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Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words or sentences:
(Zia Dogar)
1. One who believes in one God.
a) Agnostic b) Monotheist B
c) Devotee d) Secularist
2. One whose wife is dead.
a) Widower b) Widow A
c) Divorcee d) Celibate
3. A place good for the sick.
a) Resort b) Sanitorium A
c) Hospital d) Asylum
4. Government by one man.
a) Anarchy b) Monarchy B
c) Autocracy d) Democracy
5. One who walks in one’s sleep.
a) Dreamer b) Somnambulist B
c) Neomatic d) Ignorant
6. A person suffering from nervous breakdown.
a) Eccentric b) Neurotic B
c) Lunatic d) Mongrel
7. A book or paper written in hand.
a) Handwritten b) Manuscript B
c) Edition d) Draft
8. The practice of having more than one wife at a time.
a) Polygamy b) Monogamy A
c) Polyandry d) Digamy
9. One who abstains totally from alcoholic drinks.
a) Recluse b) Teetotaller B
c) Sceptic d) Stoic
10. A cluster of houses in a village.
a) Mohalla b) Hamlet B
c) Colony d) Sector
11. A place where money is coined.
a) Mint b) Press A
c) Treasury d) Bank
12. A professional rider in horse races.
a) Rider b) Horse courser C
c) Jockey d) Coach
13. The house of an Eskimo.
a) Hamlet b) Dowar C
c) Igloo d) Hut
14. One who collects postage stamps.
a) Philatelist b) Stamp collector A
c) Vendor d) Lexicographer
15. One who is an expert in judging art, music, etc.
a) Expert b) Connoisseur B
c) Musician d) Artist

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16. One who hates mankind.

a) Philanthropist b) Misanthrope B
c) Hater d) Rebel
17. The art of beautiful handwriting.
a) Paleography b) Calligraphy B
c) Draftsman d) Painter
18. The story of a man written by himself.
a) Biography b) Autobiography B
c) life history d) History
19. The history of a man written by others.
a) Biography b) Autobiography A
c) History d) Manuscript
20. The plants and vegetation of a certain region.
a) Fauna b) Flora A
c) Forest d) Vegetation
21. That which catches fire quickly.
a) Incombustible b) Inflammable B
c) Invincible d) Inaudible
22. That which cannot be heard.
a) Inaudible b) Audible A
c) Unheard d) Ineffaceable
23. Unable to pay one’s debt.
a) Beggar b) Insolvent B
c) Poor d) Borrower
24. Born of unmarried parents.
a) Legitimate b) Illegitimate B
c) Orphan d) Adopted
25. An instrument for measuring the force of the wind.
a) Manometer b) Micrometer D
c) Telescope d) Anemometer
26. A book containing information of all branches of knowledge.
a) Refresher b) Compendium C
c) Encyclopedia d) Ledger
27. A poem of mourning.
a) Elegy b) Sonnet A
c) Lyric d) Epic
28. A game in which no one wins.
a) Abandoned b) Drawn B
c) Postponed d) Obsolete
29. Too much official formality.
a) Delayed b) Officiousness D
c) Formality d) Red tapism
30. A speech made without preparation.
a) Prepared b) Debate C
c) Extempore d) Election
31. One who is hundred years old.
a) Octogenerarian b) Septagenarian C
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32. A person’s first speech.

a) Maiden b) Extempore A
c) Opener d) Preface
33. A decision on which all are agreed.
a) Anonymous b) Unanimous B
c) Obselete d) Confession
34. One for whom the whole world is one’s home.
a) Cosmopolitan b) Humanitarian A
c) International d) Tourist
35. A job without salary.
a) Free service b) Honorary B
c) Voluntary d) Amateur
36. A cure for all diseases.
a) Panacea b) Cure A
c) Antibiotic d) Remedy
37. One who knows many languages.
a) Linguist b) Polyglot B
c) Stylist d) Debator
38. A place where animals are kept.
a) Zoo b) Aviary A
c) Museum d) Sanitorium
39. That which can be carried.
a) Portable b) Edible A
c) Potable d) Bearable
40. A writer who steals ideas from others.
a) Plagiarist b) Copier A
c) Editor d) Translator
41. Examination of a dead body.
a) Postmortem b) Surgery A
c) Operation d) Tannin
42. A speech made to oneself.
a) Dialogue b) Speech C
c) Soliloquy d) Intercourse
43. A commonplace remark.
a) Platitude b) Remark A
c) Statement d) Epigram
44. Liable to catch fire easily.
a) Impregnable b) Incorrigible C
c) Inflammable d) Invincible
45. The study of birds.
a) Ornithology b) Philology A
c) Urology d) Geology
46. An insect with many legs is called.
a) Centipede b) Mammal A
c) Herbivorous d) Vertebrate
47. A disease which ends in death.
a) Fatal b) Cancer A
c) Life sucking d) Deadly

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48. Government in which all religions are honoured.

a) Fanatic b) Secular B
c) Catholic d) Progressive
49. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks.
a) Recluse b) Teetotaller B
c) Stoic d) Rustic
50. A word no longer in use.
a) Extant b) Obsolete B
c) Out-dated d) Nervous
51. A person who is more interested in himself rather than anything that is going on around him.
a) Introvert b) Extrovert A
c) Eccentric d) Prophet
52. A person who gets help or advice from a lawyer or any professional man.
a) Despot b) Barrister C
c) Client d) Party
53. A sneering person who always finds faults.
a) Cupid b) Kleptomaniac C
c) Cynic d) Crone
54. A place for keeping bees.
a) Aviary b) Apiary B
c) Cage d) Nest
55. A long journey, especially by sea.
a) Flight b) Voyage B
c) Odyssey d) Safari
56. A short walk for pleasure or exercise.
a) Stroll b) Gallop A
c) Jog d) Promenade
57. A place where government or public records are kept.
a) Attic b) Museum D
c) Cellar d) Archive
58. A person who kills somebody especially for political reasons.
a) Criminal b) Assassin B
c) Murderer d) Hangman
59. A person who opposes another.
a) Soldier b) Fighter C
c) Antagonist d) Prophet
60. A person carrying a message from one place to another.
a) Postman b) Messenger B
c) Peon d) Bearer
61. A person who does not want to see the realities of life and tries to escape.
a) Escapist b) Hovel A
c) Plunderer d) Scavenger
62. A person who is very selective, disgusted easily, and is hard to please.
a) Misanthrope b) Fastidious B
c) Selector d) Ambiguous
63. A person who can be cheated easily.
a) Credulous b) Faithful A
c) Client d) Egoist

