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A person with a beautiful handwriting.
A person with a beautiful handwriting.
a) calligrapher
b) choreographer
c) collier
d) cartographer
A
A person who creates maps.
a) calligrapher
b) choreographer
c) collier
d) cartographer
D
A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted.
a) heretic
b) malcontent
c) felon
d) surrogate
A
A substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office.
a) heretic
b) malcontent
c) felon
d) surrogate
D
A person who is always dissatisfied.
a) heretic
b) malcontent
c) felon
d) surrogate
B
A medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed with blisters which
cause itching and bleeding.
a) rheumatism
b) eczema
c) paralysis
d) leprosy
B
Loss of power to move in any or every part of the body.
a) rheumatism
b) eczema
c) paralysis
d) leprosy
C
A member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations.
a) barbarian
b) philistine
c) triology
d) trivet
A
An iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on.
a) barbarian
b) philistine
c) triology
d) trivet
D
A group of three related novels, plays, films.
a) barbarian
b) philistine
c) triology
d) trivet
C
One who does not care for literature or art.
a) barbarian
b) philistine
c) triology
d) trivet
B
A woman whose husband is dead.
a) spinster
b) wedlock
c) widow
d) sensual
C
An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.
a) spinster
b) wedlock
c) widow
d) sensual
A
An afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema.
a) matinee
b) alma matter
c) alumni
d) calvin
A
The school or college in which one has been educated.
a) matinee
b) alma matter
c) alumni
d) calvin
B
To treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect.
a) orthodox
b) bigot
c) fanatic
d) profane
D
A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or
political cause.
a) orthodox
b) bigot
c) fanatic
d) profane
C
Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion.
a) orthodox
b) bigot
c) fanatic
d) profane
A
To deprive a thing of its holy character.
a) blasphemy
b) desecrate
c) sacrilege
d) consecrate
B
A delicate branching pattern.
a) olegraph
b) mosaic
c) tracery
d) relief
C
A man with prejudiced views against religion.
a) orthodox
b) bigot
c) fanatic
d) profane
B
A person who is naive, innocent, or inexperienced in a particular context.
a) virgin
b) matron
c) midwife
d) prostitute
A
Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass or stone.
a) olegraph
b) mosaic
c) tracery
d) relief
B
A woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other
institution.
a) virgin
b) matron
c) midwife
d) prostitute
B
Woman trained to help other women in child birth.
a) virgin
b) matron
c) midwife
d) prostitute
C
A person who lends money at a very high rate of interest.
a) solvent
b) uxorious
c) usurer
d) shylock
C
A small building or room used to worship in a school, prison, hospital, or large private house.
a) mound
b) chapel
c) altar
d) archives
B
The quality of using more words than needed.
a) verbosity
b) loquacity
c) garrulousness
d) circumlocution
A
To talk much without coming to the point.
a) verbosity
b) loquacity
c) garrulousness
d) circumlocution
D
A raised place on which offerings to a God are made.
a) mound
b) chapel
c) altar
d) archives
C
A interval.
a) halt
b) sojourn
c) interlude
d) intercourse
C
A man who starves body for the good of soul.
a) monk
b) ascetic
c) saint
d) spiritualist
B
A short stay at a place.
a) halt
b) sojourn
c) interlude
d) intermission
B
A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience.
a) monk
b) ascetic
c) saint
d) spiritualist
A
A poem of fourteen lines.
a) malady
b) idyll
c) sonnet
d) charade
C
A short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident.
a) malady
b) idyll
c) sonnet
d) charade
B
A game in which players guess a word or phrase from a written or acted clue given for each
syllable.
a) malady
b) idyll
c) sonnet
d) charade
D
A person who is mentally ill.
a) spy
b) lunatic
c) eccentric
d) maniacal
B
Not conforming to ordinary rules of behaviour.
a) spy
b) lunatic
c) eccentric
d) maniacal
C
Affected with madness or characterized by ungovernable excitement or frenzy.
a) spy
b) lunatic
c) eccentric
d) maniacal
D
A person who reasons with clever but false arguments.
a) Nihilist
b) sophist
c) sadist
d) chaman
B
A thing that is helpful or beneficial.
a) fortune
b) windfall
c) boon
d) breakthrough
C
An unexpected shock of good luck.
a) fortune
b) windfall
c) boon
d) breakthrough
B
A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
a) fortune
b) windfall
c) boon
d) breakthrough
D
One who believed that nothing in the world has a real existence.
a) Nihilist
b) sophist
c) sadist
d) chaman
A
One who takes delight in excessive cruelty.
a) Nihilist
b) sophist
c) sadist
d) chaman
C
Having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and
prettiness.
a) feminine
b) feminist
c) effeminate
d) flamboyant
A
Lacking interest or excitement.
a) dull
b) obscure
c) dark
d) opaque
A
Something not clearly expressed.
a) dull
b) obscure
c) dark
d) opaque
B
Through which light can not pass.
a) dull
b) obscure
c) dark
d) opaque
D
A man having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.
a) feminine
b) feminist
c) effeminate
d) flamboyant
C
Intentional destruction of racial groups.
a) homicide
b) genocide
c) fratricide
d) regicide
B
One who is interested in welfare of women.
a) feminine
b) feminist
c) effeminate
d) flamboyant
B
The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
a) pathology
b) physiology
c) philology
d) anthropology
B
The branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for
diagnostic purposes.
a) pathology
b) physiology
c) philology
d) anthropology
A
The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships
of a language.
a) pathology
b) physiology
c) philology
d) anthropology
C
Study of mankind.
a) pathology
b) physiology
c) philology
d) anthropology
D
A complete list of items in a systematical order.
a) agenda
b) menu
c) biodata
d) catalogue
D
A list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant.
a) agenda
b) menu
c) biodata
d) catalogue
B
A short, well-known pithy saying, stating a general truth.
a) proverb
b) precept
c) truism
d) formula
A
A general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought.
a) proverb
b) precept
c) truism
d) formula
B
A method or procedure for achieving something.
a) proverb
b) precept
c) truism
d) formula
D
A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting.
a) proverb
b) precept
c) truism
d) formula
C
A religious song or poem of praise to God or a god.
a) ballad
b) elegy
c) sonnet
d) hymn
D
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
a) ballad
b) elegy
c) sonnet
d) hymn
B
A poem or song (romantic) narrating a story in short stanzas.
a) ballad
b) elegy
c) sonnet
d) hymn
A
Having unlimited power.
a) learned
b) omnipotent
c) omnipresent
d) omniscient
B
An avid or voracious reader.
bib·li·o·phile
a) bibliophobe
b) bibliophile
c) bibliographer
d) bibliophagist
D
A person who collects or has a great love of books.
A person who describes and lists books and other publications, with particular attention to such
characteristics as authorship, publication date, edition, typography, etc
a) bibliophobe
b) bibliophile
c) bibliographer
d) bibliophagist
C
Having a sharply strong taste or smell.
a) pungent
b) palatable
c) sensuous
d) edible
A
A thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book.
a) agendum
b) addendum
c) corrigendum
d) memorandum
C
A written message in business.
a) agendum
b) addendum
c) corringendum
d) memorandum
D
An item of additional material added at the end of a book.
a) agendum
b) addendum
c) corringendum
d) memorandum
b
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