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able By monitoring the movement of the birds over four years, researchers were ________ to detect changes in flight patterns around two newly erected wind farm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19208400 reasonable | practical | able | willing In this question, able is an adjective that means having the necessary means or skill to do something. 1 once / 15 pages

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F BBC Migrating geese avoid wind farms able If you're able to juggle, you'll go far in life. To be able is to have the skill, knowledge, or permission to do something. Able is an adjective that describes the ability to do a particular thing, like your friend who's able to ride a motorcycle and your dog that's able to roll over on command. It can also mean very skilled or capable, as when you describe your sister as an able tap dancer. Able comes from the Latin word habilis, "easily handled or apt." The h is silent in Latin, which led to it being dropped from the English able. 0.066666667

Word	able
QType	F
Sentence	By monitoring the movement of the birds over four years, researchers were ________ to detect changes in flight patterns around two newly erected wind farm.
Source	BBC
Source URL	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19208400
Source Title	Migrating geese avoid wind farms
Choices	reasonable \| practical \| able \| willing
Correct Answer	able
Definition	In this question, able is an adjective that means having the necessary means or skill to do something.
Blurb	If you're able to juggle, you'll go far in life. To be able is to have the skill, knowledge, or permission to do something. Able is an adjective that describes the ability to do a particular thing, like your friend who's able to ride a motorcycle and your dog that's able to roll over on command. It can also mean very skilled or capable, as when you describe your sister as an able tap dancer. Able comes from the Latin word habilis, "easily handled or apt." The h is silent in Latin, which led to it being dropped from the English able.
Level	1
Frequency	0.066666667
Page Frequency	once / 15 pages

Wind Adjective Means F Monitoring Movement Birds Years