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64. A plant or animal living on another.

a) Parasite b) Hydra A
c) Creeper d) Bush
65. A sweet music.
a) Lullaby b) Melody B
c) Folk song d) Duet
66. A place where everything is perfect.
a) Heaven b) Platoon D
c) Cosmos d) Utopia
67. A figure with more than four angles or sides.
a) Polygon b) Quadruped A
c) Centipede d) Tripod
68. An insect with many legs.
a) Biped b) Quadruped C
c) Centipede d) Tripod
69. An artificial pond or tank for keeping fish or aquatic plants.
a) Aquarium b) Reservoir A
c) Squad d) Pool
70. Decision that can not be taken back.
a) Irrevocable b) Rigid A
c) Order d) Brief
71. Fear of crowds.
a) Oclophobia b) Hydrophobia A
c) Xenophobia d) Whoopee
72. Physical features of an area.
a) Geography b) Sociology D
c) Contour d) Topography
73. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and conditions.
a) Parole b) Parley A
c) Pardon d) Acquit
74. Scientific study of fungi.
a) Mycology b) Botany A
c) Physiology d) Zoology
75. A thing kept in memory of a person.
a) Memento b) Epitaph A
c) Elegy d) Gift
76. Words inscribed on a tomb.
a) Epitaph b) Memento A
c) Lyric d) Honor
77. The place where clothes are washed.
a) Laundry b) Mortuary A
c) Kit d) Wardrobe
78. A funeral bell.
a) Knell b) Replica A
c) Windfall d) Call
79. A speech given at the opening of a ceremony.
a) Inaugural b) Prelude A
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80. A person who is pure an clean.

a) Immaculate b) Neat A
c) Clean d) Irrevocable
81. A person who has just started learning.
a) Novice b) Foreman D
c) Supervisor d) Apprentice
82. A person who is filled with excessive enthusiasm.
a) Extrovert b) Fanatic A
c) Fastidious d) Introvert
83. A person who is appointed by two parties to solve a dispute.
a) Judge b) Arbitrator B
c) Advocate d) Barrister
84. A person who wishes to throw over all establishments.
a) Anarchist b) Hooligan A
c) Criminal d) Rebel
85. A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others.
a) Highbrow b) Elite A
c) Aristocrat d) Intellectual
86. A person who is bad in spelling.
a) Cacographist b) Linguist A
c) Calligraphist d) Pedant
87. A person leaving his native country to settle in another.
a) Immigrant b) Emigrant B
c) Traveler d) Nomad
88. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.
a) Immigrant b) Emigrant A
c) Visitor d) Tourist
89. A person living in the same time as another.
a) Comrade b) Colleague C
c) Contemporary d) Pedant
90. A person who speaks for another.
a) Reporter b) Spokesman B
c) Alien d) Supporter
91. A person having the same name as another.
a) Namesake b) Absconder A
c) Colleague d) Nickname
92. A person working in the same place with another.
a) Colleague b) Contemporary A
c) Assistant d) Comrade
93. A person who is always dissatisfied.
a) Heresy b) Malcontent B
c) Felon d) Surrogate
94. A person who enters without any invitation.
a) Thief b) Burglar D
c) Vandal d) Intruder
95. A person who has beautiful handwriting.
a) Calligraphist b) Writer A
c) Artist d) Painter

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96. A person who is talkative.

a) Garrulous b) Speaker A
c) Orator d) Laxative
97. A person who is ready to believe things.
a) Credulous b) Faithful A
c) Client d) Egoist
98. One who cuts precious stones.
a) Lapidist b) Philatelist A
c) Oculist d) Drover
99. A number of ships.
a) Fleet b) Galaxy A
c) Constellation d) Group
100. Liable to catch fire easily.
a) Inflammable b) Edible A
c) Legible d) Fiery
(Students’ Inn)
101. One who always feels cheerful and sees positive aspects of things.
a) Egotist b) Optimist B
c) Pessimist d) Pedant
102. Hundreds of people stood in lines before the banks opened.
a) Bothersome b) Irritating D
c) Numismatist d) Queue
103. The animals were being driven to the local slaughterhouse.
a) Abattoir b) Aviary A
c) Drover d) Carnivore
104. They went off and hid themselves into a group of thick trees.
a) Shelter b) Forest D
c) Fugitive d) Grove
105. Students are also taught about people, their society and culture at the University.
a) Geology b) Anthropology B
c) Biology d) Physiology
106. The new star is shining brightly and more visible among its group.
a) Comet b) Galaxy C
c) Constellation d) Satellite
107. Galileo contributed his research in the studies of stars, planets and other natural objects in space.
a) Astronomer b) Astronaut A
c) Misogynist d) Mendicant
108. Eskimos spend much of their winter inside their snow houses.
a) Aviary b) Kennel D
c) Drey d) Igloo
109. Suggestions are under way for using special furnaces in chemical waste destruction.
a) Anvil b) Incinerator B
c) Hackneyed d) Gyroscope
110. A bunch of flowers was presented to the visiting Premier.
a) Reception b) Bouquet B
c) Detente d) Ceremony
111. US had to increase her battle ships.
a) Belligerent b) Warfare C
c) Fleet d) Vessel

