A study of sounds is known as:

• Semantics
• stylistics
• Linguistics
• Phonetics
Correct Option: D  [ Phonetics ]

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A name adopted by an author in his writings :

• Title
• Pseudonym
• Nickname
• Nomenclature
Correct Option: B  [ Pseudonym ]

Remark: "Pseudo": fake, fraud, impostor.

A round or cylindrical container used for storing things such as food, chemicals or rolls of film

• tanker
• canister
• vessel
• casket
Correct Option: B  [ canister ]

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To take secretly in small quantities

• Robbery
• Pilferage
• Theft
• Defalcation
Correct Option: B  [ Pilferage ]

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Speaking without preparation

• Deliberate
• Fluent
• Loquacious
• Extempore
Correct Option: D  [ Extempore ]

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A book or work of art whose author is not known

• Anonymous
• Unanimous
• Unknown
• Unidentified
Correct Option: A  [ Anonymous ]

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To scold or rebuke somebody

• chicanery
• chide
• caress
• carnage
Correct Option: B  [ chide ]

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One who believes in the power of fate is:

• fatalist
• optimist
• pessimist
• none of these
Correct Option: A  [ fatalist ]

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Dying without making a will

• Premature
• Intestate
• Posthumous
• Omniscient
Correct Option: B  [ Intestate ]

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Fear of height. (one word substitution)

• Agorophobia
• Acrophobia
• Hierophobia
• Heliophobia
Correct Option: B  [ Acrophobia ]

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