The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own is

known as ____________?

A. Cuckold
B. Despotism
C. Plagiarism
D. Epicure

A person who talks in his/her sleep is known as ___________?

A. Bourgeois
B. Insomnist
C. ventriloquist
D. Somniloquist

secretly listening to a conversation is called ________?

A. Eavesdrop
B. Overhearing
C. Pigeonholing
D. Spying

A disease that is liable to be transmitted to people through the environment is known as

___________?

A. Contagious
B. Infectious
C. Fatal
D. Incurable

A disease spreading from one person or organism to another by contact is known as

________?

A. Contagious
B. Infectious
C. Unanimous
D. Fatal

Something that is hard but liable to break easily is known as _______?

A. Brittle
B. Flexible
C. Resilient
D. Supple

A person fluent in two languages is known as _________?

A. Bilingual
B. Bigot
C. Bigamy
D. Brittle

The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats is

known as _________?

A. Coercion
B. Conviction
C. Confession
D. Cajolement

A narrow piece of land connecting two large masses of land is known as _________?

A. Gulf
B. Isthmus
C. Peninsula
D. Continent

Government by a small group of all powerful persons is known as _________?

A. Dictatorship
B. Monarchy
C. Oligarchy
D. Anarchy

A person who helps another commit a crime is known as __________?

A. Accomplice
B. Amateur
C. Cuckold
D. Changeling

A sad poem usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead is known
as ________?

A. Elegy
B. Oad
C. Sestina
D. Epic
A long poem narrating achievements of a hero or legendary figures is known as
___________?

A. Epic
B. Elegy
C. Ode
D. Sestina
A form of written language for blind people is known as __________?
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A. Braille
B. Elysium
C. Epicure
D. Arson

A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison is known as ___________?

A. antidote
B. antitoxin
C. Adderall
D. A & B

One who eats everything indiscriminately is known as _________?

A. Albumen
B. Adept
C. Omnivorous
D. Amphibian

One who is present everywhere is known as ____________?

A. Omnipotent
B. Omniscient
C. Omnipresent
D. None of the above

Something which is incapable of being seen through is known as _____________?

A. Non-transparent
B. Blurred
C. Opaque
D. All of the above

Something which is capable of being seen through is known as _____________?

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A. Opaque
B. Coarse
C. Ambiguous
D. Transparent

One who is unable to pay debts owed is known as __________?

A. Foreclosed
B. Insolvent
C. Bankrupt
D. All of the above

A person who collects or has a great love of books is known as ________?

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A. Bibliophile
B. Pluviophile
C. Cosmopolitan
D. Changeling

Forcing someone to make payment for not revealing discreditable secrets is known as
______________?

A. Blackmail
B. Despotism
C. Assassin
D. Elysium

The offence of marrying someone while already married to another person is known as
_________?

A. Bigamy
B. Coupe
C. Bigot
C. Biped

A large enclosure for confining birds is known as _________?

A. Aviary
B. Columbary
C. Volary
D. All of the above

Items of business to be considered at a meeting is called __________?

A. Agenda
B. Bulletin
C. Elysium
D. Epicture

A. Tie
B. Draw
C. loss
D. toss

the killing of one’s mother called________?

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A. matricide
B. parricide
C. regicide
D. patricide

killing of a large group of people called_________?

A. filicide
B. fratricide
C. genocide
D. homicide

A community of people smaller than a village

A. hamlet
B. aviary
C. apiary
D. none of these

A person who is controlled by wife called

A. Henpeck
B. Connoisseur
C. Somnambulist
D. None of these

A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc. is called as __________?

A. Cellar
B. Sty

C. Pen
D. Lair
” Infallible ” refers to the one who is free from all _________?

A. cares & worries

B. cares & failures
C. mistakes & failures
D. Worries & troubles

action of killing King is called____________?

A. regicide
B. suicide
C. patricide
D. parricide

Fear of closed places:

A. Claustrophobia
B. Misogynist
C. Ambidextrous
D. Philanthropy

Having a tendency to break the law to do socially unacceptable things is?