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113. He was arrested and jailed for being assistant to the culprits.
a) Accomplice b) Accused A
c) Embezzlement d) Criminal
114. Newton was greatly applauded by the scientists of his age.
a) Contemporary b) Colleague A
c) Obscurant d) Itinerant
115. A man who hates marriage is welcomed into Bachelor’s Club.
a) Polyandrist b) Bigot C
c) Misogynist d) Widower
118. There had been chaos and agitation in the country between the period of these two reigns.
a) Gap b) Anachronism D
c) Stasis d) Interregnum
119. The plants and vegetation of a region is lightly different to the others.
a) Fauna b) Flora B
c) Landscape d) Climate
120. The country was on the brink of being unable to pay back debts.
a) Bankrupt b) Borrower A
c) Loanec d) Obliged
121. Police raided a house where gambling was practiced.
a) Hotel b) Casino B
c) Club d) Pub
123. The military troops were in full battle dress with leaves and branches stuck to their bodies.
a) Cover b) Pretence C
c) Camouflage d) Mast
124. I cleared off all my debts with the money paid to me for my premature retirement.
a) Golden handshake b) Gold mine A
c) Lion’s share d) Windfall
125. I was sure that he would bear a hand in my new enterprise.
a) Interfere b) Join C
c) Assist d) Rejoice
126. John is the only man in the company who has complete powers and authority.
a) Omnipresent b) Versatile D
c) Thepian d) Omnipotent
127. He handed me over a list of things to be discussed at a meeting.
a) Agenda b) Edition A
c) Manuscript d) Items
128. People are usually fed up with the unnecessary and delaying procedures of the offices.
a) Parole b) Routine work C
c) Red tapism d) Hyperbole
129. The government promulgated a new statute for all the foreigners.
a) Alien b) Citizen A
c) National d) Refugee
130. We bought some things to be kept in memory of that trip.
a) Souvenir b) Utopia A
c) Obsolete d) Elegy
131. Babies are given vaccine to make them free from a variety of infections.
a) Antidote b) Antiseptic D
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132. A crowed had gathered at the place where dead bodies were buried.
a) Mortuary b) Cemetery B
c) Morgue d) Yard
133. The doctor listened my heart beat with an equipment.
a) Stethoscope b) B. P. apparatus A
c) Microscope d) Cardiac
134. He attended his grandfather’s one hundred th birthday.
a) Octogenarian b) Contemporary C
c) Centenarian d) Jubliant
135. I admired her patience as she accepted all such difficulties without complaining.
a) Optimist b) Stasis D
c) Heretic d) Stoic
136. People, relying on others are just a burden on the society.
a) Parasite b) Teetotaler A
c) Novice d) Dependent
137. Her hobby is collecting postage stamps.
a) Stevedore b) Philatelist B
c) Orthopedist d) Antiquarian
138. His friend deals in precious stones and also capable of cutting it.
a) Sculptor b) Lapidist B
c) Synod d) Jeweller
139. Many countries of the world have governments of the people, by the people and for the people.
a) Democracy b) Bureaucracy A
c) Aristocracy d) Autonomy
140. Mountaineers are usually interested in the study of mountains.
a) Geology b) Physiology D
c) Philology d) Orology
141. In primitive societies, a few people would govern a country.
a) Oligarchy b) Interim A
c) Care taker governments d) Kingdom
142. People agreed to teach adults willingly without payment.
a) Mint b) Linguist C
c) Volunteer d) Versatile
143. The country’s coin department decided to issue the new coins next year.
a) Mint b) Treasury A
c) Finance d) State Bank
144. He always thinks that bad things are going to happen.
a) Optimistic b) Jockey D
c) Somniloquist d) Pessimistic
145. He was a cave dweller.
a) Anchorite b) Troglodyte B
c) Mendicant d) Misogynist
146. He is very knowledgeable in many different subjects.
a) Polymath b) Adonis A
c) Helot d) Epicure
147. He is between seventy and eighty years of age.
a) Octogenarian b) Sexagenarian C
c) Septuagenarian d) Centenarian

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148. She is a frenzied, excited woman.

