One Word Substitution

QUESTION 11

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

Answer: A pedantic person is one who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules, often to an ostentatious degree.

QUESTION 12

A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.

Answer: A misogynist is a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.

QUESTION 13

An extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places, of leaving one's own home, or of being in places from which escape is difficult.

Answer: Agoraphobia is the fear of being in situations where escape might be difficult or that help wouldn't be available if things go wrong.

QUESTION 14

The action of killing a king.

Answer: Regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a person of royalty.

QUESTION 15

A government or state in which the wealthy class rules.

Answer: Plutocracy is a government controlled exclusively by the wealthy, either directly or indirectly.

QUESTION 16

Able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Answer: An ambidextrous person is able to use both hands with equal ease or skill.

QUESTION 17

A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.

Answer: A novice is a person who is new to the circumstances in which he or she is placed; a beginner.

QUESTION 18

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority.

Answer: Anarchy is a state of society without government or law, leading to political and social disorder.

QUESTION 19

A person who is skilled in telling stories and anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

Answer: A raconteur is a person who excels in telling anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

QUESTION 20

The practice of having more than one husband at the same time.

Answer: Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.

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