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July• 2018 | 143

IT PAYS TO INCREASE YOUR

Word Power

BRAIN POWER

BY EMILY COX & HENRY RATHVON

Number Crunching

We’recountingonyoutofigureouttheseusefulwords

about numbers amounts and measurements.

1.fourscoreadj.– A: 40.
B:4000.C:80.

2.tabulatev.–A:rankbyweight
and height. B: count or arrange
systematically. C: indent a column.

3.copiousadj.–A:plentiful.
B:scanty.C:carefullyreproduced.

4.wattn.–A:unitofpower.B:unit
ofenergy.C:unitofpressure.

5.aggregateadj.–A:increasing
exponentially. B: amounting to
awhole.C:leftoverasafraction.

6.googoln.–A:negativenumber.
B:valueofpi.
C:1followedby100noughts.

7.paucityn.–A:overabundance.
B:shortage.C:average.

8.myriadadj. – A: very heav y.

B: immeasurably small. C: countless.

9.troikan.–A:numberedwheel.

B:groupofthree.C:oldcalculator.

10.calibratev.–A:adjustaccording

toastandard.B:divide into equal

parts. C: gain heat.

11.manifoldadj.–A:numerousand

varied.B:dwindling.C:doubled.

12.quotan.–A:estimatedproit.

B: bottom line of a inancial

statement. C: preset percentage.

13.bracen.– A: pair.

B: trio. C: quartet.

14.reamn.–A:quantityof paper.

B: grouping of 12.

C: unit of dry volume.

15.cubedadj.–A:tripled.B:cutinto

thirds. C: multiplied by itself twice.