In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
One who cannot be corrected.
Answer: B
It is incorrigible.
Incorrigible means beyond correction, from the Latin corrigere. Incurable applies to a disease, hardened describes a settled attitude, and invulnerable means impossible to wound.
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To be the embodiment or perfect example of something.
Answer: C
It is personify.
To personify is to embody a quality in a person or thing - she personified patience. To signify is to mean, and to characterise is to describe the character of.
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A person not sure of the existence of God.
Answer: B
It is agnostic.
An agnostic holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable, from the Greek for not knowing. An atheist denies it outright and a theist affirms it; the agnostic does neither.
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A paper written by hand.
Answer: B
It is a manuscript.
Manuscript is from the Latin manu scriptus, written by hand, and now covers any author's copy submitted for publication. A thesis is a dissertation, whatever its means of production.
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The act of violating the sanctity of a church.
Answer: C
It is sacrilege.
Sacrilege is the violation of what is sacred, from the Latin for stealing sacred things. Blasphemy is irreverent speech, heresy is opinion against doctrine, and desecration is close but broader - sacrilege is the standard word for the offence against a church.
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Something that can be heard.
Answer: C
It is audible.
Audible means able to be heard, from the Latin audire. Auditory means relating to hearing, and an audition is a trial performance.
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A name adopted by an author in his writings.
Answer: B
It is a pseudonym.
A pseudonym is a false name, from the Greek pseudes, false, and onoma, name. A nickname is given by others rather than adopted, and nomenclature is a system of naming.
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The study of birds.
Answer: D
It is ornithology.
Ornithology is the study of birds, from the Greek ornis. Ophthalmology is the study of the eye, odontology of the teeth and orology of mountains.
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A place that provides refuge.
Answer: A
It is an asylum.
An asylum is a place of refuge, from the Greek for inviolable. A sanatorium is for the sick, an orphanage for children without parents, and a shelter is any covering.
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A child born after death of his Father
Answer: A
Posthumous means born afterb the death of Father and Orphanage means one whose both parents are dead an Bastard means one who is born from an illegal relationship of his parents and progenitor means a person who originates a culture and hene Posthumpus option A is correct.
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