What does stroll mean?

[Tom]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Synonyms for walk", question 2

When they were younger, they used to ......... in the park with their kids every weekend.

(a) stagger
(b) stroll
(c) meander
(d) halt

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Synonyms for walk", answer 2

When they were younger, they used to stroll in the park with their kids every weekend.

Correct answer: (b) stroll
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what does stroll mean?

[Mister Micawber]

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Stroll = walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
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[RussianBear]

What about "to meander"? What's wrong with it? Doesn't it mean to walk about aimlessly?

"Some days, I meander in the park to watch the ducks..."
"You can amble and meander in the park and be almost blissfully unaware of city and signs of development..."

[Alan]

Hi RB,

'Meander' as you suggest, is to stroll in no particular direction. The word actually comes from the name of a Greek river that twists and turns as it takes a winding course through the land.

Alan
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[RussianBear]

[Alan]

Hi RB,

That's debatable. I don't think you would use 'meander' in that sense because 'they' are essentially taking their children for a walk. 'Meander' also has this underlying idea of confusion and lack of direction as if the person who meanders is not sure where they are going. In the test sentence the point is that 'they' are not going on a strenuous walk.

Hope that makes sense.

Alan
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[Samy]

Question Number 1 and 6 have a problem ….

[Mister Micawber]

And what would that problem be, Samy?
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[Beeesneees]

Hi Samy,

I can't see anything wrong with question 6, but you are right about question 1. When you select the right answer then check the score, the test indicates that you chose a completely different answer.
I also think that there is more than one correct option for question 7 (b and d)

EDIT; Sorry Mister M - I was exploring the questions when you posted your reply!
I don't seem to have access to this test. Do you?
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[Mister Micawber]

Yes, I was editing 6d from 'wandered' to 'strolled' to prevent 6d as a possible answer. As for #7, do you think 'pacing in the mountains' (7d) is a correct option? Is that a Briticism?

Can't do anything about the glitch in #1, sorry. Slava will have to deal with that one.
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[Beeesneees]

[Mister Micawber]

Aha! There are 2 tests with the same name. Someone already changed 'gadding' to 'goading', but 'goad' is not a verb of perambulation, so I have changed it again to:

7. They spent their first day as a married couple ..... about the streets of Venice as tourists.

(a) blundering
(b) slinking
(c) tottering
(d) wandering

I hope we've got it under control now. (I also fixed some spacing and other problems, so we might look at them again after the database update, just to be sure we haven't crossed wires.)
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[Beeesneees]

Thanks. I suspect that I just couldn't find it in the database last night.
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