An emolument over and above fixed income or salary
Answer: C
It is a perquisite.
A perquisite - a perk - is a benefit over and above salary, from the Latin for thoroughly sought. An honorarium is a payment for services no fee was fixed for, and a sinecure is a post with pay and no duties.
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A principle or standard by which anything is judged
Answer: A
It is a criterion.
A criterion is a standard by which something is judged, from the Greek krites, a judge. Its plural is criteria. A postulate is something assumed for the sake of argument.
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A bicycle for two or more people
Answer: D
It is a tandem.
A tandem is a bicycle for two or more riders one behind another. The word is Latin for at length, applied jokingly to horses harnessed in single file.
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A brief or short stay at a place.
Answer: B
It is a sojourn.
A sojourn is a temporary stay, from the Old French for spending the day. A halt is a stop on a journey, and an interlude and an intermission are breaks in a performance.
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A building in which aircraft are housed.
Answer: C
It is a hangar.
A hangar houses aircraft, from the French for a shed. A hanger holds clothes, and the two are pronounced alike; a granary stores grain and a dockyard builds ships.
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A child born after the death of his father.
Answer: B
He is posthumous.
A posthumous child is born after its father's death, from the Latin postumus, last-born. An orphan has lost both parents, and a progenitor is an ancestor.
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A decorative ring of flowers and leaves.
Answer: D
It is a wreath.
A wreath is a ring of flowers and leaves. To wreathe is the verb, to writhe is to twist in pain and wrath is anger - four words close in sound and quite distinct.
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A disease which is spread by direct contact.
Answer: D
It is contagious.
A contagious disease spreads by direct contact, from the Latin contingere, to touch. An infectious one spreads through air or water without contact.
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