Explanation/ Important formulas:
Instruction:
- The noun substitution refers to the act of replacing one thing with another.
- Your football coach might make a substitution by sending you onto the field to take over for a player who is tired or injured.
- Substitution comes from the Middle Frenchword of the same spelling, meaning “a putting in place of another.”
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One Word Substitution - Question & Answers
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Question 1
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To issue a thunderous verbal attack ?
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Languish
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Animate
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Fulminate
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Invigorate
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Question 1 Explanation:
Fulminate means expressing vehement protest.
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Question 2
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One who is honourably discharged from service ?
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Retired
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Emeritus
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Relieved
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Emancipated
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Question 2 Explanation:
Emeritus means (of the former holder of an office, especially a university professor) having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honour.
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Question 3
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Present opposing arguments or evidence ?
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Criticise
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Rebuff
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Reprimand
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Rebut
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Question 3 Explanation:
Rebut claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.
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Question 4
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The policy of extending a country's empire and influence ?
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Communism
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Internationalism
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Capitalism
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Imperialism
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Question 4 Explanation:
Imperialism means a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
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Question 5
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Of outstanding significance ?
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Monumental
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Rational
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Ominous
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Evident
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Question 5 Explanation:
Monumental means great in importance, extent, or size.
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Question 6
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Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence ?
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Statesmanship
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Formalism
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Hierarchy
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Protocol
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Question 6 Explanation:
Protocol means the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.
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Question 7
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A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth ?
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Geological
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Geo-synchronous
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Geo-centric
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Geo-stationary
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Question 7 Explanation:
Geo-stationary means (of an artificial satellite of the earth) moving in a circular geosynchronous orbit in the plane of the equator, so that it appears to be stationary in the sky above a fixed point on the surface.
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Question 8
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That which cannot be believed ?
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Incredible
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Incredulous
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Implausible
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Unreliable
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Question 8 Explanation:
Incredible means impossible to believe.
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Question 9
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Murder of a brother ?
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Patricide
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Regicide
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Homicide
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Fratricide
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Question 9 Explanation:
Fratricide means the killing of one's brother or sister.
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Question 10
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A voice loud enough to be heard ?
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Audible
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Applaudable
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Laudable
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Oral
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Question 10 Explanation:
Audible means able to be heard.
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Question 11
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The part of government which is concerned with making of rules ?
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Court
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Tribunal
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Bar
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Legislature
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Question 11 Explanation:
Legislature means the legislative body of a country or state.
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Question 12
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Something that relates to everyone in the world ?
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General
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Common
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Usual
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Universal
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Question 12 Explanation:
Universal means relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.
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Question 13
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To walk with slow or regular Steps is to ?
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Limp
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Stride
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Pace
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Advance
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Question 13 Explanation:
Pace means a single step taken when walking or running.
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Question 14
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A style full of words ?
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Verbose
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Pedantic
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Rhetorical
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Abundant
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Question 14 Explanation:
Verbose means using or expressed in more words than are needed.
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Question 15
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One who dabbles in fine arts for the love of it and not for monetary gains ?
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Connoisseur
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Amateur
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Professional
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Dilettante
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Question 15 Explanation:
Amateur done in an unskilful or inept way.
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Question 16
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A school boy who cuts classes frequently is a ?
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Defeatist
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Sycophant
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Truant
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Martinet
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Question 16 Explanation:
Truant means a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
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Question 17
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Ready to believe ?
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Credulous
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Credible
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Creditable
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Incredible
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Question 17 Explanation:
Credulous means having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
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Question 18
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Medical study of skin and its diseases ?
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Dermatology
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Endocrinology
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Gynealogy
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Orthopaedics
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Question 18 Explanation:
Dermatology means the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders.
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Question 19
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A dramatic performance ?
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Mask
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Mosque
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Masque
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Mascot
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Question 19 Explanation:
Masque means a form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players.
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Question 20
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One who does not marry, especially as a religious obligation ?
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Bachelor
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Celibate
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Vigin
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Recluse
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Question 20 Explanation:
Celibate means abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons.
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Question 21
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Pain reliever ?
