One Word Substitution

QUESTION 81

A short journey for pleasure.

Answer: A jaunt is a short excursion or journey made for pleasure.

QUESTION 82

A fictitious name used by an author.

Answer: A pseudonym is a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 84

A person who eats too much.

Answer: A glutton is an excessively greedy eater.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 86

The study of coins and medals.

Answer: Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

QUESTION 87

A person who is reserved in speech; taciturn.

Answer: Reticent means not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 89

Something that can be heard.

Answer: Audible means able to be heard.

QUESTION 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.

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