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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: abdicate

1482. 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: sacrilege

1483. 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: contemporary

1484. 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: geriatrics

1485. 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: courtship

1486. 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: infallible

1487. 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: idiosyncrasy

1488. 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: zealot

1489. 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: hamlet

1490. 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