one who hates marriage
Ans:- Misogamist
Mind Trick:-
Word Misogamist comes from Greek miso-" hating " and gamos -" marriage ".
One who can't be corrected
Ans:- Incorrigible
Mind Trick:-
Incorrigible origins from in - not and Latin corrigere - to correct.
A school boy who cuts classes frequently
Ans:- Truant
Mind Trick:-
Word Truant looks like Tru e ant i school.
Detailed plan of a journey
Ans:- Itinerary
Mind Trick:-
Word Itinerary sounds like It in diary. Where is the detailed plan of the journey ( Itinerary) ? - It's in diary.
Stealing of Ideas or writings of someone else
Ans:- Plagiarism
A person who consumes/eats human flesh
Ans:- Cannibal
The production of raw silk
Ans:- Sericulture
Mind Trick:-
S for S ilk and S for S ericulture. In word Sericulture there is an E not I after S .
person who helps even a stranger in difficulty
Ans:- Samaritan
Mind Trick:-
From the Bible story of a person from Samaria who helps an injured man that nobody else will help.
A person who readily believes others
Ans:- Credulous
Mind Trick:-
Credulous from Credit.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress
Ans:- Rhetoric (ret-er-ik)
Mind Trick:-
Rhetoric sounds like Hat-trick . A bowler says- "I would take hat-trick in every match."- This is a Rhetoric saying.
The political leader had an evil reputation. He is not trusted.
Ans:- Dubious
Mind Trick:-
Word Dubious looks like Doubtful.
Dubious sounds like Dubey . Dubey Jee is a very dubious
leader.
The conference takes place once in three years
Ans:- Triennial
Mind Trick:-
Triennial from Latin word Tri meas three + annus/ennial means year.
One who is unaffected or indifferent of joy, pain, pleasure or grief
Ans:- Stoic
Mind Trick:-
Word Stoic looks like Stone . One who is Stone like solid is known as Stoic.
A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom
Ans:- Venerable
Mind Trick:-
Word Venerable sounds like Honorable . Someone is Honorable due to his/her being Venerable.
An excessively morbid desire to steal
Ans:- Kleptomania
Mind Trick:-
Word Kleptomania comes from the Greek word Kleptes and
Mania . Kleptes means "thief " and mania means "madness ".
Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported
Ans:- Contraband
Mind Trick:-
Word Contraband comes from Contra and Bando . Contra means against and bando means ban . Goods in an economy that are against a ban- Contraband.
Intentional destruction of racial groups
Ans:- Genocide
Mind Trick:-
Genocide from Greek genos and cide. Genos means a whole race or group of people and cide means the act of killing. More examples- Suicide, Insecti cide, Regicide , etc.
A person specially interested in the study of coins and medals
Ans:- Numismatist
Mind Trick:-
The word Numismatist comes from the Latin word numisma meaning currency or coin plus suffix "ist" for being specialist .
An apartment building in which each apartment is owed separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas
Ans:- Condominium
Mind Trick:-
The word Condominium comes from Latin con - 'together, with' + dominium meaning right of ownership.
A group of three powerful people
Ans:- Triumvirate
Mind Trick:-
Triumvirate comes from Tri meaning Three and Viri meaning royal man in the authority (powerful person).
Operation of the body after death
Ans:- Post-mortem
Mind Trick:-
Post means after .
Not Allowing the passage of light
Ans:- Opaque
Science regarding principles of classification
Ans:- Taxonomy
Mind Trick:-
Word Taxonomy looks like Tax + Economy. Subject
Taxonomy teaches us about the Classification of Tax on Economy.
A political leader appealing popular desires and prejudices / A political leader who tries to win support by using arguments based on emotion rather than reason.
Ans:- Demagogue
Mind Trick:-
Demagogue from Greek words demos meaning the people
and agogs meaning leading.
Enclosed in a small closed space
Ans:- Claustrophobia
Mind Trick:-
Phobia means to fear and Claustro looks like Close.
Claustrophobia is a fear of being closed.
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