A. delinquent
B. frank
C. juvenile
D. guilty

One who criticizes popular beliefs which he/she thinks is a mistake or unwise is?
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A. philistine
B. iconoclast
C. imposter
D. cannibal

Practice of employing spies in war is?

A. esplande
B. espadrille
C. estrangement
D. espionage

A broad road bordered with trees is?

A. boudoir
B. boulevard
C. avenue
D. façade

Detaining and confining someone is?

A. interruption
B. interrogation
C. internment
D. intermittent

One who offers his service without charging for it is?

A. philanderer
B. volunteer
C. mercenary
D. missionary

A place where a lot people go on holiday or vacation is?

A. casino
B. beach
C. resort
D. museum

The act of giving up sovereign power is?

A. relinquish
B. renounce
C. abdicate
D. resign

Violation of something holy or sacred is?

A. profanity
B. sedition
C. sacrilege
D. slander

Living at the same time is?

A. concurrent
B. contemporary
C. coincident
D. concomitant

Branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people is?

A. obstetrics
B. pediatrics
C. calisthenics
D. geriatrics

The time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married is?

A. snobbery
B. courtship
C. estrangement
D. polyphony

That never fails is?

A. irrelevant
B. infallible
C. indelible
D. inaudible

That which is out of place is?

A. anachronistic
B. obsolete
C. incongruous
D. archaic
An odd, a typical or eccentric trait is?

A. harangue
B. hyperbole
C. idiosyncrasy
D. elegy

A dogmatic person is?

A. nomadic
B. elite
C. zealot
D. swashbuckler

A cluster of house in village is?

A. fleet
B. hamlet
C. monument
D. constellation

A noisy and bombastic speech addressed to a large assembly is?

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A. rhetoric
B. cacophony
C. harangue
D. oration

Hard to understand is?

A. punctilious
B. obtuse
C. absurd
D. abstruse

The study of ancient writings is?

A. annals
B. paleographic
C. calligraphy
D. archeology

One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should
be a law unto himself is?

A. agnostic
B. Iconoc
C. belligerent
D. anarchist

Responsible according to law is?

A. eligible
B. legitimate
C. legalised
D. liable

Which is bound to be done is?

A. soliloquy
B. indispensable
C. sinecure
D. indelible

Matter written by hand is?

A. handwritten
B. manuscript
C. proof
D. amnesty

A statement that can have a double meaning is?

A. Verbose
B. Ambivalent
C. Epigraph
D. Ambiguous
Money paid to a man for his labour is?

A. sacrilege
B. rent
C. bunting
D. remuneration

A person who constantly thinks, he is sick is a?

A. hypochondriac
B. misogynist
C. misanthrope
D. hyperpitutiary

Anything written in a letter after it is signed is?

A. corrigendum
B. Manuscript
C. postscript
D. unmanageable

One who has obstinate and narrow religious views is ____________?

A. fanatic
B. theologian
C. bigot
D. egotist

Specialised in nose disease is?

A. rhinologist
B. philologist
C. endocrinologist
D. gerontologist

Animals who lives in herds are?

A. sociable
B. gregarious
C. carnivorous
D. social
An unexpected piece of good fortune is?

A. windfall
B. philanthrophy
C. benevolence
D. turnstile

An emolument over and above fixed income or salary is?

A. honorarium
B. sinecure
C. prerogative
D. perquisite

The doctor known as an eye-specialist is?

A. orthodontist
B. orthopedist
C. ophthalmologist
D. obstetrician

The practice of pretending to have feelings that one does not really have is?

A. treachery
B. villainy
C. hypocrisy
D. inundate

To run away with a lover is?

A. deceive
B. cheat
C. escape
D. elope

A system of government controlled by persons of high intellectual ability is?

A. oligarchy
B. democracy
C. meritocracy
D. theocracy

Young one of horse is?

A. piglet
B. lamb
C. calf
D. colt

One who does not follow the usual rules of social life is called ___________?

