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A person who does not think or behave like everyone else, but has independent, unusual opinions:

  • Hermit
  • Individual
  • Maverick
  • Matriarch
  • Correct Option: C  [ Maverick ]

    Remark:

Open to injury or criticism

  • vulnerable
  • naive
  • sensitive
  • invincible
  • Correct Option: A  [ vulnerable ]

    Remark:

A feeling of fondness, mixed with some sadness, for something in the past

  • Oblivion
  • Noxiousness
  • Nostalgia
  • Nausea
  • Correct Option: C  [ Nostalgia ]

    Remark:

A narrow piece of land connecting two large masses of land

  • isthmus
  • continent
  • gulf
  • peninsula
  • Correct Option: A  [ isthmus ]

    Remark:

one who loves books

  • Bibliophile
  • Bibliophagist
  • Bibliophoebe
  • Bibliographer
  • Correct Option: A  [ Bibliophile ]

    Remark:

A fourteen-lined poem is called a

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

    Remark:

Person who directs preparation of a newspaper:

  • Instructor
  • Auditor
  • Editor
  • Author
  • Correct Option: C  [ Editor ]

    Remark:

A person, who writes beautiful handwriting. (one word substitution)

  • Cacographist
  • Cartographer
  • Curator
  • Calligraphist
  • Correct Option: D  [ Calligraphist ]

    Remark: "The calligraphist's precise strokes transformed the text into a work of art."

One who is from 60 to 69 years old. (one word substitution)

  • Sexton
  • Sexagenarian
  • Sextuplet
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: B  [ Sexagenarian ]

    Remark:

A group of wolves is called:

  • a pack
  • a herd
  • a school
  • a pride
  • Correct Option: A  [ a pack ]

    Remark: A group of wolves is called a pack.