WORDOLOGY EP.

1: INTELLIGENCE

WORDOLOGY: INTELLIGENCE

A. Supply the correct form of the word INTELLIGENCE in the following sentences.
1. Names of pharmacy drugs are usually so long and confusing that they are ______________ to others.
2. French ______________ were heavily involved in helping educate the poorer class in the Paris.
3. As a spy during the war, I was often involved in ______________, where we tried to stop the enemy
from discovering our secrets.
4. She said she did not ______________ music and let the violins just wash over her.
5. The computer provides all students, regardless of their ability to draw, access to the creative and
______________ challenging world of animation.

B. Circle the correct word or phrase.

1. Aptitude and intelligence / intellectual quotient are related, and in some ways opposite, views of
human mental ability.
2. Companies should protect their intelligence / intellectual property with patents and trademarks.
3. Don’t insult / offend my intelligence by making ridiculous excuses.
4. The Commissioner adds that gathering / fetching actionable intelligence on criminals and their
sponsors will continue to be the priority.
5. It is hard to compare intelligence across species, even from the same family, but people who study
coyotes seem to agree that they show a particularly acute / severe intelligence when it comes to
humans.

KEY
A.
1. unintelligible 2. intelligentsia 3. counterintelligence 4. intellectualise 5. intellectually

B.
1. intelligence 2. intellectual 3. insult 4. gathering 5. acute

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