One Word Substitution - Study Mode

[#306] A person who hates women
Correct Answer

(C) Misogynist

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Misogynist . Misanthropist: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. Masochist: a person who derives sexual gratification from their own pain or humiliation. Misogynist: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women. Misogamist: marriage-hater.

[#307] Part-song for several voices without instrumental accompaniment
Correct Answer

(B) Madrigal

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Madrigal . 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. Madrigal: a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically unaccompanied and arranged in elaborate counterpoint. Panegyric: a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something. Limerick: a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.

[#308] A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal
Correct Answer

(C) Kleptomania

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Kleptomania . Schizophrenia: a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. Claustrophobia: extreme or irrational fear of confined places. Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit. Megalomania: obsession with the exercise of power.

[#309] One who sacrifices his life for a cause
Correct Answer

(B) Martyr
(G) Martyr

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Martyr . Patriot: a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors. Martyr: a person who sacrifices his life for a cause. Revolutionary: engaged in or promoting political revolution. Soldier: a person who serves in an army.

[#310] To take secretly in small quantities
Correct Answer

(B) Pilferage

Explanation

Solution: One word substitute is Pilferage . Robbery: the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force. Pilferage: the action of stealing things of little value. Theft: the action or crime of stealing. Defalcation: the taking or illegal use of money by someone who has responsibility for it, such as a company or government official.