Word test For Most Suitable Word One Word (5)

Gift left by will |          A government run by a dictator|                          One who always runs away from danger |                    A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost |                           One who despises persons of lower social position |                                           Gradual recovery from illness |
                          An office or post with no work but high pay|                                                     Commencement of words with the same letter |
                                                                                                                       
         

Choose the correct word for the given sentence- 

1.  Gift left by will

[1] Alimony
[2] Parsimony
[3] Legacy
[4] Property

Right answer- Legacy

2.  A government run by a dictator

[1] Democracy
[2] Autocracy
[3] Oligarchy
[4] Theocracy

Right answer- Autocracy

3. One who always runs away from danger

[1] Escapist
[2] Timid
[3] Coward
[4] Shirker

Right answer- Timid

4. A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost

[1] Ode
[2] Epic
[3] Sonnet
[4] Elegy

Right answer- Elegy

5.  One who despises persons of lower social position

[1] Prim
[2] Snob
[3] Prig
[4] Aristocrat

Right answer- Snob

6.  Gradual recovery from illness

[1] Hysteria
[2] Amnesia
[3] Superannuation
[4] Convalescence

Right answer- Convalescence

7. One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him

[1] Vindicator
[2] Usurer
[3] Vindictive
[4] Virulent

Right answer- Vindictive

8. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good

[1] Stoic
[2] Hedonist
[3] Epicure
[4] Sensual

Right answer- Hedonist

9.   Commencement of words with the same letter

[1] Rhyme
[2] Alliteration
[3] Pun
[4] Oxymoron

Right answer- Alliteration

10.  An office or post with no work but high pay

[1] Honorary
[2] Sinecure
[3] Gratis
[4] Ex-Officer

Right answer- Sinecure

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