In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
An opinion contrary to accepted doctrine.
Answer: D
It is heresy.
Heresy is opinion contrary to established doctrine, from the Greek hairesis, a choosing. A convention is an accepted practice and a controversy a public dispute.
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Someone appointed to hear both sides of a dispute and give a decision.
Answer: C
It is an arbitrator.
An arbitrator is appointed by the parties to hear both sides and give a decision that binds them. A magistrate holds judicial office generally, and a counsellor advises without deciding.
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A person who agrees to work for somebody in order to learn a skill.
Answer: C
It is an apprentice.
An apprentice is bound to serve an employer in return for being taught a trade, from the French apprendre, to learn. A lackey is a servile follower.
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To die without having made a will.
Answer: C
It is intestate.
To die intestate is to die without a valid will, from the Latin testamentum. Indigent means poor and inane means silly.
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To make pale by excluding light.
Answer: B
It is etiolate.
To etiolate is to make a plant pale and spindly by depriving it of light, from the French etioler. To percolate is to filter through and to foliate is to put out leaves.
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A gathering at a place of worship.
Answer: C
It is a congregation.
A congregation is an assembly gathered for worship, from the Latin for flocking together. An audience listens, spectators watch and a mob is disorderly.
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A place where birds are kept.
Answer: D
It is an aviary.
An aviary keeps birds, from the Latin avis. An apiary keeps bees and an aquarium fish.
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The art of working with metals.
Answer: A
It is metallurgy.
Metallurgy is the science and craft of metals, from the Greek metallon and ergon, work. A metalloid is an element with properties between metal and non-metal, and metaphysics is a branch of philosophy.
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One who compiles a dictionary.
Answer: C
It is a lexicographer.
A lexicographer compiles dictionaries, from the Greek lexikon. Johnson defined the word himself as a harmless drudge. A bibliographer lists books and a cartographer makes maps.
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Someone not fit to be chosen.
Answer: A
It is ineligible.
Ineligible means not qualified to be chosen, from the Latin eligere, to select. It is not illegible, which means impossible to read, nor negligible, which means too small to matter.
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