PTE Snacks V6 14 Flashcards

1
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1301 What do you call a person who studies the weather?

A

meteorologist

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

A

monument

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1303 Who is the Swiss greatest scientist in physics?

A

Einstein

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1304 What vehicle runs on railways?

A

train

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5
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1305 How many sides does an octagon have?

A

eight

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

A

organic food

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1307 What gas will be generated from the boiling water?

A

water vapor / steam

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1308 Where is a criminal kept as punishment?

A

prison / jail

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

A

Tuesday

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1310 What is the highest position in the embassy?

A

ambassador

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

A

finger / fingers

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

A

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?

A

fade

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

A

sunscreen / sunblock

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1315 What is the opposite of ‘truth’?

A

Falsity / falseness / untruth

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16
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1316 What is another way to say ‘music turn’?

A

Note

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17
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1317 What is in the opposite direction from the head?

A

Foot

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18
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1318 What is the scientific study of rocks?

A

Geology

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

A

Sea-sky-line

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1320 Where do we make our cars?

A

Automobile Factory / auto plant / car factory

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

A

Yolk

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22
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1322 Which part of our body is related to the word “optical”?

A

Eye

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23
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1323 What day comes after Monday?

A

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?

A

Bachelor of arts

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

A

Permanent address / home / domicile

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

A

Slide / movie / film

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1327 What is the opposite of ‘guilty’?

A

Innocent

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

A

Dam

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29
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1329 What is the antonym of ‘entrance’?

A

Exit

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30
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1330 What includes everything in the world such as stars and planets?

A

Universe / cosmos

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

A

Absent / absence

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32
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1332 What do we describe the space with no air in it?

A

Vacuum

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33
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1333 What is the opposite of ‘forward’?

A

Backward

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34
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1334 What is the literature that withstands centuries?

A

Classic literature

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

A

Astronomer

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

A

Propeller

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

A

Lunar calendar

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38
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1338 What do we call a person who leaves college before finishing the studies?

A

Dropout

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39
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1339 What do we call the money an employer pay an employee because of the damage caused in work?

A

Compensation

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

A

Government

41
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1341 What do we call the opposite of destiny?

A

Free will

42
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1342 What do we call a ship that carries goods from one place to another?

A

Freighter / cargo ship

43
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1343 What do we call a picture sent from the post office without an envelope?

A

Postcard

44
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1344 What do we call a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document?

A

Abstract / summary

45
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1345 What do we call a person who is in charge of a meeting?

A

Chairman / chairwoman / chairperson

46
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1346 What is the bone structure that protects the brain?

A

Skull

47
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1347 What do we call the period between childhood and adulthood?

A

Adolescence / puberty

48
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1348 What do we call a person who is single?

A

Singleton

49
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1349 What do we call a flying machine?

A

Aircraft

50
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1350 What word can we use to replace the word ‘answer’?

A

Reply / response

51
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1351 What do we call a kitchen tool with a rough surface on which we rub food into small pieces?

A

Grater

52
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1352 How many times does an isolated incident occur?

A

One / Once

53
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1354 What do we call a plan made by bad people to do a bad action?

A

Conspiracy / plot / scheme

54
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1356 What do you eat when you are sick?

A

Medicine / pill / medication / tablet

55
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1357 What do we call a person looking for a job?

A

Job hunter / job seeker

56
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1358 What is the upper part of a leg?

A

Thigh

57
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1359 What do we call the bags that contain possessions and people take with when traveling?

A

Luggage / baggage / suitcase

58
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1360 What do you call the brother of your father or mother?

A

Uncle

59
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1361 What do we call a large container used for storing oil?

A

Drum / barrel

60
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1362 What do we call the behavior of making birds or animals get together?

A

Herd / herding

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

A

Invitation

62
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1364 What shows how many people can be in a place like an apartment?

A

Capacity

63
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1365 What is the upper part that protects a building?

A

Roof

64
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1366 What do we call the different forms of money that a country uses?

A

Currency / Currencies

65
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1367 What do we call a person who writes biographies of others?

A

Biographer

66
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1368 What do we call someone who travels and works in a spacecraft?

A

Astronaut

67
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1369 What is not a font style, Bold, Regular, Superscript, or Italic?

A

Superscript

68
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1370 Which word do we use to describe a desert, humid or dry?

A

Dry

69
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1371 What do we call a document sent by email?

A

Attachment

70
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1372 What do you call the curve of a road or a river?

A

Bend

71
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1373 What do we call the process of launching a rocket?

A

Lift-off / liftoff

72
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1374 What substance would farmers spread into the soil in order to make plants grow more successfully?

A

Fertilizer

73
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1375 What is a person called whose job is to write news for newspapers?

A

Journalist

74
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1376 What is another way to say the arrangement of musical notes in a tune?

A

Melody

75
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1377 What do we call a room just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things?

A

Attic / loft

76
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1378 What do we call a group of sheep or birds?

A

Flock

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1379 What do we call a device that cuts grass?

A

Mower

78
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1380 What do we call a horse-like animal with a single horn on the head?

A

Unicorn

79
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1381 What is the joint connecting the foot to the leg?

A

ankle

80
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1382 Which button do we use to remove something from computer?

A

Delete / backspace

81
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1383 What do we call the selling and transporting of goods to another country?

A

export / exportation

82
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1384 Where are goods stored before sale?

A

warehouse / inventory / stock

83
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1385 What do you call the diagram which includes X-axis and Y-axis?

A

coordinate system

84
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1386 What are the first three letters of the English alphabet?

A

abc

85
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1387 In addition to the A, E, what are the other three vowels?

A

U / I / O

86
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1388 How to describe the two lines that have crossed each other and never meet again?

A

Perpendicular

87
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1389 If you have an appointment on Wednesday, and today is Thursday, you will have the appointment ‘yesterday’ or ‘tomorrow’?

A

Yesterday

88
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1390 What is the term for a word that has a similar meaning to another word but is used in a different context?

A

connotation

89
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1391 What is the term for a word that expresses strong emotion or surprise, such as “Wow!” or “Ouch!”?

A

Interjection/excla mation

90
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1392 What do we call a word that is formed by combining two separate words?

A

Compound word

91
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1393 What is the process of a liquid turning into a solid called?

A

freezing

92
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1394 What do we call the study of the origin and development of the universe?

A

Cosmology

93
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1395 Where is the largest tropical rainforest in the world located?

A

Amazon rainforest

94
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1396 What is the process of converting a liquid into a gas called?

A

evaporation

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

A

velocity

96
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1398 What do we call a formal agreement between two or more countries or organizations?

A

treaty

97
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1399 What do we call the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemic al properties?

A

Atom

98
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1400 Which branch of mathematics deals with the properties and relationsh ips of lines, angles, and shapes?

A

Geometry