One Word Substitution

Question 1

the act of killing one wife

Answer 1

Uxoricide

Question 2

a post without any compensation

Answer 2

Honorary

Question 3

A short usually amusing story about some real person/event

Answer 3

Anecdote

Question 4

Govt by priest

Answer 4

Theocracy

Question 5

Of the sense of touch is

Answer 5

tactile

Question 6

a severe deserved punishment is

Answer 6

retribution

Question 7

putting plants and animals into various classes

Answer 7

Taxonomy

Question 8

fear of open spaces

Answer 8

agoraphobia

Question 9

to free a person from the charge or blame

Answer 9

exculpate

Question 10

theocracy

Answer 10

govt. by priest

Question 11

Fear of closed spaces

Answer 11

claustrophobia

Question 12

a disease which spread by contact

Answer 12

contagious

Question 13

incorrigible

Answer 13

(of a person or their behavior) not able to be changed or reformed.

“she’s an incorrigible flirt”

Question 14

uncivilized person

Answer 14

barbarian

Question 15

the art of shooting arrows

Answer 15

archery

Question 16

those who live in trees

Answer 16

arboreal

Question 17

the part between the neck and abdomen

Answer 17

thorax

Question 18

the study of speech’s sound

Answer 18

Phonology / phonetics

Question 19

the scientific study of weather conditions

Answer 19

meteorology

Question 20

having or giving off a smell, especially an unpleasant one.

“an odoriferous pile of fish”

Answer 20

odoriferous

Question 21

the art of cutting trees into decorative shapes

Answer 21

topiary

Question 22

something that prevents the agreement

Answer 22

sticking point

Question 23

done while sitting down

Answer 23

sedentary

Question 24

a sudden secretly planned attempt to remove a govt from the force

Answer 24

Putsch

Question 25

a severe deserved punishment is

Answer 25

retribution

Question 26

one who travels around a lot and has no fixed address or responsibilities

Answer 26

rolling stone

Question 27

a great norm of art

Answer 27

magnum opus a work of art, music, or literature that is regarded as the most important or best work that an artist, composer, or writer has produced.

Question 28

everlasting punishment after death

Answer 28

perdition (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death. ``` Similar: damnation eternal punishment hell hellfire spiritual destruction ```

Question 29

taxonomy

Answer 29

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

Question 30

the personal possessions that a woman brings when she marries

Answer 30

trousseau

Question 31

precis

Answer 31

a summary or abstract of a text or speech. Similar: summary synopsis résumé

Question 32

public condemnation

Answer 32

denouncement

Question 33

a garrulous person

Answer 33

talkative

Question 34

a bitter and violent attack on innocent people

Answer 34

assault

Question 35

a piece of land converted from forest to arable (growing crops) use.

Answer 35

assart

Question 36

abandonment from one country or cause

Answer 36

defection ``` the desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one. "his defection from the Labour Party" Similar: desertion absconding decamping flight ```

Question 37

doulas

Answer 37

a trained companion who is not a healthcare professional and who supports another individual (the doula's client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or stillbirth, or non-reproductive experiences such as dying.

Question 38

MORATORIUM

Answer 38

a legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment. "the debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium"