- Choose one word for: “one who is new to a skill”
- garrulous
- atheist
- cannibal
- novice
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Answer: (D) novice
“one who is new to a skill” = novice
- Choose one word for: “one who is fond of fighting”
- belligerent
- omniscient
- sceptic
- miser
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Answer: (A) belligerent
“one who is fond of fighting” = belligerent
- What does “omnipresent” mean?
- one who is easily deceived
- one who is present everywhere
- one who does not believe in God
- one who eats human flesh
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Answer: (B) one who is present everywhere
omnipresent = one who is present everywhere
- Choose one word for: “one who can do everything”
- miser
- scapegoat
- omnipotent
- sceptic
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Answer: (C) omnipotent
“one who can do everything” = omnipotent
- Choose one word for: “one who believes in God”
- cannibal
- gullible
- hermit
- theist
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Answer: (D) theist
“one who believes in God” = theist
- What does “stoic” mean?
- a person unmoved by both joy and sorrow
- one who loves wealth but spends little
- one who is blamed for others’ wrongs
- one who is present at a scene but not taking part
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Answer: (A) a person unmoved by both joy and sorrow
stoic = a person unmoved by both joy and sorrow
- Choose one word for: “a person who speaks two languages well”
- fresher
- bilingual
- gullible
- hermit
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Answer: (B) bilingual
“a person who speaks two languages well” = bilingual
- Choose one word for: “a person who passes himself off as someone else”
- spectator
- optimist
- impostor
- scapegoat
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Answer: (C) impostor
“a person who passes himself off as someone else” = impostor
- What does “deponent” mean?
- one who lives alone away from society
- one who has just begun a career
- one who is new to a skill
- one who gives written evidence in court
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Answer: (D) one who gives written evidence in court
deponent = one who gives written evidence in court
- Choose one word for: “one who works for no payment”
- volunteer
- spectator
- optimist
- belligerent
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Answer: (A) volunteer
“one who works for no payment” = volunteer
- Choose one word for: “the study of maps”
- sociology
- cartography
- ornithology
- geology
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Answer: (B) cartography
“the study of maps” = cartography
- Choose one word for: “the study of religion”
- astronomy
- anthropology
- theology
- psychology
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Answer: (C) theology
“the study of religion” = theology
- What does “entomology” mean?
- the study of the earth’s crust
- the study of society
- the study of animals
- the study of insects
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Answer: (D) the study of insects
entomology = the study of insects
- Choose one word for: “the study of ancient things”
- archaeology
- astronomy
- anthropology
- graphology
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Answer: (A) archaeology
“the study of ancient things” = archaeology
- Choose one word for: “the study of living things”
- ethnology
- biology
- sociology
- zoology
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Answer: (B) biology
“the study of living things” = biology
- What does “pathology” mean?
- the study of handwriting
- the study of fossils
- the study of diseases
- the study of man and culture
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Answer: (C) the study of diseases
pathology = the study of diseases
- Choose one word for: “the study of weather”
- zoology
- ethnology
- dermatology
- meteorology
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Answer: (D) meteorology
“the study of weather” = meteorology
- Choose one word for: “the study of plants”
- botany
- graphology
- palaeontology
- etymology
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Answer: (A) botany
“the study of plants” = botany
- What does “numismatics” mean?
- the study of birds
- the study of coins
- the study of the origin of a race
- the study of the skin
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Answer: (B) the study of coins
numismatics = the study of coins
- Choose one word for: “the study of sound”
- etymology
- psychology
- acoustics
- palaeontology
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Answer: (C) acoustics
“the study of sound” = acoustics
- Choose one word for: “government by the people”
- bureaucracy
- anarchy
- insolvent
- democracy
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Answer: (D) democracy
“government by the people” = democracy
- Choose one word for: “government by one person”
- autocracy
- monarchy
- immigrant
- archives
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Answer: (A) autocracy
“government by one person” = autocracy
- What does “oligarchy” mean?
- an official order to stop trade
- government by a few
- absence of government
- a person unable to pay debts
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Answer: (B) government by a few
oligarchy = government by a few
- Choose one word for: “government by priests”
- archives
- fratricide
- theocracy
- immigrant
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Answer: (C) theocracy
“government by priests” = theocracy
- Choose one word for: “succession of rulers from one family”
- insolvent
- embargo
- suicide
- dynasty
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Answer: (D) dynasty
“succession of rulers from one family” = dynasty
- What does “emigrant” mean?
- a person leaving his country to settle abroad
- place where public records are kept
- killing of a brother
- killing of mother
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Answer: (A) a person leaving his country to settle abroad
emigrant = a person leaving his country to settle abroad
- Choose one word for: “code of diplomatic etiquette”
- sanctuary
- protocol
- embargo
- suicide
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Answer: (B) protocol
“code of diplomatic etiquette” = protocol
- Choose one word for: “a vote of the whole people on one issue”
- matricide
- plutocracy
- referendum
- fratricide
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Answer: (C) referendum
“a vote of the whole people on one issue” = referendum
- What does “regicide” mean?
- killing of oneself
- a place where one is safe from arrest
- government by officials
- killing of a king
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Answer: (D) killing of a king
regicide = killing of a king
- Choose one word for: “killing of a child”
- infanticide
- matricide
- plutocracy
- monarchy
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Answer: (A) infanticide
“killing of a child” = infanticide
- Choose one word for: “fear of water”
- antiseptic
- hydrophobia
- claustrophobia
- diagnosis
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Answer: (B) hydrophobia
“fear of water” = hydrophobia
- Choose one word for: “fear of heights”
- autopsy
- amnesia
- acrophobia
- kleptomania
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Answer: (C) acrophobia
“fear of heights” = acrophobia
- What does “agoraphobia” mean?
