One who collects coins as a hobby

• ornithologist
• statistician
• numismatist
• philatelist
Correct Option: C  [ numismatist ]

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A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly.

• steam
• bake
• saute
• parboil
Correct Option: D  [ parboil ]

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A fourteen-lined poem is called a

• Sonnet
• Epilogue
• Composition
• Lyric
Correct Option: A  [ Sonnet ]

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The trees which shed all their leaves at a particular time of the year are called

• Evergreen
• Coniferous
• Deciduous
• Savanna
Correct Option: C  [ Deciduous ]

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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.

To struggle helplessly

• Flounder
• Founder
• Fumble
• Finger
Correct Option: A  [ Flounder ]

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A place where birds are kept. (one word substitution)

• Attic
• Nursery
• Aviary
• Zoo
Correct Option: C  [ Aviary ]

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Fear of height. (one word substitution)

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

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One who hates mankind is called

• Man-hater
• Cannibal
• Demon
• Misanthropist
Correct Option: D  [ Misanthropist ]

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The act of killing one's own father:

• Parricide
• Patricide
• Fratricide
• Parasite
Correct Option: B  [ Patricide ]

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