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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who dies for a cause or belief”.
A. memoir
B. stoic
C. centenarian
D. martyr
Correct Answer: D
“martyr” means one who dies for a cause or belief.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who abandons a religious or political belief”.
A. biography
B. fatalistic
C. apostate
D. nonagenarian
Correct Answer: C
“apostate” means one who abandons a religious or political belief.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who believes the existence of God is unknown or unknowable”.
A. pacifist
B. octogenarian
C. agnostic
D. autobiography
Correct Answer: C
“agnostic” means one who believes the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who believes in God or gods”.
A. pseudonym
B. minor
C. theist
D. chauvinist
Correct Answer: C
“theist” means one who believes in God or gods.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who does not believe in God or gods”.
A. ward
B. anonymous
C. atheist
D. fanatic
Correct Answer: C
“atheist” means one who does not believe in God or gods.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one guided by ideals rather than practical considerations”.
A. guardian
B. idealist
C. posthumous
D. altruist
Correct Answer: B
“idealist” means one guided by ideals rather than practical considerations.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who sees things as they actually are”.
A. realist
B. orphan
C. egoist
D. custodian
Correct Answer: A
“realist” means one who sees things as they actually are.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who expects unfavourable outcomes”.
A. widow
B. notary
C. pessimist
D. egotist
Correct Answer: C
“pessimist” means one who expects unfavourable outcomes.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who expects favourable outcomes”.
A. mediator
B. optimist
C. widower
D. hypochondriac
Correct Answer: B
“optimist” means one who expects favourable outcomes.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “present everywhere”.
A. pyromaniac
B. arbitrator
C. omnipresent
D. spinster
Correct Answer: C
“omnipresent” means present everywhere.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “having unlimited power”.
A. kleptomaniac
B. omnipotent
C. juror
D. bachelor
Correct Answer: B
“omnipotent” means having unlimited power.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “knowing everything”.
A. polygamist
B. omniscient
C. litigant
D. insomniac
Correct Answer: B
“omniscient” means knowing everything.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a period of one hundred years”.
A. somnambulist
B. monogamist
C. defendant
D. century
Correct Answer: D
“century” means a period of one hundred years.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a period of ten years”.
A. decade
B. plaintiff
C. misogamist
D. left-handed
Correct Answer: A
“decade” means a period of ten years.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a period of two weeks”.
A. fortnight
B. misogynist
C. ambidextrous
D. bankrupt
Correct Answer: A
“fortnight” means a period of two weeks.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a period of one thousand years”.
A. misanthrope
B. solitary
C. insolvent
D. millennium
Correct Answer: D
“millennium” means a period of one thousand years.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a two-hundredth anniversary”.
A. philanthropist
B. gregarious
C. debtor
D. bicentenary
Correct Answer: D
“bicentenary” means a two-hundredth anniversary.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a hundredth anniversary”.
A. creditor
B. diurnal
C. numismatist
D. centennial
Correct Answer: D
“centennial” means a hundredth anniversary.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “occurring once every three years”.
A. nocturnal
B. beneficiary
C. triennial
D. philatelist
Correct Answer: C
“triennial” means occurring once every three years.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “occurring once every two years”.
A. biennial
B. archivist
C. benefactor
D. arboreal
Correct Answer: A
“biennial” means occurring once every two years.