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A brutal or vicious person.
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A brutal or vicious person.
a) beast
b) cannibal
c) savage
C
An animal feeding on other animals.
a) beast
b) cannibal
c) savage
d) carnivorous
D
An animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.
a) beast
b) cannibal
c) savage
d) carnivorous
A
One who eats human flesh.
a) beast
b) cannibal
c) savage
d) carnivorous
B
A dishonest or unprincipled man.
a) impostor
b) liar
c) rogue
d) magician
C
A person who makes love for amusement without serious intentions.
a) concubine
b) philanderer
c) flirt
d) dandy
B
A man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable.
a) concubine
b) philanderer
c) flirt
d) dandy
D
A person pretending to be somebody he is not.
a) impostor
b) liar
c) rogue
d) magician
A
A woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.
a) concubine
b) philanderer
c) flirt
d) dandy
A
An excessively greedy eater.
a) greedy
b) glutton
c) gourmet
d) gourmand
B
Property inherited from one's father or ancestors.
a) alimony
b) patrimony
c) legacy
d) inheritance
B
An amount of money or property left to someone in a will.
a) alimony
b) patrimony
c) legacy
d) inheritance
C
To mediate between two parties in a dispute.
a) Interfere
b) Interact
c) Interrupt
d) Intercede
D
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted.
a) Unbelief
b) Superstition
c) Non conformity
d) Heresy
D
One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him.
a) Vindicator
b) Usurer
c) Vindictive
d) Virulent
C
Something which is not thorough or profound.
a) Superficial
b) Superstitious
c) Superfluous
d) Supernatural
A
Opposed to great or sudden change.
a) Static
b) Revolutionary
c) Conservative
d) Evolutionary
C
A man of odd habits.
a) Eccentric
b) Cynical
c) Introvert
d) Moody
A
That which makes it difficult to recognise the presence of real nature of somebody or something.
a) Cover
b) Mask
c) Pretence
d) Camouflage
D
People at a lecture or concert
a) congregation
b) audience
c) mob
d) spectators
B
A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or
violence.
a) congregation
b) audience
c) mob
d) spectators
C
A person who is very find of sensuous pleasure.
a) epicure
b) hedonist
c) stoic
d) lusty
A
A person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life.
a) epicure
b) hedonist
c) stoic
d) lusty
B
Move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
a) emigrate
b) migrate
c) immigrate
d) alienate
B
Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
a) emigrate
b) migrate
c) immigrate
d) alienate
A
An introduction to a book, typically stating its subject, scope, or aims.
a) preface
b) opener
c) maiden
d) extempore
A
A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or
violence.
a) congregation
b) audience
c) mob
d) spectators
C
Killing of one person by another.
a) suicide
b) slaughter
c) homicide
d) immolation
C
A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
a) hermit
b) saint
c) pilgrim
d) mendicant
A
Changing one's mind too quickly.
a) adaptability
b) versatility
c) instability
d) vacillation
D
A beggar.
a) hermit
b) saint
c) pilgrim
d) mendicant
D
A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.
a) hermit
b) saint
c) pilgrim
d) mendicant
C
A prolonged state of deep unconsciousness.
a) nap
b) coma
c) insomnia
d) stupor
B
stu·por
A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility. BEHOSh HONA
A heavy unnatural slumber.
a) nap
b) coma
c) insomnia
d) stupor
D
slum·ber
Sleep.
A permanent method of contraception in women.
a) dichotomy
b) lithotomy
c) tubectomy
d) vasectomy
C
Surgical removal of a stone from bladder or urinal tract.
a) dichotomy
b) lithotomy
c) tubectomy
d) vasectomy
B
Very bright in colour.
a) luminous
b) gleaming
c) resplendent
d) polished
A
Something shinning, brilliant and magnificent.
a) luminous
b) gleaming
c) resplendent
d) polished
C
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than
by using rational argument.
a) pedagogue
b) demagogue
c) dictator
d) hypocrite
B
Unpaid office holder.
a) emeritus
b) honorary
c) sinecure
d) retired
B
A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
a) emeritus
b) honorary
c) sinecure
d) retired
C
A former holder of an office having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honour.
a) emeritus
b) honorary
c) sinecure
d) retired
A
A strict and pedantic teacher.
a) pedagogue
b) demagogue
c) dictator
d) hypocrite
A
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
a) Elysium
b) asylum
c) utopia
d) el dorado
C
A close friend.
a) henpecked
b) effeminate
c) slave
d) chum
D
A place of fabulous wealth or opportunity.
a) Elysium
b) asylum
c) utopia
d) el dorado
D
A man having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman.
a) henpecked
b) effeminate
c) slave
d) chum
B
The protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political
refugee.
a) Elysium
b) asylum
c) utopia
d) el dorado
B
A place for ideal peace or happiness.
a) Elysium
b) asylum
c) utopia
d) el dorado
A
TO send or transport a commodity abroad, especially for trade or sale.
a) export
b) import
c) smuggle
d) impost
A
The killing of animals for food.
a) suicide
b) slaughter
c) homicide
d) immolation
B
To kill as a religious sacrifice.
a) suicide
b) slaughter
c) homicide
d) immolation
D
Killing of one person by another.
a) suicide
b) slaughter
c) homicide
d) immolation
D
A person having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
a) reserved
b) mute
c) phlegmatic
d) stoic
C
A person who abandons their duty as in military force.
a) statesman
b) whip
c) diplomat
d) defector
D
To do away with a rule.
a) cancel
b) obliterate
c) repeal
d) abrogate
D
A skilled, experienced, and respected political leader.
a) statesman
b) whip
c) diplomat
d) defector
A
A person sharing responsibility for political party's discipline and tactics.
a) statesman
b) whip
c) diplomat
d) defector
B
An official representing a country abroad.
a) statesman
b) whip
c) diplomat
d) defector
C.
The state of being married.
a) spinster
b) wedlock
c) widow
d) sensual
B
A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country.
a) ambassador
b) emissary
c) plenipotentiary
d) envoy
C
Sheer delight.
a) matinee
b) alma matter
c) alumni
d) calvin
D
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