

noun: making of a false statement meant to injure a person’s reputation

With the presidential primaries well under way, the air is thick with calumny, and the mud already waist-high.

Question 29

implacable

Answer 29

adjective: incapable of making less angry or hostile

Win or lose, the coach was always implacable, never giving the athletes an easy practice or a break.

Question 30

inexorable

Answer 30

adjective: impossible to stop

As summer nears its end, brown bears eat as much as possible to prepare for the inexorable coming of winter.

Question 31

politic

Answer 31

Of or pertaining to politics, or the science of government; having to do with politics.

Of or pertaining to civil as distinguished from religious or military affairs; civil; political.

Hence Of or pertaining to officers of state; official; state.

That constitutes the state; consisting of citizens: as, the body politic (that is, the whole body of the people as constituting a state).

Existing by and for the state; popular; constitutional.

In keeping with policy; wise; prudent; fit; proper; expedient: applied to actions, measures, etc.

Characterized by worldly wisdom or craftiness; subtle; crafty; scheming; cunning; artful: applied to persons or their devices: as, a politic prince.