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Choose the one-word substitute for: “active chiefly during the day”.
A. anthropologist
B. diurnal
C. eyewitness
D. invisible
Correct Answer: B
“diurnal” means active chiefly during the day.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “active chiefly at night”.
A. nocturnal
B. archaeologist
C. visible
D. witness
Correct Answer: A
“nocturnal” means active chiefly at night.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “living mainly in trees”.
A. inaudible
B. astronomer
C. spectator
D. arboreal
Correct Answer: D
“arboreal” means living mainly in trees.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “living or growing in water”.
A. aquatic
B. meteorologist
C. audible
D. audience
Correct Answer: A
“aquatic” means living or growing in water.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal that feeds on plants”.
A. geologist
B. herbivore
C. impromptu
D. crew
Correct Answer: B
“herbivore” means an animal that feeds on plants.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal that eats flesh”.
A. passenger
B. pathologist
C. extempore
D. carnivore
Correct Answer: D
“carnivore” means an animal that eats flesh.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal or person that eats both plants and animal food”.
A. commuter
B. rhetorician
C. pharmacist
D. omnivore
Correct Answer: D
“omnivore” means an animal or person that eats both plants and animal food.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who does not eat meat”.
A. pedestrian
B. vegetarian
C. dentist
D. orator
Correct Answer: B
“vegetarian” means one who does not eat meat.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who completely abstains from alcoholic drink”.
A. itinerant
B. translator
C. veterinarian
D. teetotaller
Correct Answer: D
“teetotaller” means one who completely abstains from alcoholic drink.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who eats excessively”.
A. vagrant
B. glutton
C. psychiatrist
D. interpreter
Correct Answer: B
“glutton” means one who eats excessively.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person with refined taste in food”.
A. polyglot
B. nomad
C. gourmet
D. ophthalmologist
Correct Answer: C
“gourmet” means a person with refined taste in food.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an expert judge in matters of taste, art, or food”.
A. connoisseur
B. linguist
C. expatriate
D. cardiologist
Correct Answer: A
“connoisseur” means an expert judge in matters of taste, art, or food.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one with extensive knowledge or skill”.
A. lexicographer
B. dermatologist
C. refugee
D. expert
Correct Answer: D
“expert” means one with extensive knowledge or skill.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who is trained and paid in a skilled occupation”.
A. professional
B. paediatrician
C. immigrant
D. bibliography
Correct Answer: A
“professional” means one who is trained and paid in a skilled occupation.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who engages in an activity without being a professional”.
A. bibliophile
B. surgeon
C. amateur
D. emigrant
Correct Answer: C
“amateur” means one who engages in an activity without being a professional.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a beginner in a field”.
A. physician
B. hermit
C. prologue
D. novice
Correct Answer: D
“novice” means a beginner in a field.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person with long experience, especially former military service”.
A. recluse
B. invalid
C. veteran
D. epilogue
Correct Answer: C
“veteran” means a person with long experience, especially former military service.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one motivated mainly by money, especially a hired soldier”.
A. iconoclast
B. mercenary
C. convalescent
D. epitaph
Correct Answer: B
“mercenary” means one motivated mainly by money, especially a hired soldier.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who betrays his or her country or cause”.
A. manuscript
B. adolescent
C. traitor
D. skeptic
Correct Answer: C
“traitor” means one who betrays his or her country or cause.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who strongly loves and supports his or her country”.
A. cynic
B. diary
C. patriot
D. infant
Correct Answer: C
“patriot” means one who strongly loves and supports his or her country.