a) Maenad b) Circe A
c) Amazon d) Hedonist
149. She is wood nymph.
a) Dryad b) Naiad A
c) Faun d) Fairy
150. He experiences the greatest delight in inflicting cruelty on others.
a) Flagellant b) Sadist B
c) Masochist d) Voluptuary
151. He has the lowest measurable intelligence, never progressing mentally beyond the age of two or
three.
B
a) Moron b) Idiot
c) Imbecile d) Dull
152. He attacks cherished traditions as shams.
a) Radical b) Iconoclast B
c) Agnostic d) Thespian
153. His patriotism is carried to a ridiculous extreme.
a) Demagogue b) Reactionary C
c) Chauvinist d) Patriotic
154. After punishment, he falls back into former criminal habits.
a) Recidivist b) Criminologist A
c) Mephisto d) Most wanted
155. He flatters rich or influential people.
a) Necromancer b) Sycophant B
c) Euphemism d) Hypocrite
156. He collects old coins.
a) Philatelist b) Numismatist B
c) Metallurgist d) Connoisseur
157. He hates women.
a) Misogamist b) Misogynist B
c) Misanthrope d) Polyandrist
158. He cannot restrain his morbid impulses to set fire.
a) Kleptomaniac b) Dipsomaniac C
c) Pyromaniac d) Euphemist
160. He has delusions of grandeur.
a) Neurasthenic b) Megalomaniac B
c) Schizophrenic d) Wrestler
161. She is a coarse, loud-mouthed, scolding woman.
a) Virago b) Nymphomaniac A
c) Feminist d) Philanthropist
162. He has a morbid fear of confined places.
a) Agoraphobia b) Amnesiac C
c) Claustrophobia d) Dryad
163. He practices extreme rigor and self-denial.
a) Esthete b) Ascetic B
c) Purist d) Epicure
164. He is choice and dainty about food.
a) Hedonist b) Voluptuary C
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165. He believes that there is no god but the combined forces and laws which are manifested in the
existing universe.
A
a) Pantheist b) Agnostic
c) Deist d) Theist
166. He is a student of pronunciation.
a) Arthoepist b) Purist A
c) Verbalist d) Vocalist
167. Morpheus is no friend of his.
a) Somnambulist b) Amnesiac C
c) Insomniac d) Dipsomaniac
168. He is an expert on birds.
a) Entomologist b) Ornithologist B
c) Apiarist d) Plagiarist
169. His life is dedicated to beauty.
a) Ascetic b) Esthete B
c) Voluptuary d) Anchorite
170. He is a mighty hunter.
a) Satyr b) Sybarite C
c) Nimrod d) Euphemist
171. He is a slave.
a) Helot b) Hedonist A
c) Tyro d) Sybarite
172. He is an actor.
a) Terpsichorean b) Thespian B
c) Choreographer d) Sycophant
173. He is a bee-keeper.
a) Ornithologist b) Apiarist B
c) Entomologist d) Genealogist
174. He is versed in the science of fossils.
a) Archaelogist b) Geologist C
c) Paleontologist d) Ethnologist
175. He is a business magnate.
a) Titan b) Tycoon B
c) Pharisee d) Goliath
176. He writes and speaks in an affected, over-elegant style.
a) Euphemist b) Phonetician D
c) Sycophant d) Euphuist
177. He teaches the rudiments of learning.
a) Abecedarian b) Pedagogue A
c) Pendant d) Mendicant
178. She writes from dictation.
a) Choreographer b) Graphologist D
c) Palintologist d) Amanuensis
179. He peddles fruits and vegetables from a pushcart.
a) Mendicant b) Costermonger B
c) Vintner d) Recidivist
180. He follows the arts as a pastime.
a) Artificer b) Connoisseur C
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181. He is a specialist in eye diseases.

a) Optometrist b) Oculist B
c) Optician d) Choreographer
182. He vilifies someone’s character.
a) Oblequist b) Panegyrist A
c) Eulogist d) Circa
183. He has the ability of perceiving things that are not readily discernible to other people.
a) Clairvoyant b) Seer A
c) Wizard d) Jingoist
184. He believes in terrorist resistance to all governments.
a) Reactionary b) Anarchist B
c) Communist d) Dissident
185. He is skilled in the art of the ballet.
a) Thespian b) Choreographer B
c) Terpsichorean d) Iconoclast
186. He is versed in the science that treats of the division of mankind into different races.
a) Ethnologist b) Anthropologist A
c) Genealogist d) Genetologist
187. He walks in his sleep.
a) Insomniac b) Amnesiac C
c) Somnambulist d) Anglomaniac
188. He has an exaggerated and flamboyant patriotism.
a) Dilettante b) Pedant C
c) Chauvinist d) Patriotic
189. He makes capital of social discontent in order to gain his own ends.
a) Demagogue b) Reactionary A
c) Fascist d) Capitalist
190. He treats mental diseases.
a) Chiropodist b) Obstetrician D
c) Osteopath d) Psychiatrist
191. It is cure for all diseases.
a) Panacea b) Immunity A
c) Vaccine d) Anesthesia
192. It is a place where dead bodies are kept.
a) Cemetery b) Morgue C
c) Mortuary d) Dungeon
193. It is the study of languages.
a) Linguistic b) Philology B
c) Oralogy d) Hackneyed
194. It is a thing which is kept in memory of an event.
a) Souvenir b) Token A
c) Masterpiece d) Sanctorium
195. It is an instrument for measuring gases.
a) Manometer b) Barometer A
c) Thermostat d) Kelvin’s scale
196. They are soldiers on horses.
a) Infantry b) Troops C
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197. It is an instrument for recording the revolutions of the earth.

