One Word Substitution
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81. A short journey for pleasure.
Answer: A jaunt is a short excursion or journey made for pleasure.
82. A fictitious name used by an author.
Answer: A pseudonym is a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.
83. To give one's authority to another.
Answer: To delegate is to entrust a task or responsibility to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
84. A person who eats too much.
Answer: A glutton is an excessively greedy eater.
85. A person claiming to be superior in culture and intellect to others.
Answer: A highbrow is a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior intellectual tastes.
86. The study of coins and medals.
Answer: Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.
87. A person who is reserved in speech; taciturn.
Answer: Reticent means not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.
88. A post with little work but high salary.
Answer: A sinecure is a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
89. Something that can be heard.
Answer: Audible means able to be heard.
90. A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
Answer: A martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
91. The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself, especially by a character in a play.
Answer: A soliloquy is an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
92. A person who is known for their wisdom and good judgment.
Answer: A sage is a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
93. A written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an issuer.
Answer: A manifesto is a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.
94. An animal that lives in groups.
Answer: Gregarious animals are those that live in flocks or social groups.
95. That which cannot be satisfied.
Answer: Insatiable means impossible to satisfy (of an appetite or desire).
96. The killing of one's brother or sister.
Answer: Fratricide is the killing of one's brother or sister. Sororicide specifically refers to killing one's sister, but fratricide can cover both.
97. A person who is walking, especially in a town or city.
Answer: A pedestrian is a person walking, especially in an area also used by vehicles.
98. A person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting.
Answer: A calligrapher is a person who is skilled in the art of beautiful writing.
99. Choose the word which means the following:One who comes as a settler into a foreign country.
Answer: An 'Immigrant' woh vyakti hota hai jo kisi doosre desh mein aakar bas jaata hai. Jabki 'Emigrant' woh hota hai jo apna desh chhodkar doosre desh jaata hai.
100. Match words in column I with their meanings in column II –Column-I Column-II(A) incongruous (i) recover quickly from difficult situation(B) resilient (ii) one who knows everything(C) obsolete (iii) that which is no longer in use(D) omniscient (iv) strange and out of place
Answer: Sahi milan hai: (A) Incongruous - ajeeb ya bemel, (B) Resilient - kathinai se jaldi ubharne wala, (C) Obsolete - jo ab istemaal mein na ho, (D) Omniscient - jo sab kuch jaanta ho.