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Adjektiva canggih untuk orang dan gagasan

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Gambarkan pikiran, karakter, argumen, dan masalah dengan adjektiva yang tepat seperti erudite, astute, incisive, tenuous, spurious, dan intractable.

Pilih adjektiva yang tepat

Pilih adjektiva yang paling tepat melengkapi setiap kalimat.

Only a truly ___ scholar, who had read widely in several languages and fields, could trace the origin of the phrase.
- a) astute
- b) erudite
- c) sanguine
- d) ephemeral
The link between the two studies is ___: it rests on a single, unverified anecdote.
- a) incisive
- b) ephemeral
- c) tenuous
- d) magnanimous
The disease is ___: symptoms are mild at first and the damage builds up unnoticed.
- a) tacit
- b) insidious
- c) inscrutable
- d) sanguine
Despite the poor forecasts, Kofi remained ___ about the company's future.
- a) inscrutable
- b) spurious
- c) tacit
- d) sanguine
Her analysis was ___: in a few sharp sentences it went straight to the heart of the problem.
- a) ephemeral
- b) insidious
- c) incisive
- d) tenuous
Fame on social media can be ___: today's star is forgotten by next month.
- a) tacit
- b) sanguine
- c) ephemeral
- d) erudite
The winner was ___ in victory, praising her rival's skill and offering to share the prize.
- a) astute
- b) magnanimous
- c) spurious
- d) insidious
There was a ___ agreement among the staff that nobody would mention the incident again.
- a) spurious
- b) sanguine
- c) tenuous
- d) tacit

Lengkapi kalimat

Lengkapi setiap kalimat dengan satu kata dari daftar ini. Pakai setiap kata satu kali: astute, spurious, intractable, inscrutable, erudite, magnanimous, insidious, tenuous.

The ___ investor sold her shares weeks before the market turned.
The claim that the herb cures every illness is ___; no study has ever confirmed it.
The boundary dispute between the two neighbours proved ___: years of patient mediation failed to bring them any closer.
The old judge's face was ___; no one could tell what he was thinking.
Her ___ lectures, full of references to philosophy, history and mathematics, attract students from every faculty.
It was ___ of him to forgive the debt in full.
The ___ spread of misinformation is hard to notice until it has changed opinions.
Because the connection between the two events was extremely slight and ___, the committee refused to draw a conclusion.

Kunci jawaban

Pilih adjektiva yang tepat

b) eruditePengetahuan yang luas adalah erudite. Astute berarti cerdik, bukan berpengetahuan luas.
c) tenuousHubungan yang sangat lemah adalah tenuous. Incisive menggambarkan analisis yang tajam, bukan hubungan.
b) insidiousBahaya yang menyebar perlahan dan tak terlihat adalah insidious.
d) sanguineOptimis dengan ceria dalam situasi sulit adalah sanguine.
c) incisivePemikiran yang tajam dan jelas yang mencapai inti masalah adalah incisive. Tenuous berarti lemah.
c) ephemeralHanya berlangsung sebentar adalah ephemeral.
b) magnanimousMurah hati terhadap saingan adalah magnanimous.
d) tacitKesepakatan yang dipahami tanpa dinyatakan adalah tacit.

Lengkapi kalimat

astute / shrewd / canny / savvyCerdik dan cepat membaca situasi adalah astute.
spurious / false / baseless / unfounded / groundless / bogus / dubiousKlaim yang tampak asli tetapi palsu adalah spurious.
intractable / insoluble / unsolvable / irresolvable / unresolvableMasalah yang menolak setiap upaya penyelesaian adalah intractable.
inscrutable / unreadable / impassive / expressionless / blankMustahil dibaca atau ditafsirkan adalah inscrutable.
erudite / learned / scholarlyMenunjukkan pengetahuan yang luas adalah erudite.
magnanimous / generous / gracious / noble / kindMurah hati dan pemaaf adalah magnanimous.
insidious / gradual / creeping / slow / subtleBahaya yang menyebar perlahan dan tanpa disadari adalah insidious.
tenuous / weak / flimsy / fragile / thinHubungan yang sangat tipis dan rapuh adalah tenuous.