Dec 19, 2008 Volume 1 -- prefix, #5 (5)

lintelleUID: 2297267

The moderator will post one multiple choice question everyday, and post the answer key and detailed explanation to the very question on the 2nd floor of the thread on the next day. Participants should try to answer the question in the following 24 hours after the questions are posted. First 3 people with the correct answer will be rewarded 5 GTB.

The multiple choice questions are mainly designed to build up your vocabulary, sometimes idiom questions will emerge as well.

1. The case against him was largely _____.
2. They found a way of ____ the law.
A) circumlocution
B) circumscribing
C) circumspect
D) circumstantial
E) circumventing

lintelleUID: 2297267

1. D)
2. E)

circum-/circ-:
around

circumlocution:
using more words than are necessary, instead of speaking or writing in a clear, direct way

circumscribe:
1. [often passive] to limit sb/sth's freedom, rights, power, etc.
2. to draw a circle around another shape
root scrib: to scratch sharply; to delimit; to draw

circumspect:
adj
thinking very carefully about sth before doing it, because there may be risks involved
root spect: to look at, to see

circumstance:
1. the conditions and facts that are connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action
2. the conditions of a person's life, especially the money they have
3. situations and events that effect and influence your life and that are not in your control

circumstantial:
1. containing information and details that strongly suggest that sth is true but do not prove it
2. connected with particular circumstances

circumvent:
1. to find a way of avoiding a difficulty or a rule
2. to go or travel around sth that is blocking your way

[ 本帖最后由 lintelle 于 2008-12-21 06:48 编辑 ]

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1.D
2.E