English Quiz (Part 46)

'Mnemonic' Meaning

• To get rid of something wrong or harmful; to stop or destroy something

• something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something; helping you to remember something

• To produce something with no special care or effort; to produce something in large amounts, as a machine does

'crank something out' Meaning

• Something that results from something else

• to make an object sharp; to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose; to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective

• To produce something with no special care or effort; to produce something in large amounts, as a machine does

'Stamp something out' Meaning

• To get rid of something wrong or harmful; to stop or destroy something

• to make an object sharp; to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose; to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective

• something that results from something else

'Venture' Meaning

• a remark that someone makes in a quiet voice because they do not want everyone to hear it; a remark or story in a speech or text that is not part of the main subject

• to make an object sharp; to make something perfect or completely suitable for its purpose; to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective

• A new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty; to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized; To venture into something is to attempt it when you are likely to be wrong or to be criticized; to start a new activity, start thinking in a new way, or start doing an activity in a new place

'Contribute' Meaning

• to give something, especially money, to provide or achieve something together with other people; to write articles for a newspaper, magazine, or book;

  to help by providing money or support, esp. when other people or conditions are also helping; If you contribute something you wrote or created, you allow it to be published or shown with pieces by other people; to be one of the reasons why something happens; to add new plans or ideas, or help make improvements to something so that it becomes more valuable or successful

• the white substance between the skin and the flesh of citrus fruits such as oranges, or the soft, white inside part of the stem of some plants

• (of speech or writing) expressing an idea cleverly in a few words; with a lot of pith; (of speech or writing) brief and full of meaning

'Contribution' Meaning

• Continuing forever in the same way; often repeated; used to describe a bond or other investment that pays interest forever

• Something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people or to help make something successful; payments from a company or employee to pay for an employee's benefits such as medical insurance or a pension; the amount of money earned from a product, service, or activity which is used to pay for its overheads (= regular and necessary costs of operating a business); the part of the total insurance payment that one insurance company pays to a customer when more than one insurance company provides insurance for the same injury, accident, loss, etc.

• An official statement that something must happen; to officially decide or order that something must happen; an order or statement of an official decision; a judgment that is made in a court of law; an official statement that something must happen, made by a leader, government, etc.