1.The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen the
a. oldologism (old word) "omnishambles" as its Word Of The Year
b. neologism (neo word) "omnishambles" as its Word Of The Year
c. neologism (new word) "omnishambles" as its Neologism Of The Year
d. neologism (new word) "omnishambles" as its Word Of The Year
2....a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged
a. mismanaged comprehensively
b. completely managed
c. comprehensively mismanaged
d. managed comprehensively
3.characterized by a ______ of blunders and miscalculations
a. string
b. ripe
c. cotton
d. thread
4.a state of total disorder from...
a. possibly every angle
b. every possible angle
c. every angle possibility
d. angle possibly every
5.______ prominence earlier this year
a. roses too
b. two roses
c. rose to
d. to rose
6.the ______ financial collapse in Europe
a. threats of
b. threatening
c. threat of
d. threatened
7.The texting acronym "YOLO" – ______ - also made it onto the list.
a. youth owes life one
b. you only live online
c. youth owns life once
d. you only live once
8.It said the word first had to...
a. "understand the timed test".
b. "stand the testing time".
c. "stand the test of time".
d. "understand the test of time".
9.reflect the ethos of the year and its lasting potential as a..
a. word of cultural significance
b. word of political significance
c. world of cultural significance
d. word of significant culture
10.gif" – the format _______ of many images on the Internet
a. extensive
b. exhaustion
c. expansion
d. extension