Vocabulary Quiz #5
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Questions and Answers

What is the opposite of being vigilant?

  • Dangerous
  • Careless (correct)
  • Fateful
  • Aesthetic
  • What can a phantom domain be used for?

  • To host a legitimate website
  • To send spam emails
  • To conduct phishing attacks (correct)
  • All of the above
  • What does 'drastically' mean?

  • To a moderate extent
  • To a very great extent (correct)
  • To a very small extent
  • To a reasonable extent
  • What does 'renowned' mean?

    <p>Famous; well-known</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an entrepreneur?

    <p>A person who sets up a business</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'apt' mean?

    <p>Suitable; appropriate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'precedence' mean?

    <p>The condition of being considered more important</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'misconstrued' mean?

    <p>Interpreted incorrectly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic of a slope is described by the term 'steep'?

    <p>Rising or falling sharply</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of something that is described as 'aesthetic'?

    <p>Beauty and the appreciation of beauty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of consequences are implied by the term 'fateful'?

    <p>Far-reaching and typically disastrous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of someone who is 'touting' a product?

    <p>To promote or advertise it in a boastful manner</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Vocabulary Building

    • Drastically: means to a very great extent
    • Vigilant: means keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
    • Steep: means rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular
    • Dangerous: implies a high level of risk or threat

    Internet Domain

    • Phantom Domain: a domain name registered but not actively used or linked to a website
    • Phantom domains: often purchased for future use, but can be used for malicious purposes like phishing or spamming

    General Definitions

    • Total: means complete or absolute
    • Aesthetic: means concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty
    • Fateful: means having far-reaching and typically disastrous consequences or implications
    • Positively: implies a strong or absolute affirmation

    People and Professions

    • Applicants: people who apply for something, such as a job or a place in a school or college
    • Advertisers: individuals or organizations that promote products or services
    • Renowned: means famous or well-known
    • Entrepreneur: a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit
    • Touted: means to promote or advertise something in a boastful manner
    • Apt: means suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
    • Misconstrued: means interpreted incorrectly or misunderstood
    • Precedence: means the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority

    Vocabulary

    • Steep: describes a slope that rises or falls sharply, almost perpendicular
    • Aesthetic: relating to beauty or the appreciation of beauty, concerned with what is pleasing to the senses
    • Fateful: having consequences that are far-reaching and typically disastrous, implies a sense of inevitability
    • Touted: to promote or advertise something in a boastful or exaggerated manner, often to attract attention

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