In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool.
Answer: C
It is dotage.
Dotage is the feebleness of mind that comes with great age, from the verb to dote. Senility is the physical and mental decline of age without the implication of foolishness, and superannuation is retirement on a pension.
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The study of ancient societies.
Answer: B
It is archaeology.
Archaeology studies past societies through their material remains. Anthropology studies humankind generally, ethnology compares peoples and cultures, and history works from written records.
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A person of good understanding, knowledge and reasoning power.
Answer: B
It is intellectual.
An intellectual is a person of developed reasoning power and learning. An expert knows one field deeply, a snob affects superiority, and a literate person can merely read and write.
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A person who insists on something.
Answer: B
It is stickler.
A stickler insists on a point, usually of rule or form - a stickler for punctuality. A disciplinarian enforces discipline on others, which is narrower.
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A style in which a writer makes display of his knowledge.
Answer: A
It is pedantic.
A pedantic style parades learning and insists on small points of scholarship. Verbose means using too many words, pompous means self-important, and ornate means heavily decorated.
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List of business and subjects to be considered at a meeting.
Answer: C
It is agenda.
An agenda is the list of items to be discussed at a meeting. The word is Latin for things to be done, a plural that English now treats as singular.
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To leave or remove from a place considered dangerous.
Answer: B
It is evacuate.
To evacuate is to remove people from a dangerous place. To evade and to avoid are to keep away from something, and to exterminate is to destroy.
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A prima facie case is such.
Answer: A
It means as it seems at first sight.
Prima facie is Latin for at first face. A prima facie case is one that appears sound on the evidence so far, and may still fail when the whole is heard.
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A person pretending to be something he is not.
Answer: D
It is impostor.
An impostor pretends to be someone he is not, usually to deceive. A liar tells untruths without necessarily assuming an identity, and a rogue is dishonest without pretending to be anyone else.
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A person who knows many languages.
Answer: A
It is polyglot.
A polyglot knows several languages, from the Greek for many tongues. Bilingual means two languages only; linguistic is an adjective, and a linguist studies language as a subject rather than speaking many.
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