Flashcards on Advanced English Vocabulary Glossary
Advanced English Vocabulary Glossary: Master Essential Terms
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English vocabulary — Usage & Examples
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Question: What does the noun 'idiosyncrasies' mean?
Answer: Peculiar behavioral habits, quirks, or unique structural characteristics specific to an individual, group, or system.
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Question: Give three common collocations with 'idiosyncrasies'.
Answer: Personal idiosyncrasies; cultural idiosyncrasies; behavioral idiosyncrasies.
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Question: What is the grammar and pluralization of 'idiosyncrasies'?
Answer: Plural countable noun.
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Question: Provide an example sentence using 'idiosyncrasies'.
Answer: As you get to know a teacher better, you learn to adapt to their personal idiosyncrasies.
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Question: What are the adjective and adverb forms in the word family of 'idiosyncrasies'?
Answer: Idiosyncratic (adj.), idiosyncratically (adv.).
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Question: What does the idiom 'in plain view' mean?
Answer: Clearly visible; in a position where something can be easily seen by anyone without being hidden or disguised.
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Question: Give two collocations for 'in plain view'.
Answer: Left in plain view; hidden in plain view; (also) stand in plain view.
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Question: What grammatical role does 'in plain view' serve?
Answer: A prepositional phrase acting adverbially or as a predicate adjective (synonymous with 'in plain sight').
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Question: Provide the example sentence given for 'in plain view'.
Answer: The documents were left in plain view on the kitchen counter for anyone to read.
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Question: What does the passive construction 'supplanted by' indicate?
Answer: To be replaced, superseded, or displaced by someone or something else, especially by force, evolution, or superior technology.