A. egoist
B. frank
C. bohemian
D. reveille

One who walks on ropes is called ______.

A. Aviator
B. Acrobat
C. Funambulist
D. Upholsterer

A person who wastes his money on luxury is__________?

A. Luxuriant
B. Luxurious
C. Extravagant
D. Stingy

A doctor who treats children is called __________.

A. Pedophile
B. Fatalist
C. Pediatrician
D. Pedagogue

A person who is unable to pay his debts is called ___________.

A. Borrower
B. Insolvent
C. Lender
D. Allen

Fear of heights is________?

A. Highphobia
B. Altophobia
C. Heliophobia
D. Acrophobia

An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers,
especially by a character in a play:

A. Sinecure
B. Soliloquy
C. Pessimist
D. Philanthropist

One who collects coins as hobby:

A. Philatelist
B. Ornithologist
C. Statistician
D. Numismatist

To examine one’s own thoughts and feelings:

A. Meditation
B. Retrospection
C. Reflection
D. Introspection

Use of force or threats to get someone to agree to something:

A. Coercion
B. Conviction
C. Confession
D. Cajolement

A disease that spreads over a large area:

A. Academic
B. Epidemic
C. Incorrigible
D. Invincible

That which can never be believed:

A. Irrevocable
B. Inevitable
C. Incredible
D. Irritable

One who able to use the right and left hands equally well:

A. Sinister
B. Ambidextrous
C. Ambivalent
D. Amateur

Government by rich:

A. Oligarchy
B. Aristocracy
C. Pantisocracy
D. Plutocracy

An independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute:

A. Arbiter
B. Mediator
C. Agent provocateur
D. Arbitrator

One who has good taste for food:

A. Gourmet
B. Curator
C. Parasite
D. Stoic
An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage:

A. Spinster
B. Artist
C. Bachelor
D. Misanthrope

A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has:

A. Crook
B. Apotheosis
C. Renegade
D. Charlatan

A pioneer of a reform movement:

A. Apostle
B. Apothecary
C. Apotheosis
D. Renegade

Custom of having many wives:

A. Misogamy
B. Bigamy
C. Polygamy
D. Monogamy

International destruction of racial groups:

A. Matricide
B. Regicide
C. Genocide
D. Homicide

A remedy for all diseases:

A. Narcotics
B. Antiseptic
C. Panacea
D. Lyric
A man who rarely speaks the truth:

A. Crook
B. Liar
C. Scoundrel
D. Hypocrite

A disease which spreads by contact:

A. Incurable
B. Infectious
C. Contagious
D. Fatal

A person who is indifferent to pains and pleasure of life:

A. Stoic
B. Sadist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Aristocrat

The murder of Brother:

A. Homicide
B. Regicide
C. Fratricide
D. Suicide

One who cannot easily pleased:

A. Cosmopolitan
B. Frightening
C. Fastidious
D. Feminist

A person who loves everybody:

A. Cosmopolitan
B. Fratricide
C. Altruist
D. Aristocrat
One who believes in the power of fate:

A. Fatalist
B. Optimist
C. Pessimist
D. Parsimonious

A sad song:

A. Ditty
B. Knell
C. Dirge
D. Lay

Story of old time gods or heroes is:

A. Lyric
B. Epic
C. Legend
D. Romance

A lady’s umbrella is:

A. Parasol
B. Granary
C. Epitaph
D. Aviary

Person who does not believe in the existence of God:

A. Theist
B. Heretic
C. Atheist
D. Fanatic

Commencement of words with the same letter:

A. Pun
B. Alliteration
C. Transferred epithet
D. Oxymoron

A hater of knowledge and learning:

A. Bibliophile
B. Philologist
C. Misogynist
D. Misologist

One who abandons his religious faith:

A. Apostate
B. Prostate
C. Profane
D. Agnostic

WOA person who renounces the world and practices self-discipline in order to attain
salvation:

A. Sceptic
B. Ascetic
C. Devotee
D. Antiquarian

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Majid Ali Larik
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