a) Richter scale b) Gyroscope B
c) Sextant d) Barometer
198. It is a book or paper written by hand.
a) Agenda b) Manuscript B
c) Corrigendum d) Sketch
200. It is government by a few people.
a) Democracy b) Autonomy D
c) Aristocracy d) Oligarchy
(T. M. Dogar)
201. Abrogate.
a) To make void by an authoritative act b) To relinquish formally a sovereign power
A
c) To destroy completely d) To date as of a time prior to that of
execution
202. Alienate.
a) To happen simultaneously with an other event b) To free anything form germs D
c) To change one’s mind so often d) To turn friends into enemies
203. Aggravate.
a) To join as friend or partner b) To increase the gravity of an offence B
c) To date as of a time prior to that of execution d) To talk ill of a person in his absence
204. Aborigine.
a) Official representative of a state in foreign country
b) One who can use both hands with equal skill C
c) One of the earliest known inhabitants of a country
d) One who follows a pursuit without a professional purpose
205. Ambiguous.
a) One who is able to live both on land and in water b) Unclear B
c) Objects having life d) Deviation from the common rule
206. Antipathy.
a) Aversion to or dislike of anything or person b) A collection of hives for bee-keeping
A
c) One who forsakes his religion or principles d) A state when there is no law or supreme
power
207. Avaricious.
a) Something that can be heard b) State of being unmarried C
c) Greedy of gain d) Animals that eat flesh
208. Armistice.
a) A temporary suspension of hostilities b) Animals with two feet A
c) A substance which can be easily broken d) Going from bad to worse
209. Amnesia.
a) Deviation from general rule or method b) Loss of memory due to brain injury B
c) Talking disrespectfully of sacred things d) A place where wine is manufactured
210. Ascetic.
a) Information considered to be reliable b) A substance that can be assumed by fire
D
c) That which can be understood
d) A person who starves the body for the good of the soul
211. Adolescent.
a) Voluntary fee for professional services b) Growing from childhood to maturity B
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212. Ambidextrous.
a) One who can use both hands with equal skill b) Objects having no life A
c) Person in disguise d) A person who does not get tired
213. Antidote.
a) Anything that destroys the effect of poison b) Words opposite in meaning to each other A
c) One who talks or chatter too much d) Difficulties which cannot be over come
214. Apathy.
a) One who is difficult to please b) Confusion of mind
C
c) Indifference to what appeals to feelings or interest
d) An exaggerated statement
215. Apiary.
a) The killing of one human being by another
D
b) One who is critical beyond measure or reason
c) That which is not subject to change d) A collection of hives for bee-keeping
216. Aviary
a) An assembly of hearers b) Of very little worth C
c) A place for keeping birds confined d) An oft repeated truth
217. Anomalous.
a) That which results in death b) Deviating from a general rule or method B
c) Inscription on a grave d) Science of word and their origin
218. Antipodes.
a) The part of the globe diametrically opposite b) A remedy for all diseases
A
c) Collection of fictitious stories involving supernatural beings
d) Affected with a functional nervous disorder
219. Alimony.
a) A citizen of a foreign state b) That which cannot be calculated
c) An allowance made by a man to a woman pending or after her divorce a legal separation from C
him
d) A person who has no regard for other’s feelings
220. Abortive.
a) Ineffected and unsuccessful effort b) Making increase in speed A
c) One who does not believe in God d) A child not born of a lawful marriage
221. Bellicose.
a) A vote which decides issues in hand b) A tyrant or an absolute ruler C
c) Inclined to contending, fighting, etc. d) One given to undue self-importance
222. Blond.
a) A man having fair complexion and hair b) Holder of correct and accepted opinions A
c) One who lives on other’s expense d) One desiring quick fundamental reforms
223. Brunette.
a) In a state of inaction b) One having dark hair and skin B
c) Half sphere of the earth d) That which cannot be avoided
224. Belligerents.
a) Nations engaged in war b) Insensitive and indifferent A
c) That which ends in the victory or defeat of no one d) A very effective life-giving remedy
225. Bibliophile.
a) Science of life b) That which exists between different nation C
c) A lover of books d) Not concerned with the topic in hand
226. Blasphemy.
a) Talking disrespectfully of sacred things b) Government of high ranking officials
A
c) Artful management in getting advantage without arousing enmity
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227. Brittle.
a) To debase a sacred place b) A substance which can be easily broken B
c) Fit to be eaten as food d) To work out the plan in all its details
228. Blonde.
a) A woman having light golden skin and hair b) A man having fair complexion and hair A
c) Broad-mined liberal d) To lower the value of
229. Biennial.
a) Coming twice a year b) In two languages D
c) An unmarried person d) Occurring after two years
230. Bigot.
a) To throw light on something difficult b) Extermination of a race D
c) A store-house of grain d) One intolerantly devoted to one’s belief
231. Callous.
a) Insensitive and indifferent b) Want of rain
A
c) A tyrant or an absolute ruler d) A speaker who wants to gain political
influence
232. Calumniate.
a) To cast a slender on a person b) To join as a friend or partner A
c) To make void by an authoritative act d) To increase the value of
233. Cannibal.
a) One intolerantly devoted to one’s belief b) One who eats human flesh B
c) One who practices magical acts d) One given to undue self-importance
234. Circumlocution.
a) Use of many words to express that might be expressed by few or one
b) A person who controls a large amount of wealth used in business A
c) A person having refined taste
d) A man who is always prepared to find fault with others
235. Claustrophobia.
a) The scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities
b) Morbid dread of closed spaces B
c) One of the earliest known inhabitants of a country
d) A government by a small privileged class
236. Coerce.
a) To increase the gravity of an offence b) To cast a slender on a person D
c) To debase a sacred place d) To compel a person to do a thing by force
237. Congenital.
a) A person working with someone in the same office
B
b) A disease inherited from birth
c) A person acting as deputy d) In a state of inaction
238. Connoisseur.
a) A vain and flirtatious woman b) Having the power to produce desired effect D
c) A very effective life-giving remedy d) A person having refined taste
240. Convalescent.
a) Person gradually recovering from illness b) A substance that can be consumed by fire A
c) That which can be believed d) That which can be understood
