Synonyms and Antonyms 🇺🇸

Question 1

Hubris can be a synonym for…

Answer 1

Arrogance

Question 2

What’s the synonym for “yardsticks” in the context below?

… recruitments and other yardsticks shows that cash is flowing into everything…

Answer 2

Criterion, parameter, reference, pattern.

Question 3

Synonym for “shift”:

The shift reflects a fear …

Answer 3

Change, movement.

Question 4

Synonym for “fiefs”:

… a fear that the lucrative fiefs of the 2010s are losing relevance.

Answer 4

Areas, market.

Question 5

C ou E?

“Overlap” is a synonym for “coincide” in the fragment below:

The share of sales that overlap has doubled since 2015 to 40%.

Answer 5

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Question 6

Synonym for ‘upfront’: …constraining such firms’ behavior upfront.

Answer 6

In advance

Question 7

Synonym for ‘pre-emptively’

The temptation is for regulators to clamp down pre-emptively.

Answer 7

Preventively

Question 8

Synonym for “contend with”: …big tech must contend with the likes of Tesla…

Answer 8

Struggle, contest, dispute

Question 9

“Insurmountable” can be a synonym for “insuperable” or “unbeatable” in the fragment below:

…give them an insurmountable advantage.

Answer 9

Sim ✅

Question 10

Synonym for “pools” in this context: …and control of pools of data.

Answer 10

Source

Question 11

Supersede is a synonym for “overcome” in the context below:

…that will supersede the smartphone.

Answer 11

Right ✅

Question 12

Synonym for: mighty

The two mighty monopolies of the 1900s.

Answer 12

Powerful, strong

Question 13

Synonym for “fumbled”: Nokia, once seemingly invincible in mobile devices, fumbled the shift to smartphones.

Answer 13

Botch

Question 14

“Botching” can be correctly replaced by “mishandle”, “screw up” or “mess up” in the fragment below:

… but eight years later was loss-making after botching the move from mainframes to PCs.

Answer 14

Item certo! ✅

Question 15

Antonym for: loss-making

Answer 15

Profit-making

Question 16

Synonym

Make do with

Answer 16

Accept

Question 17

Utterly is a synonym for completely, absolutely. Right or wrong?

Answer 17

Certo! ✅

Question 18

In the fragment below, the underlined word can be a synonym for “commonly”, “directly”, “openly”. Right or wrong?

The interrupted sleep was just stated matter-of-factly, as if it were entirely unremarkable.

Answer 18

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Question 19

What’s the meaning of the underlined word in the fragment below? And is it a synonym for “exhaustive”?

Ekirch scoured the archives.

Answer 19

The definition of “to scour” is “to remove dirt, grease, etc, from; to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing”.

No, because the definition of “exhaustive” is “comprehensive; thorough”.

Question 20

Tycoon =

Answer 20

Mogul

Question 21

In the fragment below, the underlined word can be correctly replaced for “experienced”. R or W?

Older, savvier machine operators are retiring.

Answer 21

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Question 22

In the fragment “Governments can ensure that retirement ages keep pace with lifespans”, “keep pace with” is a synonym for “keep up with” and “lifespans” is a synonym for “lifetime”. Right or wrong?

Answer 22

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Question 23

In the fragment below “flair” is an synonym for “ability”. R or W?

Rosenhan (who died in 2012) was a gifted teacher, combining twinkly charisma with a flair for memorable anecdotes.

Answer 23

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Question 24

In the fragment below the word “blight” is a synonym for “destroy”. R or W?

In her new book she recalls her delighted recognition as she read Rosenhan’s attack on the hubris that can blight psychiatry.

Answer 24

Item certo! ✅

Question 25

The word **_hubris_** in the fragment below is a synonym for **_arrogance_**. Right or wrong?  In her new book she recalls her delighted recognition as she read Rosenhan’s attack on the **hubris** that can blight psychiatry. 

Answer 25

Item certo! ✅

Question 26

In the fragment below the word “sham” is a synonym for “hoax” and both mean fraud. Right or Wrong? The readiness with which the group’s **sham** symptoms were taken for the real thing seemed to show that even highly trained professionals could not accurately differentiate between the sick and the well. 

Answer 26

Item certo! ✅

Question 27

In the phrase below the word “feigning” is a synonym for “pretending”. Right or Wrong?  He had recruited seven volunteers to join him in _feigning_ mental illness.

Answer 27

Item certo! ✅ Feigning = pretending