- These tests are a check for your learning and your level with respect to the basic vocabulary skills
- Directions for individual questionsEach question has a meaning provided. Identify the word/phrase that relates most closely to given meaning
One Word Substitution: Test-11
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Question 1 |
Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter
Pun | |
Alliteration | |
Transferred epithet | |
Oxymoron |
Question 1 Explanation:
Alliteration is the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter.
Question 2 |
A specialist who tests eyesight
Optician | |
Ophthalmologist | |
Ichthyologist | |
Neurologist |
Question 2 Explanation:
Ophthalmologist is a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology. Opthalmology is the study of the eye.
Question 3 |
Bitter and violent attack in words
Diaspora | |
Diacriticism | |
Diadem | |
Diatribe |
Question 3 Explanation:
Diatribe is a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism.
Question 4 |
Of very bad morals; characterized by debasement or degeneration.
Desultory | |
Dilapidated | |
Depraved | |
Dilatory |
Question 4 Explanation:
Depraved means to be corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
Question 5 |
One who is given to pleasures of the flesh
terrestrial | |
epicurean | |
celestial | |
pedestrian |
Question 5 Explanation:
Epicurean is a person who’s fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.
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