241. Coquette.
a) To talk ill of a person in his absence b) A vain and flirtatious woman B
c) One who tells about private concerns of others d) A temporary suspension of hostilities
242. Cosmopolitan.
a) Without local, national attachments or prejudice b) Medicine tending to loosen the bowels A
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243. Culpable.
a) Deserving censure or blame b) Morbid dread of closed spaces A
c) Something open to objection d) One desiring quick fundamental reforms
244. Demagogue.
a) Going down from bad to worse b) A speaker who wants to gain political
B
influence
c) Anything that destroys germs d) Without previous study
245. Despot.
a) A person acting as a deputy b) A store-house of grain C
c) An absolute ruler d) A formal accusation against a person
246. Dormant.
a) A person who cannot be easily approached b) One who is incapable of being corrected C
c) A sate of inaction d) A fleet of small vessels
247. Dotage.
a) Going from bad to worse b) What cannot be heard D
c) No expert d) Excessive fondness, especially, in old age
248. Drought.
a) Want of rain, especially, for a long time b) A strict disciplinarian A
c) Worthy to be remembered d) To detract from the importance of an event
249. Eccentric.
a) Irrational person b) Inclined to believe on slight evidence A
c) Expressing disapproval of d) Pertaining to body
250. Efficalious.
a) Having the power to produce desired effect b) One who talks too much A
c) A child brought up by on who is not his parents d) Using expressive motion for limbs
251. Egoist.
a) Given to over-eating b) One given to undue self-importance B
c) That which cannot be defended d) Liable to catch fire easily
252. Ennui.
a) A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction b) To lay stress on A
c) A book containing every kind of information d) Practice of spying
253. Epicurean.
a) To unearth by digging
B
b) One who believes that pleasure is the end of all morality
c) That can be explained d) Taking out a man from some difficulty
254. Espionage.
a) Practice of spying b) Science about insects A
c) A disease affecting a large number of people d) Inscription on a grave
255. Etymology.
a) A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction b) Science of words and their origin B
c) Practice of magical arts d) Adjacent and adjoining physically
256. Excruciating.
a) The pain that is tormenting or acute b) That can be explained A
c) One who talks too much d) One who advocates the cause of women
257. Excavate.
a) To root out an evil b) To be reserved in speech D
c) To change one’s mind too often d) To unearth by digging
258. Expurgate.
a) To excite a person to commit a crime b) To detract form the importance of an event C
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259. Fanatic.
a) A person affected by excessive enthusiasm
A
b) One who believes that pleasure is the end of all morality
c) One who is difficult to please d) Person in disguise
260. Fratricide.
a) Murder of one’s father b) Murder of one’s brother B
c) Murder of one’s sister d) Murder of one’s mother
261. Flotilla.
a) That which results in death b) Objects having no life C
c) A fleet of small vessels d) Strong enough to resist attack
262. Fastidious.
a) A scheme that cannot be put into practice b) One who is difficult to please B
c) Liable to catch fire easily d) That which cannot be satisfied
263. Garrulous.
a) One who is incapable of being corrected b) A person not to be moved by request D
c) One who attacks cherished beliefs as shams d) One who talks much
264. Genocide.
a) Killing of the king b) Extermination of a race B
c) A place for practice in gymnastics d) One who feeds o herbs
265. Gesticulate.
a) What can be heard b) A person who cannot be easily approached C
c) To use expressive motion for limbs d) A person influenced by position
266. Glutton.
a) Given to over-eating b) One who cannot be elected according to
A
law
c) A style which cannot be imitated d) That which cannot be counted
267. Gratis.
a) A store-house of grain b) Without payment of recompense B
c) That which cannot be avoided d) A person who cannot make a mistake
269. Gregarious.
a) Living in flocks, fond of company b) That which kills insects and pests A
c) That which cannot be solved d) A strict disciplinarian
270. Heretic.
a) Animals which suckle their young ones
B
b) Holder of unconventional religious opinions which are rejected by the majority
c) A speech made for the first time d) One who travels on foot
271. Hermaphrodite.
a) Living being combining characters of both the sexes
A
b) A unit of different units and organizations
c) A formal accusation or charge d) Morning show or films and theatrical plays
272. Homicide.
a) Killing of insects b) Killing one human being by another B
c) To make enquiries d) One who travels from place to place
273. Hyperbole.
a) An exaggerated statement b) Voluntary fee for professional services A
c) That which exists between different nations d) One who is unable to pay one’s debt
274. Hypocrite.
a) That which cannot be defended
b) A person who is deprived of protection of law C
c) One who has double standards and Professes outward virtue
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275. Illegible.
a) An immoral activity prohibited by law
D
b) One who cannot be elected according to law
c) A strict disciplinarian d) A writing which cannot be accurately read
276. Inevitable.
a) That which cannot be defended b) That which cannot be avoided B
c) Incapable of being cured d) A style which cannot be imitated
277. Invulnerable.
a) That which cannot be hurt or wounded b) One who talks or chatter too much A
c) One who hates mankind d) One desiring quick fundamental reforms
278. Incognito.
a) Person in disguise b) One who is critical beyond measure
A
c) One who looks too much on the dark side of things
d) Office of profit without any duties
279. Incorrigible.
a) One who revolts against the established order b) One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure D
c) A speech made for the first time d) One who is incapable of being corrected
280. Intestate.
a) A person who dies without making his will
b) Open minded, favourable to democratic reforms A
c) A line of persons waiting
d) A person having doubts about religion or other matter
281. Iconoclast.
a) A breaker of images also who attacks cherished beliefs as shams
A
b) Going from bad to worse
c) A man who is too much hied of a woman d) A vain and flirtatious woman
282. Indelible.
a) Confusion of mind b) That which cannot be removed or washed
B
away
c) A scheme that cannot be put into practice d) Strong enough to resist attack
283. Illicit.
a) An immoral activity prohibited by law b) A person lacking knowledge
A
c) A writing which cannot be accurately read
d) Things or ideas containing elements of the same nature
284. Incredible.
