Questões UERJ sobre Vocabulário | Vocabulary

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UERJ 2019 - Inglês - Tempos Verbais | Verb Tenses, Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Had the Earth been flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide this information (l. 30-31)
In relation to the rest of the statement, the underlined fragment has the objective of:

A

formulating a hypothesis

B

supporting an opinion

C

implementing an idea

D

proving a point

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UERJ 2019 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

These and other flat-Earth assertions appear on the website of the FES, allegedly the world’s oldest official flat Earth organization, dating to the early 1800s. (l. 16-17)
In relation to the fragment above, the pieces of information introduced in the fifth paragraph (l. 18-20) serve the following purpose:

A

express doubt

B

sign agreement

C

provide an explanation

D

present a counter-argument

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UERJ 2018 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary

For example, unusually heavy rains may predispose regions to ebola outbreaks (ℓ. 18-19)

The fragment that contains an expression with the same function as the one underlined above is:

A

as scientists, activists and policy makers try to understand the possible implications (ℓ. 1-2)

B

While rising temperatures and sea levels are important to be considered, (ℓ. 2-3)

C

changing climate patterns can have vast implications for epidemic risk as well. (ℓ. 3-4)

D

These can spread illnesses such as zika, yellow fever and dengue (ℓ. 8-9)

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UERJ 2016 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms

I do not dispute the fact that the tourism industry brings in much needed revenue to the state (l. 25-26)
In the sentence above, the word that can replace dispute, without significant change of meaning, is:

A

accept

B

believe

C

question

D

compete

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UERJ 2011 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

In the third and fourth paragraphs, there are different sensory images, as in the fragment below:

I breathed in the delicious smell of the steam rising from the pot. (l. 17 )

In this fragment, the narrator makes use of the following type of imagery:

A

olfactory

B

gustatory

C

acoustic

D

tactile

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UERJ 2015 - Inglês - Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Vocabulário | Vocabulary

In the text, there are euphemisms to refer to Maya Angelou’s death.
The words used by the author that represent euphemisms are:

A

passing (l. 1) – departure (l. 29)

B

spirit (l. 7) – spectrum (l. 10)

C

heaven (l. 8) – relic (l. 17)

D

lifetime (l. 13) – existence (l. 18)

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UERJ 2014 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Sinônimos | Synonyms

It’s sort of a Catch-22, (l. 21)

The underlined idiomatic expression introduces the idea of:

A

solution.

B

certainty.

C

dilemma.

D

suspicion.

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UERJ 2008 - Inglês - Prefixos e sufixos | Prefixes and suffixes, Vocabulário | Vocabulary

Conversely, when today’s youth hold a demonstration in front of a parliament building or contest a particular aspect of an institution, their forms of protest lack influence to cause change (l. 10-13)

The notion expressed by the underlined word is that of:

A

reiteration

B

alternation

C

opposition

D

conformation

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UERJ 2013 - Inglês - Vocabulário | Vocabulary, Grau dos adjetivos | Adjective degrees, Adjetivos | Adjectives, Tradução | Translation

Words and expressions such as older (title), live longer (l. 4), longevity (l. 8), older person (l. 34) and the elderly (l. 36) belong to the same semantic field. The elderly is translated as:

A

antigos

B

idosos

C

obsoletos

D

longínquos

Questõesde UERJ sobre Vocabulário | Vocabulary

Had the Earth been flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide this information (l. 30-31) In relation to the rest of the statement, the underlined fragment has the objective of:

For example, unusually heavy rains may predispose regions to ebola outbreaks (ℓ. 18-19)The fragment that contains an expression with the same function as the one underlined above is:

I do not dispute the fact that the tourism industry brings in much needed revenue to the state (l. 25-26) In the sentence above, the word that can replace dispute, without significant change of meaning, is:

In the third and fourth paragraphs, there are different sensory images, as in the fragment below: I breathed in the delicious smell of the steam rising from the pot. (l. 17 )In this fragment, the narrator makes use of the following type of imagery:

In the text, there are euphemisms to refer to Maya Angelou’s death. The words used by the author that represent euphemisms are:

It’s sort of a Catch-22, (l. 21)The underlined idiomatic expression introduces the idea of:

Conversely, when today’s youth hold a demonstration in front of a parliament building or contest a particular aspect of an institution, their forms of protest lack influence to cause change (l. 10-13) The notion expressed by the underlined word is that of: