One Word Substitution - Study Mode

[#71] A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Correct Answer

(B) Pilgrim

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Pilgrim . Hermit: a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. Pilgrim: a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. Saint: a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death. Mendicant: given to begging.

[#72] A person sharing responsibility for a political party's discipline and tactics
Correct Answer

(C) Whip

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Whip . Statesman: a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure. Diplomat: an official representing a country abroad. Whip: an official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates. Defector: a person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

[#73] Informal business communication with a personal signature
Correct Answer

(D) Memorandum

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Memorandum . Agendum: a schedule or list of items to be attended to. Corrigendum: a thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book. Plagiarism: the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Memorandum: a written message in business or diplomacy.

[#74] A story in verse
Correct Answer

(D) Ballad

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Ballad . Elegy: (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. Hymn: a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god. Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Ballad: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.

[#75] Just punishment for wrong doing
Correct Answer

(A) Nemesis

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Nemesis . Nemesis: retributive justice. Purgation: purification or cleansing. Wrath: extreme anger. Catharsis: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.