In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A person who brings goods illegally into the country.
Answer: D
It is a smuggler.
A smuggler brings goods in secretly to avoid duty or prohibition. An importer brings them in lawfully, and a fraud is a deceiver of any kind.
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To take secretly in small quantities.
Answer: B
It is pilferage.
To pilfer is to steal small amounts repeatedly, usually from one's employer. Theft and robbery are general terms, and defalcation is the misappropriation of money held in trust.
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To accustom oneself to foreign climate.
Answer: D
It is acclimatise.
To acclimatise is to become used to a new climate, and by extension to new conditions. Adapt is broader, adopt means to take up or take as one's own, and accustom needs oneself and to.
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One who knows everything.
Answer: D
It is omniscient.
Omniscient means all-knowing, from the Latin omnis and scire, to know. Omnipotent means all-powerful - the same prefix with a different root.
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A detailed plan of a journey.
Answer: D
It is an itinerary.
An itinerary is the detailed plan of a journey, from the Latin iter, a journey. A travelogue is an account of travels after the event, and a schedule is a timetable of any kind.
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Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin.
Answer: A
It is nepotism.
Nepotism is favouring one's relatives, from the Italian nipote, nephew - from the popes who advanced their nephews. Favouritism is partiality generally, without the family connection.
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A hater of learning and knowledge.
Answer: A
It is a misologist.
A misologist hates reasoning and learning, from the Greek misein, to hate, and logos. A misogynist hates women, a misanthropist hates mankind, and a bibliophile loves books.
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A person interested in reading books and nothing else.
Answer: C
It is a bookworm.
A bookworm reads constantly and cares for little else. The word first named the insect larva that eats through book bindings.
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A place where monks live as a secluded community.
Answer: D
It is a monastery.
A monastery houses monks. A convent houses nuns, a cathedral is a bishop's church, and a diocese is the district he governs.
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Incapable of being seen through.
Answer: B
It is opaque.
Opaque means not allowing light through, so nothing can be seen through it. Ductile means able to be drawn into wire, potable means drinkable, and obsolete means out of use.
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