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Anonymus
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Anodyne
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Anthropologist
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Antiquarian
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Question 21 Explanation:
Anodyne means not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull.
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Question 22
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One who says sorry (Sorrow) for his mistakes ?
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Apologist
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Aporhtegm
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Apostasy
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Apostate
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Question 22 Explanation:
Apologist means a person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial.
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Question 23
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One who make a scientific study of human antiquities ?
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Archipeloge
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Archeologist
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Archive
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Aristocracy
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Question 23 Explanation:
Archeologist means a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts.
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Question 24
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That which can be heard ?
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Audiometer
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Audiophone
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Audible
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Aurora Australis
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Question 24 Explanation:
Audible means an able to be heard.
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Question 25
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Mixed Language ?
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Barbarism
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Barometer
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Bellicose
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Bevy
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Question 25 Explanation:
Barbarism means absence of culture and civilization.
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Question 26
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Life of a person written by somebody ?
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Biologist
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Biota
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Black Box
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Biography
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Question 26 Explanation:
Biography means an account of someone's life written by someone else
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Question 27
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To obstain from buying or using ?
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Brettle
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Boycott
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Buccal
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Bureaucracy
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Question 27 Explanation:
Boycott means withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
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Question 28
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Emblem of medical profession and US army medical corps ?
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Caliber
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Caduceus
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Calorimeter
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Canon
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Question 28 Explanation:
Caduceus means an ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined round it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury.
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Question 29
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Describe the habits, merits and demerits of a man by seeing his skull carniologist ?
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Carniology
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Carnivore
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Carrion
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Catastrophe
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Question 29 Explanation:
Carniology means the scientific study of the shape and size of the skulls of different human races.
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Question 30
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It contains a series of lenses arranged to throw on screen an enlarged image of photography ?
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Clarify
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Circumlocution
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Cinematograph
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Coalesce
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Question 30 Explanation:
Cinematograph means the art of photography and camerawork in film-making.
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Question 31
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Me who is well versed in any subject a critical judge of any art particularly fine arts ?
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Contagious Disease
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Contemporary
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Continent
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Connisseur
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Question 31 Explanation:
Connisseur means an expert judge in matters of taste.
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Question 32
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Sudden collapse - general break-up - violent rush ?
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Debtor
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Debacle
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Decelerate
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Defendant
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Question 32 Explanation:
Debacle means a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
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Question 33
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A state of a person, who is asked to choose one of the two infavourable things ?
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Diminish
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Dilemna
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Diminuendo
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Dipsomania
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Question 33 Explanation:
Dilemna means a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.
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Question 34
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A place where one lives permanently ?
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Dorsal
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Dynamo
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Domicile
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Dissuade
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Question 34 Explanation:
Domicile means the country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with.
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Question 35
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One who possess the quantities of woman ?
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Egoeism
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Dynamo
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Effiminate
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Dissuade
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Question 35 Explanation:
Effiminate means having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.
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Question 36
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One who studies the science of the variatees of human race ?
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Enjoin
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Ephemeral
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Enthologist
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Epicentre
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Question 36 Explanation:
Enthologist means a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.
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Question 37
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One who studies derivations of words - history of linguistic change ?
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Etymologist
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Eulogy
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Euphimism
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Euphony
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Question 37 Explanation:
Etymologist means a chronological account of the birth and development of a particular word or element of a word, often delineating its spread from one language to another and its evolving changes in form and meaning.
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Question 38
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Animals of a given region or period ?
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Fealthy
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Fauna
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Fathometer
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Feduciary
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Question 38 Explanation:
Fauna means the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
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Question 39
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A huge mass of snow moving slowly down the valley and stopes ?
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Glacier
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Gnosticism
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Graminuiorous
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Geneology
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Question 39 Explanation:
Glacier means is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.
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Question 40
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One who studies the art of clock making ?
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Horticulture
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Hullabaloo
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Hydraulics
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Horologist
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Question 40 Explanation:
Horologist means Horology is the scientific study of time. Specifically, horology involves the measurement of time and the making of clocks. You need a small leap of imagination to see hour in horology, but if you do, you've pretty much nailed the meaning: it refers to the study of time and the art of making timepieces.
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