PTE Snacks V6 14 Flashcards by Mark P.

1301 What do you call a person who studies the weather?

meteorologist

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1302 What do you call a statue or a building that is dedicated in memory of someone?

monument

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1303 Who is the Swiss greatest scientist in physics?

Einstein

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1304 What vehicle runs on railways?

train

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1305 How many sides does an octagon have?

eight

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1306 What do you call the food made without applying chemicals or artificial additives?

organic food

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1307 What gas will be generated from the boiling water?

water vapor / steam

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1308 Where is a criminal kept as punishment?

prison / jail

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1309 What day is the first day of a week which starts with T?

Tuesday

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1310 What is the highest position in the embassy?

ambassador

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1311 Which part of the hand do we use to pick up objects?

finger / fingers

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1312 What thing do postgraduate students have that undergraduate students don’t?

bachelor degree

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1313 What is the process where the color becomes lighter and lighter when exposed to sunlight for a long time?

fade

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1314 What is the thing used for sun protection in summer?

sunscreen / sunblock

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1315 What is the opposite of ‘truth’?

Falsity / falseness / untruth

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1316 What is another way to say ‘music turn’?

Note

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1317 What is in the opposite direction from the head?

Foot

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1318 What is the scientific study of rocks?

Geology

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1319 What do we call the line between a sunset and the sea?

Sea-sky-line

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1320 Where do we make our cars?

Automobile Factory / auto plant / car factory

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1321 What is the round, yellow part in the middle of an egg?

Yolk

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1322 Which part of our body is related to the word “optical”?

Eye

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1323 What day comes after Monday?

Tuesday

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1324 When we say someone is doing the B.A. in history or literature in the university, what does B.A. stand for?

Bachelor of arts

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1325 What do we call a place where people live permanently?

Permanent address / home / domicile

1326 What do we watch with a screen and a projector?

Slide / movie / film

1327 What is the opposite of 'guilty'?

Innocent

1328 What is the barrier that can prevent floods from damaging our home?

Dam

1329 What is the antonym of 'entrance'?

Exit

1330 What includes everything in the world such as stars and planets?

Universe / cosmos

1331 If a student fails to show up in a class because of illness, how do we describe it?

Absent / absence

1332 What do we describe the space with no air in it?

Vacuum

1333 What is the opposite of 'forward'?

Backward

1334 What is the literature that withstands centuries?

Classic literature

1335 What do we call a scientist who studies planets and stars?

Astronomer

1336 What do we call the device with two or more blades turning quickly to cause a ship or an airplane to move?

Propeller

1337 What's the calendar that follows the movement of the moon?

Lunar calendar

1338 What do we call a person who leaves college before finishing the studies?

Dropout

1339 What do we call the money an employer pay an employee because of the damage caused in work?

Compensation

1340 What do we call a political institution or body that is responsible for a country?

Government

1341 What do we call the opposite of destiny?

Free will

1342 What do we call a ship that carries goods from one place to another?

Freighter / cargo ship

1343 What do we call a picture sent from the post office without an envelope?

Postcard

1344 What do we call a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document?

Abstract / summary

1345 What do we call a person who is in charge of a meeting?

Chairman / chairwoman / chairperson

1346 What is the bone structure that protects the brain?

Skull

1347 What do we call the period between childhood and adulthood?

Adolescence / puberty

1348 What do we call a person who is single?

Singleton

1349 What do we call a flying machine?

Aircraft

1350 What word can we use to replace the word ‘answer'?

Reply / response

1351 What do we call a kitchen tool with a rough surface on which we rub food into small pieces?

Grater

1352 How many times does an isolated incident occur?

One / Once

1354 What do we call a plan made by bad people to do a bad action?

Conspiracy / plot / scheme

1356 What do you eat when you are sick?

Medicine / pill / medication / tablet

1357 What do we call a person looking for a job?

Job hunter / job seeker

1358 What is the upper part of a leg?

Thigh

1359 What do we call the bags that contain possessions and people take with when traveling?

Luggage / baggage / suitcase

1360 What do you call the brother of your father or mother?

Uncle

1361 What do we call a large container used for storing oil?

Drum / barrel

1362 What do we call the behavior of making birds or animals get together?

Herd / herding

1363 What is a text that you send to your friends to invite them to a party?

Invitation

1364 What shows how many people can be in a place like an apartment?

Capacity

1365 What is the upper part that protects a building?

Roof

1366 What do we call the different forms of money that a country uses?

Currency / Currencies

1367 What do we call a person who writes biographies of others?

Biographer

1368 What do we call someone who travels and works in a spacecraft?

Astronaut

1369 What is not a font style, Bold, Regular, Superscript, or Italic?

Superscript

1370 Which word do we use to describe a desert, humid or dry?

Dry

1371 What do we call a document sent by email?

Attachment

1372 What do you call the curve of a road or a river?

Bend

1373 What do we call the process of launching a rocket?

Lift-off / liftoff

1374 What substance would farmers spread into the soil in order to make plants grow more successfully?

Fertilizer

1375 What is a person called whose job is to write news for newspapers?

Journalist

1376 What is another way to say the arrangement of musical notes in a tune?

Melody

1377 What do we call a room just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things?

Attic / loft

1378 What do we call a group of sheep or birds?

Flock

1379 What do we call a device that cuts grass?

Mower

1380 What do we call a horse-like animal with a single horn on the head?

Unicorn

1381 What is the joint connecting the foot to the leg?

ankle

1382 Which button do we use to remove something from computer?

Delete / backspace

1383 What do we call the selling and transporting of goods to another country?

export / exportation

1384 Where are goods stored before sale?

warehouse / inventory / stock

1385 What do you call the diagram which includes X-axis and Y-axis?

coordinate system

1386 What are the first three letters of the English alphabet?

abc

1387 In addition to the A, E, what are the other three vowels?

U / I / O

1388 How to describe the two lines that have crossed each other and never meet again?

Perpendicular

1389 If you have an appointment on Wednesday, and today is Thursday, you will have the appointment 'yesterday' or 'tomorrow'?

Yesterday

1390 What is the term for a word that has a similar meaning to another word but is used in a different context?

connotation

1391 What is the term for a word that expresses strong emotion or surprise, such as "Wow!" or "Ouch!"?

Interjection/excla mation

1392 What do we call a word that is formed by combining two separate words?

Compound word

1393 What is the process of a liquid turning into a solid called?

freezing

1394 What do we call the study of the origin and development of the universe?

Cosmology

1395 Where is the largest tropical rainforest in the world located?

Amazon rainforest

1396 What is the process of converting a liquid into a gas called?

evaporation

1397 Which word can be used to measure the speed of an object in motion?

velocity

1398 What do we call a formal agreement between two or more countries or organizations?

treaty

1399 What do we call the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemic al properties?

Atom

1400 Which branch of mathematics deals with the properties and relationsh ips of lines, angles, and shapes?

Geometry

PTE Snacks V6 14 Flashcards

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