In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A schoolboy who cuts classes frequently.
Answer: C
It is a truant.
A truant stays away from school without leave. A martinet is a strict disciplinarian, a sycophant a flatterer and a defeatist one who expects failure.
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Ready to believe.
Answer: A
It is credulous.
Credulous describes a person too ready to believe. Credible describes a story that can be believed, and creditable means deserving praise - three words from the same Latin root, each applying to something different.
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Medical study of skin and its diseases.
Answer: A
It is dermatology.
Dermatology is the study of the skin, from the Greek derma. Endocrinology deals with the glands, gynaecology with women's health and orthopaedics with bones and joints.
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A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things.
Answer: A
It is a trickster.
A trickster deceives by claiming powers he has not. A magician performs tricks openly as entertainment, an impostor assumes a false identity, and a mountebank sells quack remedies from a platform.
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A dramatic performance.
Answer: C
It is a masque.
A masque was a courtly dramatic entertainment with music and dancing, popular in Tudor and Stuart England. A mask is worn on the face, and a mascot brings luck.
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One who does not marry especially as a religious obligation.
Answer: B
It is celibate.
Celibate means unmarried, especially by religious vow. A bachelor is merely an unmarried man, with no vow implied, and a recluse withdraws from society without any reference to marriage.
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That which is perceptible by touch.
Answer: D
It is tangible.
Tangible means able to be touched, from the Latin tangere. Contagious means spreading by contact, contingent means dependent on circumstances, and tenacious means holding fast.
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Very pleasing to eat.
Answer: B
It is palatable.
Palatable means pleasant to the taste, from palate. Appetising means stimulating the appetite before eating, tantalising means tempting without satisfying, and sumptuous describes lavishness rather than flavour.
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The part of government concerned with the making of laws.
Answer: D
It is the legislature.
The legislature makes the laws, from the Latin lex, legis. The court and the tribunal apply them, and the bar is the body of barristers.
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One who believes that all things and events in life are predetermined.
Answer: A
It is a fatalist.
A fatalist holds that events are fixed in advance and cannot be altered. A puritan is strict in morals, an egoist self-centred and a tyrant an oppressive ruler.
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