- a strong urge to set fires
- a medicine that cures everything
- incapable of being cured
- fear of open spaces
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Answer: (D) fear of open spaces
agoraphobia = fear of open spaces
- Choose one word for: “fear of closed spaces”
- claustrophobia
- taciturnity
- antidote
- epidemic
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Answer: (A) claustrophobia
“fear of closed spaces” = claustrophobia
- Choose one word for: “a strong desire to steal”
- pandemic
- kleptomania
- diagnosis
- antiseptic
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Answer: (B) kleptomania
“a strong desire to steal” = kleptomania
- What does “pyromania” mean?
- loss of memory
- unable to sleep
- a strong urge to set fires
- medical study of a corpse to learn how death came
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Answer: (C) a strong urge to set fires
pyromania = a strong urge to set fires
- Choose one word for: “a habit of keeping silent”
- panacea
- incurable
- incorrigible
- taciturnity
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Answer: (D) taciturnity
“a habit of keeping silent” = taciturnity
- Choose one word for: “the process of finding the cause of a disease”
- diagnosis
- antidote
- epidemic
- hydrophobia
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Answer: (A) diagnosis
“the process of finding the cause of a disease” = diagnosis
- What does “autopsy” mean?
- fear of heights
- medical study of a corpse to learn how death came
- a substance that kills germs
- a disease found all over the world
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Answer: (B) medical study of a corpse to learn how death came
autopsy = medical study of a corpse to learn how death came
- Choose one word for: “a medicine that cures everything”
- insomnia
- agoraphobia
- panacea
- amnesia
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Answer: (C) panacea
“a medicine that cures everything” = panacea
- Choose one word for: “a big hall in which spectators are seated”
- aquarium
- mortuary
- greenhouse
- auditorium
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Answer: (D) auditorium
“a big hall in which spectators are seated” = auditorium
- Choose one word for: “a place where fish are kept”
- aquarium
- granary
- cellar
- gallery
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Answer: (A) aquarium
“a place where fish are kept” = aquarium
- What does “granary” mean?
- the original sample on which later copies are based
- a place for storing grain
- a house for the poor and sick
- a collection of maps
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Answer: (B) a place for storing grain
granary = a place for storing grain
- Choose one word for: “a house for the poor and sick”
- diary
- edible
- hospice
- anthology
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Answer: (C) hospice
“a house for the poor and sick” = hospice
- Choose one word for: “a collection of poems”
- agenda
- obsolete
- inevitable
- anthology
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Answer: (D) anthology
“a collection of poems” = anthology
- What does “agenda” mean?
- a list of items to be discussed
- tough tissue joining bones
- that which cannot be read
- that which cannot be seen
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Answer: (A) a list of items to be discussed
agenda = a list of items to be discussed
- Choose one word for: “tough tissue joining bones”
- invincible
- ligament
- feasible
- ambiguous
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Answer: (B) ligament
“tough tissue joining bones” = ligament
- Choose one word for: “something capable of being done”
- immortal
- auditorium
- feasible
- incredible
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Answer: (C) feasible
“something capable of being done” = feasible
- What does “incredible” mean?
- that which lasts only a moment
- that which can be easily broken
- a place where fish are kept
- that which cannot be believed
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Answer: (D) that which cannot be believed
incredible = that which cannot be believed
- Choose one word for: “that which lasts only a moment”
- momentary
- inaudible
- apiary
- granary
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Answer: (A) momentary
“that which lasts only a moment” = momentary
- Choose one word for: “to flee secretly with a sweetheart in order to marry”
- postpone
- elope
- commemorate
- blaspheme
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Answer: (B) elope
“to flee secretly with a sweetheart in order to marry” = elope
- Choose one word for: “to keep a great person in memory”
- retrench
- infiltrate
- commemorate
- depreciate
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Answer: (C) commemorate
“to keep a great person in memory” = commemorate
- What does “depreciate” mean?
- to cause to go away suddenly
- to rise suddenly in anger
- the policy of spreading one nation’s rule over others
- to diminish in value
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Answer: (D) to diminish in value
depreciate = to diminish in value
- Choose one word for: “to cause to go away suddenly”
- dispel
- simplify
- eulogy
- apostle
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Answer: (A) dispel
“to cause to go away suddenly” = dispel
- Choose one word for: “to make something clear and easy”
- nocturnal
- simplify
- abscond
- pacifism
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Answer: (B) simplify
“to make something clear and easy” = simplify
- What does “abscond” mean?
- a letter in verse
- the custom of a man having several wives
- to leave in a hurry and secretly
- the belief that all things are fixed by fate
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Answer: (C) to leave in a hurry and secretly
abscond = to leave in a hurry and secretly
- Choose one word for: “the belief that all things are fixed by fate”
- parable
- hallucination
- stoicism
- fatalism
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Answer: (D) fatalism
“the belief that all things are fixed by fate” = fatalism
- Choose one word for: “a story told to teach a moral”
- parable
- chronological
- monogamy
- abdicate
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Answer: (A) parable
“a story told to teach a moral” = parable
- What does “chronological” mean?
- to feel or express disapproval
- arrangement in order of time
- the custom of a woman having several husbands
- to flee secretly with a sweetheart in order to marry
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Answer: (B) arrangement in order of time
chronological = arrangement in order of time
- Choose one word for: “the custom of a woman having several husbands”
- commemorate
- blaspheme
- polyandry
- menacingly
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Answer: (C) polyandry
“the custom of a woman having several husbands” = polyandry
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