PTE Snacks V6 14 Flashcards
1301 What do you call a person who studies the weather?
meteorologist
1302 What do you call a statue or a building that is dedicated in memory of someone?
monument
1303 Who is the Swiss greatest scientist in physics?
Einstein
1304 What vehicle runs on railways?
train
1305 How many sides does an octagon have?
eight
1306 What do you call the food made without applying chemicals or artificial additives?
organic food
1307 What gas will be generated from the boiling water?
water vapor / steam
1308 Where is a criminal kept as punishment?
prison / jail
1309 What day is the first day of a week which starts with T?
Tuesday
1310 What is the highest position in the embassy?
ambassador
1311 Which part of the hand do we use to pick up objects?
finger / fingers
1312 What thing do postgraduate students have that undergraduate students don’t?
bachelor degree
1313 What is the process where the color becomes lighter and lighter when exposed to sunlight for a long time?
fade
1314 What is the thing used for sun protection in summer?
sunscreen / sunblock
1315 What is the opposite of ‘truth’?
Falsity / falseness / untruth
1316 What is another way to say ‘music turn’?
Note
1317 What is in the opposite direction from the head?
Foot
1318 What is the scientific study of rocks?
Geology
1319 What do we call the line between a sunset and the sea?
Sea-sky-line
1320 Where do we make our cars?
Automobile Factory / auto plant / car factory
1321 What is the round, yellow part in the middle of an egg?
Yolk
1322 Which part of our body is related to the word “optical”?
Eye
1323 What day comes after Monday?
Tuesday
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
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