A question which often lingers in the minds of writers is: Whether to select a short word or a long word? The choice becomes difficult when both a short and a long word have nearly identical meanings. Writing gurus habitually suggest that the shorter word is to be chosen.
Personally, I feel that there is no need to shun longer words altogether (except in business communications). If a sentence contains only short words, it may become monotonous. The use of middle and slightly longer words adds some lyrical cradle-swinging like beauty to sentences and make them more readable. In a business communication, time is crucial and business persons do not have time to read tongue-twisters. In literature, politics, science articles, I feel we can be less restrictive.
The original test can be seen at:. Click. Your answers need not necessarily agree with the key.
THE TEN THIRTEEN LETTER WORDS SELECTED FOR THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TEST
Acceptability
Accessibility
Ambidexterity
Ambiguousness
Ambisexuality
Ambitiousness
Amorphousness
Attentiveness
Audaciousness
Authoritative
501. Many Government Websites have their own accessibility policies, some of which may be rational and some not.
502. Authoritative parenting promotes adolescent school achievement and attendance. Title of a book by: Steinberg, Laurence; Elmen, Julie D.
503. Acts of valor and audaciousness do play an unquantifiable role in battle that can have profound effects on collective morale, resolve, and aggressiveness. [US Army War College Quarterly].
504. School lunches are used to encourage school enrollment, attendance, and to improve students' attentiveness-especially for those without breakfast at home [USAID Commodities Reference Guide].
505. The ambiguousness of the current guidelines of the Government on the testing of BT seeds helps manufacturers to be grossly negligent in producing seeds.
506. Ambisexuality prevails today in fashion design targeting particularly in dress designs.
507. Goal ambitiousness and goal mastery provide direction to human lives, but they build tensions and create depressions.
508. Linguistic ambidexterity is essential for field level managers to succeed in global marketing.
509. High performance Managers have capabilities to to foresee amorphousness and unpredictabilities of business environmental changes and overcome hurdles.
510. Could you please advise us on the acceptability of male circumcision as a tool for preventing HIV infection?
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