a) To root out an evil b) Morbid dread of closed spaces C
c) Anything too improbable to admit of belief d) Given to over-eating
285. Immutable.
a) Liable to catch fire easily b) Incapable of being explained D
c) To be reserved in speech d) That which is not subject to change
286. Imposter.
a) To preserve from extinction b) One who is antagonistic to artists D
c) A leader of undesirable person d) One who assumes a false character
287. Impregnable.
a) Liable to attack or injury b) Strong enough to resist attack B
c) Something that can be seen d) Something useful for health
288. Indefatigable.
a) A person who does not get tired b) That which has no equal
A
c) Excessively fond of one’s life
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289. Indictment.
a) Confusion of mind
C
b) A disease affecting a large number of people
c) A formal accusation or charge against a person d) Inscription on a grave
290. Inexorable.
a) A person not to be moved by request b) A person who cannot make a mistake A
c) That which cannot be counted d) that which is not subject to change
291. Infallible.
a) Incapable of being explained b) Ineffectual and unsuccessful effort D
c) Happening at the same time d) A person who cannot make a mistake
292. Instigate.
a) To excite a person to commit a crime b) A person who dies without making his will A
c) No to be blamed or censored d) To run to risk of losing one’s life
293. Intimidate.
a) To detract from the importance of an event
B
b) To frighten a person with the purpose of getting something out of him
c) To be reserved in speech d) To change one’s mind so often
294. Irrevocable.
a) Incapable of being altered b) Easily made angry A
c) A speech which cannot be understood d) Of very little worth
295. Jeopardize.
a) Rule of the mob b) To run to risk of losing one’s life B
c) Undue favour to relatives d) A remedy for all disease
296. Juvenile.
a) Pertaining to youth b) Staunch adherent of a party or cause A
c) Too much official formality d) Something useful for health
297. Juxtaposition.
a) Hatred of logic and reason b) A person with a bad reputation
D
c) Eighty years old person
d) Term used in literacy criticism for comparison and contrast
298. Laxative.
a) Medicine tending to loosen the bowels b) A strict disciplinarian A
c) Incapable of being seen d) Something dull and uninteresting
299. Lay-man
a) An expert scholar of language b) Easily made angry D
c) Not reflecting d) Not expert
300. Linguist.
a) The law-making body of a state b) Person in disguise D
c) An exaggerated statement d) An expert scholar of language
301. Loquacious.
a) Worthy to be remembered b) One who talks or chatters too much B
c) A movement which cannot be suppressed d) A leader of undesirable person
302. Magnate.
a) A person influenced by wealth or position b) A soldier serving in a foreign army A
c) State of being married d) One who travels from place to place
303. Martiner.
a) A strict disciplinarian b) Murder of one’s own mother
A
c) Feeding on everything d) A community in which all are equal and all
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304. Matin.
a) Not expert b) Morning prayer in a church B
c) A dumb show d) A rise and fall in the waves
305. Matinee.
a) Immature works produced in author’s youth b) A lady’s umbrella D
c) Having eight sides d) Morning show or films and theatrical plays
306. Matricide.
a) A speech made for the first time b) Murderer of one’s own mother B
c) Animals which suckle their young ones d) Not concerned with the topic in hand
307. Mercenary.
a) A soldier serving in a foreign army b) One who is antagonistic to artists A
c) A person who is deprived of protection of law d) A place where dead bodies are kept
308. Metamorphosis.
a) That which is found everywhere b) One who spends money lavishly C
c) A striking alteration in appearance d) The cloth that is capable to keep water out
309. Misanthrope.
a) Disorderly crowd gathered for mischief b) Holder of correct and accepted opinions D
c) Notice of somebody’s death in a newspaper d) One who hates mankind
310. Misogynist.
a) One who is a hater of womankind b) One who is hater of mankind
A
c) One who has keen desire for sexual intercourse d) One who has no desire for sexual
intercourse
311. Misology.
a) Liability to attack b) Of one’s free will
C
c) Hatred of logic and reasons d) Irrational hatred or fear of strangers or
foreigners
312. Mob.
a) Disorderly crowd gathered for mischief b) Not expert
A
c) Incapable of being overcome
d) An optical instrument by means of which continually changing forms can be seen
313. Monologue.
a) Indifferent and insensitive b) Greedy of gain D
c) A room or building used for lectures, etc. d) Audible talk be a person either to himself
314. Nepotism.
a) Belief in nature b) Undue favour to relatives
B
c) Too much official formality d) Institution for the treatment of invalid
persons
315. Neurotic.
a) Affected with a functional nervous disorder
b) A student who is absent from the class without permission A
c) A person sharing responsibilities for a political party’s discipline
d) Liable to attack
316. Obituary.
a) A loss which cannot be repaired b) Notice of somebody’s death in newspaper B
c) Not to be blamed d) An exaggerated statement
317. Obsolete
a) A word which is no longer in use b) A person influenced by position A
c) Medicine tending to loosen the bowels d) Incapable of being seen
318. Omnipotent.
a) One who is all-powerful b) One who is present everywhere A
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319. Omniscient.
a) One who is all-powerful b) One who is present everywhere C
c) One who is all-knowing d) One who eats everything
320. Optimist.
a) One who is disposed to take a bright, hopeful view of things
b) Holder of correct and accepted opinions A
c) A person who is deprived of protection of law
d) One who is disposed to take a dark, hopeless view of things
321. Pacifist.
a) One who advocates settlement of international disputes by arbitration
A
b) A person with a good reputation
c) A person who dies without making his will d) Easily made angry
322. Parasol.
a) Something dull and uninteresting b) Story of old time gods and heroes D
c) A movement which cannot be suppressed d) A lady’s umbrella
323. Panacea.
a) Science of curing the deformities b) A remedy for all diseases B
c) A place where dead bodies are kept d) That which cannot be wounded
324. Pantheism.
a) Too much official formalities b) To speak for others
C
c) Belief in God and nature d) An imaginary and ideal state which is
perfect
325. Pantisocracy.
a) A community in which all are equal and all rule
b) Government of the people by the people and for the people A
c) Artful management in getting advantage without arousing enmity
d) That which ends in the victory or defeat of no one
326. Pantomime.
a) A speech which cannot be understood b) An oft repeated truth D
