To take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: a) adopt b) nurse c) foster

If you ‘learn by rote’, you… a) learn something by repetition. b) learn something by analysing it. c) learn something on your own.

To try very hard to do something or to make something happen, especially for a long time or against difficulties: a) idle b) strive c) neglect

To try to avoid someone or something: a) on the verge of b) steer clear of c) make an educated guess

Which word is NOT a synonym of ‘deride’? a) criticize b) ridicule c) praise

If you do something ‘on the spur of the moment’, you… a) do it carefully. b) do it suddenly.

The first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows that it is also possible for other people: a) copycat b) trailblazer c) follower

Extremely careful and correct, and involving a lot of effort: a) sloppy b) painstaking c) cursory

Something that completely modifies the way something is done, thought about, or made: a) pioneer b) game-changer c) trailblazer

Worried or nervous and not able to relax: a) uptight b) self-assured c) confident

Which word is NOT a synonym of ‘stifle’? a) restrain b) unleash c) suppress

Extremely generous with time, money, praise, help, etc.: a) unstinting b) ungenerous c) stingy

An important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem: a) paradigm b) trailblazer c) breakthrough