In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A roof with a double slope in which the upper part is less steep than the lower part.
Answer: D
It is a mansard.
A mansard roof has two slopes on each side, the lower steeper than the upper, allowing a full storey in the roof space. It is named after Francois Mansart, the French architect who popularised it.
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The fact of being difficult to see through.
Answer: A
It is opacity.
Opacity is the noun; opaque is the adjective. Transparency is its opposite, and imperviousness is resistance to being passed through by liquid rather than by light.
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An ancient document from which some or all of the original text has been removed and replaced by a new text.
Answer: B
It is a palimpsest.
A palimpsest is a manuscript from which the original writing has been scraped off and replaced, from the Greek for scraped again. Parchment and papyrus are writing materials.
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A block of stone on which a column or statue stands.
Answer: C
It is a plinth.
A plinth is the block at the base of a column or statue, from the Greek plinthos, a brick. A pedestal is the whole support, of which the plinth is the lowest part.
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A chemical process in which a solid is separated out from a liquid.
Answer: A
It is precipitation.
In chemistry precipitation is the forming of a solid out of a solution, from the Latin for throwing down headlong. Sleet, hail and drizzle are the meteorological sense of the same word.
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A friendly relationship in which people understand each other very well.
Answer: B
It is rapport.
Rapport is a relationship of mutual understanding, from the French rapporter, to bring back. A bond is an attachment and an affinity a natural liking.
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Showing lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions.
Answer: C
It is reckless.
Reckless means acting without regard to consequences, from the old verb to reck, to care. Rash is close but means hasty rather than heedless, and ruthless means without pity.
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Making you think of the thing mentioned.
Answer: D
It is redolent.
Redolent means strongly suggestive of something, and literally fragrant with it, from the Latin olere, to smell. Evocative and reminiscent are close, but redolent carries the sense of a lingering trace.
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A private room where somebody can go and not be disturbed.
Answer: B
It is a sanctum.
A sanctum is a private place where one is not disturbed, from the Latin for holy - originally the innermost part of a temple, the sanctum sanctorum. Sanctity is the quality of being holy, not a room.
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The place where a person lives permanently.
Answer: C
It is a domicile.
A domicile is a person's permanent home, from the Latin domus, a house. A resident is the person, not the place, and a native is one born there.
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