Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The list of subjects to be discussed at a meeting

Correct — A. The phrase describes a list drawn up before a meeting, setting out the subjects that will be taken up in it.

Agenda is the word for exactly that document. It comes from Latin agendum, a thing to be done, and although the form is a plural in origin, English treats it as a singular noun → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

• (b)
  Menu — A menu is a list of dishes on offer at a meal. It matches the word list in the phrase and nothing else in it.
• (c)
  Minutes — Minutes are the written record of what was said and decided, made during or after the meeting, so they sit at the wrong end of it.
• (d)
  Objectives — Objectives are the aims a meeting hopes to achieve, not the ordered list of subjects it intends to discuss.

One-word substitution rewards a precise definition rather than a rough association. Every option here belongs to the vocabulary of meetings or lists, so the deciding features are when the document exists and what it holds.

An agenda is prepared before the meeting and lists what will be discussed. Minutes are written during or after it and record what actually happened.

The set is built so that a candidate who knows only that agenda is a meeting word still has to separate it from minutes.

Key facts

• An agenda lists the items to be discussed and is circulated before a meeting.
• Minutes are the official written record of a meeting, prepared during or after it.
• Agenda comes from the Latin agendum, a thing to be done, but takes a singular verb in English.

Common traps

• Choosing minutes because both words belong to meetings, without asking whether the record comes before or after.
• Seeing the word list in the phrase and jumping to menu.

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