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Aggettivi ricercati per persone e idee

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Descrivi menti, caratteri, argomentazioni e problemi con aggettivi precisi come erudite, astute, incisive, tenuous, spurious e intractable.

Scegli l'aggettivo giusto

Scegli l'aggettivo che completa meglio ogni frase.

  1. 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
  2. The link between the two studies is ___: it rests on a single, unverified anecdote.
    • a) incisive
    • b) ephemeral
    • c) tenuous
    • d) magnanimous
  3. The disease is ___: symptoms are mild at first and the damage builds up unnoticed.
    • a) tacit
    • b) insidious
    • c) inscrutable
    • d) sanguine
  4. Despite the poor forecasts, Kofi remained ___ about the company's future.
    • a) inscrutable
    • b) spurious
    • c) tacit
    • d) sanguine
  5. 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
  6. Fame on social media can be ___: today's star is forgotten by next month.
    • a) tacit
    • b) sanguine
    • c) ephemeral
    • d) erudite
  7. The winner was ___ in victory, praising her rival's skill and offering to share the prize.
    • a) astute
    • b) magnanimous
    • c) spurious
    • d) insidious
  8. There was a ___ agreement among the staff that nobody would mention the incident again.
    • a) spurious
    • b) sanguine
    • c) tenuous
    • d) tacit

Completa le frasi

Completa ogni frase con una parola di questo elenco. Usa ogni parola una sola volta: astute, spurious, intractable, inscrutable, erudite, magnanimous, insidious, tenuous.

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

Soluzioni

Scegli l'aggettivo giusto

  1. b) eruditeUna grande cultura è erudite. Astute significa scaltro, non colto.
  2. c) tenuousUn legame molto debole è tenuous. Incisive descrive un'analisi acuta, non un legame.
  3. b) insidiousUn danno che si diffonde gradualmente e di nascosto è insidious.
  4. d) sanguineAllegramente ottimista in una situazione difficile è sanguine.
  5. c) incisiveUn pensiero acuto e chiaro che arriva al nucleo di un problema è incisive. Tenuous significherebbe debole.
  6. c) ephemeralDurare solo poco tempo è ephemeral.
  7. b) magnanimousEssere generosi verso un rivale è magnanimous.
  8. d) tacitUn accordo capito senza essere detto è tacit.

Completa le frasi

  1. astute / shrewd / canny / savvyScaltro e pronto a leggere una situazione è astute.
  2. spurious / false / baseless / unfounded / groundless / bogus / dubiousUn'affermazione che sembra autentica ma è falsa è spurious.
  3. intractable / insoluble / unsolvable / irresolvable / unresolvableUn problema che resiste a ogni tentativo di soluzione è intractable.
  4. inscrutable / unreadable / impassive / expressionless / blankImpossibile da leggere o interpretare è inscrutable.
  5. erudite / learned / scholarlyMostrare grande cultura è erudite.
  6. magnanimous / generous / gracious / noble / kindGeneroso e indulgente è magnanimous.
  7. insidious / gradual / creeping / slow / subtleUn danno che si diffonde gradualmente e senza essere notato è insidious.
  8. tenuous / weak / flimsy / fragile / thinUn legame molto lieve e fragile è tenuous.