One Word Sub 5 Flashcards
A person who studies the evolution of mankind:
A) Botanist
B) Astronomer
C) Anthropologist
D) Zoologist
C) Anthropologist
A person who sneers at the beliefs of others:
A) Agnostic
B) Stoic
C) Cynic
D) Iconoclast
C) Cynic
Government by the worst or least qualified citizens:
A) Plutocracy
B) Autocracy
C) Kakistocracy
D) Oligarchy
C) Kakistocracy
A system of government by the populace:
A) Democracy
B) Aristocracy
C) Oligarchy
D) Autocracy
A) Democracy
A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left:
A) Cloakroom
B) Aviary
C) Granary
D) Arsenal
A) Cloakroom
A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life:
A) Stoic
B) Narcissist
C) Cynic
D) Fanatic
A) Stoic
A person who feeds on human flesh:
A) Carnivore
B) Cannibal
C) Chauvinist
D) Ascetic
B) Cannibal
A person who believes in fate:
A) Fatalist
B) Agnostic
C) Heretic
D) Anarchist
A) Fatalist
A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society:
A) Ascetic
B) Misanthrope
C) Narcissist
D) Stoic
B) Misanthrope
A person who takes someone else’s work or ideas and passes them off as their own:
A) Stoic
B) Plagiarist
C) Recluse
D) Egotist
B) Plagiarist
A doctrine which identifies God with the universe:
A) Pantheism
B) Agnosticism
C) Polytheism
D) Pluralism
A) Pantheism
A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change:
A) Revolution
B) Epiphany
C) Crusade
D) Elegy
C) Crusade
A person who lives in solitude:
A) Cosmopolitan
B) Recluse
C) Somnambulist
D) Narcissist
B) Recluse
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past:
A) Panacea
B) Exoneration
C) Nostalgia
D) Sacrilege
C) Nostalgia