c) One who changes his party or principles d) A silent dramatic performance
327. Partisan.
a) Capable of dealing with many subjects b) Staunch adherent of a party or cause B
c) That which has no equal d) Hindu system of meditation
328. Patricide.
a) A person having doubts about religion b) Murderer of one’s own mother C
c) Murderer of one’s own father d) Office of profit without any duties
329. Pensive.
a) To speak in slow and melancholy manner b) Something open to objection A
c) Worthy to be remembered d) A loss which cannot be repaired
330. Philanthropist.
a) One who chatters too much b) One who advocates democratic reforms C
c) One who loves and helps mankind d) One who hates mankind
331. Philistine.
a) One who opposes war b) One who is antagonistic to artists B
c) One who is influenced by position d) Incapable of being altered
332. Philogynist.
a) Being of one mind and agreeing in opinion b) One who hates womankind
C
c) Lover of womankind
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333. Platitude.
a) Ordinary and common place remarks b) Killing of the king
A
c) To be reserved in speech d) A person who helps a helpless person in
difficulties
334. Playgiarist.
a) One who steals from the writings or ideas of another
A
b) A dumb show
c) Anything fixed to frighten away birds d) One who has no fixed habitation
335. Polyglot.
a) One who has more than one wife b) One who has more than one husband C
c) One who speaks several languages d) Having many sides, usually more than four
336. Precocious.
a) More advanced for his age b) One who precedes, a forerunner A
c) A fictitious name assumed, as by an author d) One who treats abnormal mental reactions
338. Quadrilateral.
a) Animals having four feet b) Fourth part of a circle C
c) Having four sides d) Made up of four parts
339. Quadruple.
a) Made up of four parts
D
b) Recording or reproduction of sound using four channels
c) Having four sides (plane figures) d) Animals having four feet
340. Quadrophony.
a) Recording or reproduction of sound using four channels
A
b) Having four edges
c) Having four sides d) Animals having four feet
341. Radical.
a) One desiring fundamental reforms
A
b) One who has suddenly risen from a low position to a high position
c) One who tells about private concerns of others d) One who speaks for others
342. Red-tapism.
a) Disorderly crowd gathered for mischief. b) One who is all-powerful D
c) Undue favour to relatives d) Too much official formality
343. Regecide.
a) Murder of one’s own father b) Killing of the king B
c) Murder of one’s own mother d) Killing of the queen
344. Remuneration.
a) Staunch adherent of a party or cause b) Pay for services rendered
B
c) Science of curing the deformities
d) Audible talk by a person either to himself or to listeners
345. Renegade.
a) A deserter of party or principles b) A remedy for all disease A
c) An expert scholar of language d) No to be blamed
346. Reticent.
a) Having application from the past b) More advanced for his age C
c) To be reserved in speech d) Ordinary and common place remarks
347. Retrospective.
a) A scheme that can be put into practice b) Having power to produce D
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348. Samaritan.
a) A leader of undesirable person
B
b) A person who helps a helpless person in difficulties
c) Excessively fond of one’s life d) An oft repeated truth
349. Sanatorium.
a) Institution for the treatment of invalid persons b) A fictitious name assumed, as by an author A
c) A place where dead bodies are kept d) A line of persons waiting
350. Sceptic.
a) One who is disposed to take bright view of things b) A person having doubts about religion B
c) One who is disposed to take dark view of things d) Hating logic and reason
351. Somnambulist.
a) One who walks in sleep b) Of very little worth A
c) With one voice d) Having no fixed habitation
352. Teetotaler.
a) Affected with a functional nervous disorder
B
b) Complete abstainer from wine and other intoxicants
c) Lover of womankind d) Rule of the mob
353. Theomania.
a) Insane belief that one is God b) A deserter of party or principles
A
c) More advanced for his age
d) Science which classifieds and analyses the phenomena or varying states of human mind
354. Turn coat.
a) A silent dramatic performance b) A word which is no longer in use D
c) One who speaks several languages d) One who changes his party or principles
355. Undulate.
a) A rise and fall in the waves b) Government of goals A
c) That which lasts for a short time d) A person’s last utterance
356. Upstart.
a) One who has suddenly risen from a low position to a high position
A
b) A rise and fall in the waves
c) That which can be solved d) A scheme that can be put into practice
357. Utopia.
a) Anything fixed to frighten away birds b) An imaginary and ideal state which is
B
perfect
c) Something dull and uninteresting d) Something open to objection
358. Uxorious.
a) One who revolts against the established order b) Feeding on everything C
c) Excessively fond of one’s life d) Medicine tending to loosen the bowels
359. Vacillate.
a) One who is unable to pay one’s debt b) To excite a person to commit a crime D
c) A person who dies without making his will d) To change one’s mind so often
360. Verbatism.
a) One who speaks several languages b) Word for word B
c) Full of words d) Science of words and their origin
361. Verbose.
a) Full of words b) One who speaks for others
A
c) An artifice to escape censure
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362. Veteran.
a) An exaggerated statement
b) A characteristic distinguishing an individual from others C
c) One who has long experience in any service especially in war
d) Anything too improbable to admit of belief
363. Vulnerable.
a) Liable to attack or injury b) A speech which cannot be understood A
c) A scheme that can be put into practice d) That which cannot be hurt or injured
364. Wardrobe.
a) A place where clothes are kept b) A place where dead bodies are kept A
c) A place for practice of gymnastics d) A unit of different units and organizations
365. Whip.
a) A fictitious name assumed as by an author b) Place of temporary suffering
C
c) A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics
d) Limited shares
366. Xenon.
a) Musical instrument of parallel wooden bars b) Colorless, odorless inert gas B
c) Something useful for health d) An oft repeated truth
367. Xenophobia.
a) Irrational hatred or fear of strangers or foreigners b) Hatred for woman A
c) Hatred for mankind d) One who helps the helpless in difficulties
368. Zealot.
a) Complete abstainer from wine and other intoxicants
b) Story of old time heroes D
c) Holder of correct and accepted opinions d) Uncompromising or extremely fanatic
person
369. Zionist.
a) A Jew who believes that Palestine is for the Jews only
A
b) One who tells about private concerns of others
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