Word Test For Most Suitable One Word (17)


Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning  |         One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause|             A person who rarely speaks the truth|         Time after twilight and before night|                  Custom of having many wives|
                         The science of judging a person's character, capabilities, etc. from an examination of the shape of his skull|                                                      
                                                                                                                     
       
Choose the correct word for the given sentence- 

1.  Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning
[1] Circumlocution
[2] Verbatim
[3] Ventriloquism
[4] Pleonasm


2.  The science of judging a person's character, capabi-lities, etc. from an examination of the shape of his skull
[1] Physiology
[2] Anthropology
[3] Phrenology
[4] Morphology


3.  One filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm in cause
[1] Martyr
[2] Pedant
[3] Fanatic
[4] Patriot


4. A person who rarely speaks the truth
[1] Scoundrel
[2] Liar
[3] Crook
[4] Hypocrite


5.  Time after twilight and before night
[1] Evening
[2] Dawn
[3] Dusk
[4] Eclipse


6.  Custom of having many wives
[1] Polyandry
[2] Polygyngy
[3] Matrimony
[4] Celibacy


7. To bring peace, and end violence
[1] Soothe
[2] Harmonise
[3] Pacify
[4] Tranquilize


8. Animals living on land and in water
[1] Ambiguous
[2] Amphibian
[3] Amorphous
[4] Ambivalent


9.   One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally
[1] Veteran
[2] Player
[3] Connoisseur
[4] Amateur


10.  That which can be interpreted in any way
[1] Ambient
[2] Ambivalent
[3] Amphibious
[4] Ambiguous

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