In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
To walk with slow, regular steps.
Answer: C
It is pace.
To pace is to walk with slow, measured steps. To stride is to walk with long ones, to limp is to walk unevenly, and to advance is merely to move forward.
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A style full of words.
Answer: A
It is verbose.
Verbose means using more words than are needed, from the Latin verbum. Pedantic parades learning, rhetorical uses the devices of oratory, and abundant describes quantity of any kind.
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The murder of a brother.
Answer: D
It is fratricide.
Fratricide is the killing of a brother, from the Latin frater. Patricide is the killing of one's father, regicide of a king and homicide of any human being.
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Having superior or intellectual interests and taste.
Answer: B
It is highbrow.
Highbrow describes intellectual and cultivated tastes, from the notion that a high forehead marks intelligence. Elite refers to social standing, sophisticated to worldliness, and fastidious to being hard to please.
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To cause troops to spread out in readiness for battle.
Answer: B
It is deploy.
To deploy troops is to spread them into battle formation, from the French deployer, to unfold. To disperse is to scatter, which is the opposite of a formation.
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A voice loud enough to be heard.
Answer: A
It is audible.
Audible means able to be heard. Laudable means deserving praise, applaudable means worth applauding, and oral means spoken rather than written.
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A light sailing boat built specifically for racing.
Answer: B
It is a yacht.
A yacht is a light sailing vessel built for racing or pleasure, from the Dutch jacht, a hunting ship. A dinghy is a small open boat, a canoe is paddled, and a frigate is a warship.
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One who is in charge of a museum.
Answer: A
It is a curator.
A curator has charge of a museum's collection, from the Latin curare, to care for. A warden guards, a caretaker maintains a building, and a supervisor oversees staff.
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A government by the nobles.
Answer: A
It is aristocracy.
Aristocracy is rule by the nobility, from the Greek aristos, best. Democracy is rule by the people, autocracy by one with absolute power, and bureaucracy by officials.
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One who is honourably discharged from service.
Answer: B
It is emeritus.
Emeritus is used of one who has retired with honour and keeps the title of the office - professor emeritus. It is Latin for having earned one's discharge by service.
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