This exercise tests your range of vocabulary.
\nDo you recognize these words?<\/p>\n
1. A person who is a strict disciplinarian<\/p>\n
a) martinet
\nb) virago
\nc) dilettante<\/p>\n
2. A person who is essentially a bootlicker<\/p>\n
a) sycophant
\nb) chauvinist
\nc) lecher<\/p>\n
3. A person who sneers at tradition<\/p>\n
a) monomaniac
\nb) hypochondriac
\nc) iconoclast<\/p>\n
4. Someone who doesn\u2019t believe in God<\/p>\n
a) atheist
\nb) agnostic
\nc) chauvinist<\/p>\n
5. An accomplished musician<\/p>\n
a) tyro
\nb) dilettante
\nc) virtuoso<\/p>\n
6. Something that is flimsy<\/p>\n
a) uxorious
\nb) diaphanous
\nc) paternal<\/p>\n
7. A bad-tempered or abusive woman<\/p>\n
a) virtuoso
\nb) termagant
\nc) matriarch<\/p>\n
8. The act of murdering one\u2019s wife<\/p>\n
a) genocide
\nb) uxoricide
\nc) sororicide<\/p>\n
9. Old man in ruling position<\/p>\n
a) patriarch
\nb) patricide
\nb) matriarch<\/p>\n
10. A morbid compulsion to steal<\/p>\n
a) nymphomania
\nb) dipsomania
\nc) kleptomania<\/p>\n
11. Delusions of grandeur<\/p>\n
a) egomania
\nb) megalomania
\nc) pyromania<\/p>\n
12. Belief in many gods<\/p>\n
a) agnosticism
\nb) polytheism
\nc) monotheism<\/p>\n
1. martinet; 2. sycophant; 3. iconoclast; 4. atheist; 5. virtuoso; 6. diaphanous; 7. termagant; 8. uxoricide; 9. patriarch; 10. kleptomania; 11. megalomania; 12. polytheism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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