In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A long thick piece of wood or metal that is used to support a floor or ceiling in a building.
Answer: B
It is a joist.
A joist is one of the parallel timbers or steel members carrying a floor or ceiling. A beam is the larger member that joists rest on, and a truss is a framework supporting a roof.
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To push roughly against somebody in a crowd.
Answer: D
It is jostle.
To jostle is to push roughly against people in a crowd. To shove is a single strong push, to bump is accidental contact, and to manhandle is to move someone by force.
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A sport in which somebody is put inside a large transparent plastic ball which is then rolled along the ground or down a hill.
Answer: C
It is zorbing.
Zorbing is rolling downhill inside a large transparent ball, invented in New Zealand in the 1990s and named after the trademark Zorb.
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A strong feeling of dislike or fear of people from other countries.
Answer: D
It is xenophobia.
Xenophobia is fear or dislike of foreigners, from the Greek xenos, stranger. Racism is prejudice on grounds of race, and chauvinism is exaggerated loyalty to one's own group.
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The material in plants that carries water and minerals upwards from the root.
Answer: A
It is xylem.
Xylem carries water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots, from the Greek xylon, wood. Phloem carries the sugars made in the leaves in both directions.
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A person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things.
Answer: B
It is a workaholic.
A workaholic cannot stop working. The word was coined in 1971 on the model of alcoholic, and gave English the whole family of -aholic words.
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A list of websites or electronic works about a particular subject that have been used by a person writing an article.
Answer: A
It is a webliography.
A webliography lists web sources consulted, as a bibliography lists books. The word is a blend of web and bibliography.
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A type of cloth made of cotton, wool or silk that is almost transparent, used for making clothes.
Answer: C
It is voile.
Voile is a light, almost transparent fabric of cotton, wool or silk, from the French for veil. Gabardine is a closely woven twill and lace is an openwork fabric.
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A person who is good at knowing what to say and how to behave in social situations.
Answer: D
It is urbane.
Urbane means smoothly courteous and at ease in company, from the Latin urbs, city - the polish supposed to come from town life. Courteous describes good manners without the sophistication.
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A person who is successful in business or industry and has become rich and powerful.
Answer: B
It is a tycoon.
A tycoon is a rich and powerful businessman. The word is Japanese, taikun, great lord, brought back by Americans after Perry's mission and applied to Abraham Lincoln by his secretaries.
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