One Word Sub 4 Flashcards
The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth:
A) Demography
B) Chronobiology
C) Odontology
D) Botany
C) Odontology
A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword:
A) Scabbard
B) Sheath
C) Hilt
D) Blade
B) Sheath
A place where animal hides are tanned:
A) Factory
B) Granary
C) Tannery
D) Mint
C) Tannery
The sound of Crows:
A) Gibber
B) Caw
C) Trumpet
D) Squeak
B) Caw
The branch of biology concerned with the study of plants:
A) Zoology
B) Botany
C) Chronology
D) Demography
B) Botany
A person who can use both hands with equal ease:
A) Ambidextrous
B) Ascetic
C) Egotist
D) Amateur
A) Ambidextrous
A person who sneers at the beliefs of others:
A) Ascetic
B) Cynic
C) Cosmopolitan
D) Arbitrator
B) Cynic
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:
A) Aviary
B) Reservoir
C) Hangar
D) Arsenal
B) Reservoir
A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid:
A) Shoal
B) Torrent
C) Drove
D) Horde
B) Torrent
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead:
A) Elegy
B) Ode
C) Epitaph
D) Panegyric
A) Elegy
What is the term for government by the wealthy?
A) Oligarchy
B) Aristocracy
C) Plutocracy
D) Autocracy
C) Plutocracy
What do you call a person who leads an austere life?
A) Anarchist
B) Agnostic
C) Aesthetic
D) Ascetic
D) Ascetic
What is the term for killing one’s brother?
A) Homicide
B) Fratricide
C) Patricide
D) Matricide
B) Fratricide
What is the word for a place where dead bodies are kept for identification?
A) Mortuary
B) Cemetery
C) Morgue
D) Crematorium
C) Morgue
What is the term for a political system based on government of men by God?
A) Aristocracy
B) Thearchy
C) Oligarchy
D) Democracy
B) Thearchy
