Questões de Concurso sobre Vocabulário

The word huge in “that would be huge savings” (paragraph 1) can be substituted by the word

About the use of -ed made by Sojourner, identify the correct and incorrect items:

( ) she uses –ed arbitrarily.

( ) she uses –ed to indicate the completeness of the actions.

( ) these words finish in –ed because they mark the perfective aspect of the verbs.

( ) these words finish in –ed because they’re adjectives.

The alternative that best represents the appropriate sequence, top-down, is:

Na frase "Receptors for the sense of smell are located at the top of the nasal cavity", a palavra "top" pode ser corretamente substituída por:

Identify the option that summarizes the item “freedom” (lines 53 to 63).

“unorthodox” (line 4) means

The main idea in paragraph 4 – entitled “Criticisms” – is:

In the statemente “Anne Hathaway re-watched the first commercial she ever acted in, and it's so bad, it's good”. The prefix “RE” means:

Assinale a tradução mais adequada para o segmento Once tied to our identities, (l. 09).

The word “utterance”, line 3, in the passage is closest in meaning to:

Complete the sentence below with the appropriate day of the week. Choose the CORRECT answer. (Days of the Week)

What is the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday?

I couldn’t eat _____ being starving.

I don’t want to be disturbed, so don’t call me ______ it’s something important.

Considerando o texto "There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth.", A palavra "pose" na segunda linha tem o significado semelhante a:

“The shopkeeper does some sums on a piece of paper and says that with the new product it will come to an amount of eighty euros.”

Choose the best option that replaces the underlined expression.

Read the paragraph below.

Each operational unit ________ a knowledge of local risks and the challenges that they present. The ultimate goal in a modular environment is a well thought out and coordinated risk assessment which allows for all locations of a public office to prepare counter disaster plans for records and recordkeeping systems.

Choose the best option that completes the context.

“The number of men _______ from 89 to 82. Meanwhile, the women have plunged from 52 to 50.”

Choose the best option that completes the context.

The words “have to” can be exchanged without any diffence of meaning by the word:

The sufix 'Un' in the word 'Unsafe' means

The expression “neat twist” ($\ell$.9) refers to the irony of cyber-café patrons becoming victims of their own security consciousness.