English Language
One Word Substitution
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One Word Substitution Questions
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Neurotic
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Colony
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Hamlet
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Old
A
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A neurotic is a person suffering from a neurosis, which is a mild mental illness involving symptoms of stress, anxiety, or depression.
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Alien
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Colleague
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Reporter
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Old
B
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A colleague is a person with whom one works in a profession or business.
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Thief
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Calligraphist
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Felon
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Old
B
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A calligraphist is a person who practices calligraphy, which is the art of beautiful handwriting.
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Resort
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Asylum
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Hospital
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Autocracy
D
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Autocracy is a system of government by one person with absolute power.
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Novice
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Extrovert
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Rebel
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Criminal
B
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An extrovert is a person who is outgoing, expressive, and energized by social interaction, often showing excessive enthusiasm.
A
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An emigrant is a person who leaves their own country to settle permanently in another.
A
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A hamlet is a cluster of houses or a small settlement that is smaller than a village.
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Judge
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Anarchist
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Vandal
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Client
B
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An anarchist is a person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority, wishing to overthrow establishments.
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Misanthrope
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Igloo
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Old
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Cure
A
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A misanthrope is defined as a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. The other options refer to an ice house, age, or a remedy, which are unrelated to the definition.
B
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An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. An ode is a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, and a lyric is a short poem expressing personal emotions.
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Pedant
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Highbrow
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Alien
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Felon
B
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A highbrow is a person who considers themselves superior in culture and intellect. A pedant is someone overly concerned with minor details or rules.
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Inflammable
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Epic
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Stoic
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Cure
A
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Inflammable materials are those that catch fire easily. Note that while 'flammable' is more commonly used today to avoid confusion, 'inflammable' is the correct dictionary term for this definition.
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suicide
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uxoricide
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matricide
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regicide
C
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'matri' means mother and 'cide' refers to killing.
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explicit
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Unequivocative
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Polysemantic
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Clear
B
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The first pair of words are opposite to each other, the opposite word of 'ambiguous' is unequivocarive.
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dyscrasia
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dysfunction
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dyslexia
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dysphoria
D
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Dyscrasia is an imbalance of blood, dyslexia is a speech disorder. Disphoria is the condition of dissatisfacto, restlessness.