- 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-14
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Question 1 |
Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning
scholar | |
pedant | |
pedagogue | |
literalist |
Question 1 Explanation:
The correct answer is option (b). Pedant refers to someone who is sort of schoolmaster, who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning; over emphasizing rules
Question 2 |
Calmness and indifference to suffering
stoicism | |
despair | |
agony | |
materialism |
Question 2 Explanation:
The correct answer is option (a). Stoicism is a systematic philosophy, that holds the principles of logical thought.
Question 3 |
With much liveliness and a sense of purpose
lousily | |
jocularly | |
zealously | |
jauntily |
Question 3 Explanation:
The correct answer is option (d). Jauntily refers to someone who is easy and sprightly in manner.
Question 4 |
To be known for bad acts
famous | |
notorious | |
criminal | |
terrorist |
Question 4 Explanation:
The correct answer is option (b). Notorious refers to something unfavorable that is widely known; something which is flagrant, outrageous or disreputable.
Question 5 |
To renounce a high position of authority or control
Abduct | |
Abandon | |
Abort | |
Abdicate |
Question 5 Explanation:
The correct answer is option (d). Abdicate refers to giving up a responsibility for e.g a throne, right, power, in a public or formal manner.
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