Synonyms and Antonyms 🇺🇸 Flashcards
Hubris can be a synonym for…
Arrogance
What’s the synonym for “yardsticks” in the context below?
… recruitments and other yardsticks shows that cash is flowing into everything…
Criterion, parameter, reference, pattern.
Synonym for “shift”:
The shift reflects a fear …
Change, movement.
Synonym for “fiefs”:
… a fear that the lucrative fiefs of the 2010s are losing relevance.
Areas, market.
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%.
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Synonym for ‘upfront’: …constraining such firms’ behavior upfront.
In advance
Synonym for ‘pre-emptively’
The temptation is for regulators to clamp down pre-emptively.
Preventively
Synonym for “contend with”: …big tech must contend with the likes of Tesla…
Struggle, contest, dispute
“Insurmountable” can be a synonym for “insuperable” or “unbeatable” in the fragment below:
…give them an insurmountable advantage.
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Synonym for “pools” in this context: …and control of pools of data.
Source
Supersede is a synonym for “overcome” in the context below:
…that will supersede the smartphone.
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Synonym for: mighty
The two mighty monopolies of the 1900s.
Powerful, strong
Synonym for “fumbled”: Nokia, once seemingly invincible in mobile devices, fumbled the shift to smartphones.
Botch
“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.
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Antonym for: loss-making
Profit-making
Synonym
Make do with
Accept
Utterly is a synonym for completely, absolutely. Right or wrong?
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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.
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What’s the meaning of the underlined word in the fragment below? And is it a synonym for “exhaustive”?
Ekirch scoured the archives.
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”.
Tycoon =
Mogul
In the fragment below, the underlined word can be correctly replaced for “experienced”. R or W?
Older, savvier machine operators are retiring.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Feigning = pretending
