alleryStart learning →Legal protection that prohibits copying of a book is:
- copywriting
- copycat
- copyright
- copy-edit
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Correct answer: C. copyright
Copyright is the set of legal privileges protecting a work against duplication.
SSC CGL Commonly Misused English Words — practice questions — page 2
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Legal protection that prohibits copying of a book is:Read the answer and worked solution →To make a tense situation less dangerous is to:Read the answer and worked solution →To abandon someone is to:Read the answer and worked solution →The sweet last course of a meal is the:Read the answer and worked solution →To give out money is to:Read the answer and worked solution →A person who is circumspect and careful is:Read the answer and worked solution →Having separate parts rather than touching is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word means financially prudent or frugal?Read the answer and worked solution →Rising prices slowed the ___ growth of the country.Read the answer and worked solution →To draw out or evoke a reaction is to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which adjective means illegal or improper?Read the answer and worked solution →Arriving in a country in order to live there is:Read the answer and worked solution →An illustrious, highly regarded scholar is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Danger that is about to occur is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word, often theological, means indwelling or pervading?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word means most highly regarded?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word means a typical or ideal example of something?Read the answer and worked solution →Hamlet is the ___ hero of the play that carries his name.Read the answer and worked solution →Which word refers to morals?Read the answer and worked solution →To make a problem worse is to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word means done efficiently, with no negative sense?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word means done conveniently but possibly improperly?Read the answer and worked solution →To be clumsy and confused, like a fish out of water, is to:Read the answer and worked solution →A ship that fills with water and sinks is said to:Read the answer and worked solution →To flagrantly ignore a rule is to:Read the answer and worked solution →A large group of people is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A secret store or accumulation of things is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A listener who reaches a conclusion from a remark:Read the answer and worked solution →A speaker who hints at something without saying it directly:Read the answer and worked solution →A structure built along a river to prevent flooding is a:Read the answer and worked solution →
Worked practice questions
To make a tense situation less dangerous is to:
- diffuse
- defer
- deduce
- defuse
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Correct answer: D. defuse
Defuse comes from removing a bomb's fuse and now means calming a risky situation.
To abandon someone is to:
- desert
- dessert
- deserve
- descent
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Correct answer: A. desert
As a verb, desert means to leave someone behind.
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