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1481. The act of giving up sovereign power is?
- A. relinquish
- B. renounce
- C. abdicate
- D. resign
Explanation: To abdicate is to give up the throne or sovereign power, as a monarch may do. Relinquish and renounce are broader terms that do not specifically suggest surrendering a crown.
Correct answer: abdicate1482. Violation of something holy or sacred is?
- A. profanity
- B. sedition
- C. sacrilege
- D. slander
Explanation: Sacrilege is the violation or profanation of something regarded as holy or sacred. Profanity may involve irreverent language, but it does not always mean a direct violation of a sacred object or place.
Correct answer: sacrilege1483. Living at the same time is?
- A. concurrent
- B. contemporary
- C. coincident
- D. concomitant
Explanation: Contemporary means existing or living at the same time as another person or event. Concurrent usually describes events occurring together, not specifically people living in the same period.
Correct answer: contemporary1484. Branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people is?
- A. obstetrics
- B. pediatrics
- C. calisthenics
- D. geriatrics
Explanation: Geriatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the health and care of older people. Pediatrics deals with children, while obstetrics concerns pregnancy and childbirth.
Correct answer: geriatrics1485. The time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married is?
- A. snobbery
- B. courtship
- C. estrangement
- D. polyphony
Explanation: Courtship is the period in which two people develop a romantic relationship before marriage. Estrangement means a breakdown or distancing in a relationship, which is the opposite context.
Correct answer: courtship1486. That never fails is?
- A. irrelevant
- B. infallible
- C. indelible
- D. inaudible
Explanation: Infallible means incapable of failing or making a mistake. Indelible means impossible to erase, and inaudible means impossible to hear.
Correct answer: infallible1487. An odd, a typical or eccentric trait is?
- A. harangue
- B. hyperbole
- C. idiosyncrasy
- D. elegy
Explanation: An idiosyncrasy is a distinctive, unusual, or eccentric personal trait. A harangue is an aggressive speech, hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration, and an elegy is a mournful poem or song.
Correct answer: idiosyncrasy1488. A dogmatic person is?
- A. nomadic
- B. elite
- C. zealot
- D. swashbuckler
Explanation: A zealot is a person fanatically devoted to a belief and therefore often dogmatic in expressing it. The other choices describe a nomad, an influential group, or a daring adventurer.
Correct answer: zealot1489. A cluster of house in village is?
- A. fleet
- B. hamlet
- C. monument
- D. constellation
Explanation: A hamlet is a small settlement or cluster of houses, usually smaller than a village. Fleet and constellation refer to groups of ships and stars respectively.
Correct answer: hamlet1490. Hard to understand is?
- A. punctilious
- B. obtuse
- C. absurd
- D. abstruse
Explanation: Abstruse means difficult to understand because it is complex or obscure. Obtuse can mean slow to understand, but it more commonly describes a person’s lack of mental sharpness.
Correct answer: abstruse