English for Exams-One Word Quiz
1. Somebody who is between 80 and 89 years old
Answer : Octogenarian
2. Person who is between 70 and 79 years old
Answer : Septuagenarian
3. A boy or girl between the ages of 13 and 19
Answer : Teenager
4. Somebody who moves from one region or country to another, often in search of work or other economic opportunities
Answer : Migrant
5. The act or process of moving from one region or country to another
Answer : Migration
6. To enter a new country for the purpose of settling there
Answer : Immigrate
7. Somebody who has come to a country and settled there
Answer : Immigrant
8. Person who leaves a place, especially his or her native country, to go and live in another country
Answer : Emigrant
9. The act of leaving a native country to live in another country
Answer : Emigration
10. A being from another planet or another part of the universe / One who does not belong to, is not accepted in or does not feel part of a particular group or society
Answer : Alien
11. A person, animal or plant that has lived in an area from the earliest known times
Answer : Aborigines
12. Person who is excessively concerned with his or her own health
Answer : Valetudinarian
13. One who believes that pleasure should be the only aim in life
Answer : Hedonist
14. A philosophical theory that holds that pleasure is the highest good or the source of moral values
Answer : Hedonism
15. Emotional indifference, especially admirable patience and endurance shown in the face of misfortune
Answer : Stoicism
16. Person who appears unaffected by emotions, especially somebody admired for showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity
Answer : Stoic
17. One who has the habit of sleepwalking
Answer : Somnambulist
18. Sleepwalking
Answer : Somnambulism
19. A base or support for a column or statue
Answer : Pedestal
20. Person who is traveling on foot, especially in an area also used by vehicles
Answer : Pedestrain
21. Somebody who believes that all events are decided by fate
Answer : Fatalist
22. The belief that people are powerless against fate
Answer : Fatalism
23. The tendency to speak or write too much about the self / Selfishness or self-centeredness
Answer : Egotism
24.Person who is selfish, self-absorbed, and self-centered / Person who tends to speak or write about himself or herself all the time
Answer : Egotist
25. One who believes that the correct basis for a moral code is every person�s concern for his or her own best interests
Answer : Egoist
26.Making personal welfare and interests only
Answer : Egoism
27. The belief that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
Answer : Agnosticsm
28. Person who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
Answer : Agnostic
29.One who believes in and worship of all or many deities
Answer : Pantheist
30. The belief that God and the material world are one and that God is present in everything
Answer : Pantheism
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