English Quiz (Part 109)

'obnoxious' Meaning

• very unpleasant or rude; very unpleasant or offensive

• old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society

• used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected; a company that is owned by a larger company; a company that is controlled by another

Answer explanation

Example:

1. Some of his colleagues say that he's loud and obnoxious.

2. When she's in a bad mood she's obnoxious to everyone.

3. Can’t you express your opinions without being obnoxious?

'antiquated' Meaning

• the highest degree from a university

• old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society

• used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected; a company that is owned by a larger company; a company that is controlled by another

Answer explanation

Example:

1. it will take many years to modernize these antiquated industries.

2. Compared with modern satellite dishes, ordinary TV aerials look antiquated.

3. antiquated ideas/attitudes/values

4. antiquated laws/machinery/technology

'subsidiary' Meaning

• special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work; language used by a particular group of people, especially in their work, and which most other people do not understand

• The process in plants and animals by which a liquid moves gradually from one part of the body or the plant to another through a membrane (= cell covering); the way in which ideas and information gradually spread between people; Osmosis is also the process by which ideas and information are absorbed without conscious effort

• Used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected; a company that a larger company owns; a company that is controlled by another

Answer explanation

Example:

1. Psychometric tests used at interviews are not always accurate and only provide subsidiary information.

2. subsidiary to sth The group wants the protocol to be a subsidiary of the WTO.

3. All the major record companies had subsidiary labels under their control.

4. a banking/foreign subsidiary

5. a majority-owned/wholly-owned subsidiary

6. subsidiary of sth California First Bank is a 77%-owned subsidiary of Bank of Tokyo.

'doctorate' Meaning

• special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work; language used by a particular group of people, especially in their work, and which most other people do not understand

• the highest degree from a university

• The process in plants and animals by which a liquid moves gradually from one part of the body or the plant to another through a membrane (= cell covering); the way in which ideas and information gradually spread between people; Osmosis is also the process by which ideas and information are absorbed without conscious effort

Answer explanation

Example:

1. She has a doctorate in physics from Yale.

2. He earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago.

'osmosis' Meaning

• special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work; language used by a particular group of people, especially in their work, and which most other people do not understand

• special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work; language used by a particular group of people, especially in their work, and which most other people do not understand

• the process in plants and animals by which a liquid moves gradually from one part of the body or the plant to another through a membrane (= cell covering); the way in which ideas and information gradually spread between people; Osmosis is also the process by which ideas and information are absorbed without conscious effort

Answer explanation

Example:

1. Fluid flows back into the tiny blood vessels by osmosis.

2. The children were never taught the songs; they just listened to other children singing them and learned them by osmosis.

3. Reading is not picked up by the process of osmosis but needs to be taught.

4. Children often learn by osmosis.

'jargon' Meaning

• special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work; the language used by a particular group of people, especially in their work, and which most other people do not understand

• A group of people who have the same job or interest; a social organization for male students at an American or Canadian college; a feeling of friendship and support; A fraternity is also a group of people who have the same job or interest

• used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected; a company that a larger company owns; a company that is controlled by another

Answer explanation

Example:

1. military/legal/computer jargon

2. business/legal/economic jargon