Test your range of English vocabulary with this exercise.
1Which of the following words can be used to refer to a speaker who does not use more words than necessary?
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The adjective laconic is used to refer to people who say very little, but mean much.
2Which of the following words can be used to refer to a man who excessively caters to, worships and submits to the most outlandish or outrageous demands of his wife?
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There is a difference between the words henpecked and uxorious. A henpecked husband is dominated by his wife. An uxorious husband is dominated by his neurosis, and his wife may not enjoy his uxoriousness.
3Which of the following words is synonymous with alcoholism?
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Dipsomania is the morbid compulsion to keep on drinking alcoholic beverages.
4Which of the following words can be used to refer to people who have delusions about their invincibility?
Wrong!
Megalomaniacs are people who have delusions about their invincibility.
5Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who fears shut-in or crowded places?
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A claustrophobe is a person who fears being shut-in or being in crowded places.
6A person who sneers at convention and tradition is a/an ...............
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An iconoclast is a person who sneers at convention and tradition.
7A person who has morbid anxiety about his or her health is a /an ...............
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A hypochondriac is a person who has morbid anxiety about his/her health.
8Which of the following words is used to refer to the act of killing one’s wife?
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Uxoricide is the act of killing one’s wife.
9Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who is a strict disciplinarian?
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A martinet is a disciplinarian
10Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who tends to fixate obsessively over one thing?
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A monomaniac is a person who tends to fixate obsessively over one thing.
11Which of the following words can be used to refer to an accomplished musician?
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A virtuoso is an accomplished musician and performer.
12Which of the following words can be used to refer to an old man in a ruling position?
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A patriarch is an old man in a ruling position.
Done.
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Answers
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to a speaker who does not use more words than necessary? Laconic
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to a man who excessively caters to, worships and submits to the most outlandish or outrageous demands of his wife? Uxorious
- Which of the following words is synonymous with alcoholism? Dipsomania
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to people who have delusions about their invincibility? Megalomaniac
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who fears shut-in or crowded places? Claustrophobe
- A person who sneers at convention and tradition is a/an iconoclast
- A person who has morbid anxiety about his or her health is a /an hypochondriac
- Which of the following words is used to refer to the act of killing one’s wife? Uxoricide
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who is a strict disciplinarian? Martinet
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to a person who tends to fixate obsessively over one thing? Monomaniac
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to an accomplished musician? Virtuoso
- Which of the following words can be used to refer to an old man in a ruling position? Patriarch
