PTE Academic speaking short question answer sample
1. | One who is out to subvert a government | Anarchist |
2. | One who is recovering from illness | Convalescent |
3. | One who is all powerful | Omnipotent |
4. | One who is present everywhere | Omnipresent |
5. | One who knows everything | Omniscient |
6. | One who is easily deceived | Gullible |
7. | One who does not make mistakes | Infallible |
8. | One who can do anything for money | Mercenary |
9. | One who has no money | Pauper |
10. | One who changes sides | Turncoat |
11. | One who works for free | Volunteer |
12. | One who loves books | Bibliophile |
13. | One who can speak two languages | Bilingual |
14. | One who loves mankind | Philanthropist |
15. | One who hates mankind | Misanthrope |
16. | One who looks on the bright side of things | Optimist |
17. | One who looks on the dark side of things | Pessimist |
18. | One who doubts the existence of god | Agnostic |
19. | One who pretends to be what he is not | Hypocrite |
20. | One incapable of being tired | Indefatigable |
21. | One who helps others Good | Samaritan |
22. | One who copies from other writers | Plagiarist |
23. | One who hates women | Misogynist |
24. | One who knows many languages | Polyglot |
25. | One who is fond of sensuous pleasures | Epicure |
26. | One who thinks only of himself | Egoist |
27. | One who thinks only of welfare of women | Feminist. |
28. | One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain | Stoic |
29. | One who is quite like a woman | Effeminate |
30. | One who has strange habits | Eccentric |
31. | One who speaks less | Reticent |
32. | One who goes on foot | Pedestrian |
33. | One who believes in fate | Fatalist |
34. | One who dies without a Will | Intestate |
35. | One who always thinks himself to be ill | Valetudinarian |
36. | A Government by the people | Democracy |
37. | A Government by a king or queen | Monarchy |
38. | A Government by the officials | Bureaucracy |
39. | A Government by the rich | Plutocracy |
40. | A Government by the few | Oligarchy |
41. | A Government by the Nobles | Aristocracy |
42. | A Government by one | Autocracy |
43. | Rule by the mob | Mobocracy |
44. | That through which light can pass | Transparent |
45. | That through which light cannot pass | Opaque |
46. | That through which light can partly pass | Translucent |
47. | A sentence whose meaning is unclear | Ambiguous |
48. | A place where orphans live | Orphanage |
49. | That which cannot be described | Indescribable |
50. | That which cannot be imitated | Inimitable |
51. | That which cannot be avoided | Inevitable |
52. | A position for which no salary is paid | Honorary |
53. | That which cannot be defended | Indefensible |
54. | Practice of having several wives | Polygamy |
55. | Practice of having several husbands | Polyandry |
56. | Practice of having one wife or husband | Monogamy |
57. | Practice of having two wives or husbands | Bigamy |
58. | That which is not likely to happen | Improbable |
59. | People living at the same time | Contemporaries |
60. | A book published after the death of its author | Posthumas |
61. | A book written by an unknown author | Anonymous |
62. | A life history written by oneself | Autobiography |
63. | A life history written by somebody else | Biography |
64. | People who work together | Colleagues |
65. | One who eats too much | Glutton |
66. | That which cannot be satisfied | Insatiable |
67. | One who questions everything | Cynic |
68. | A flesh eating animal | Carnivorous |
69. | A grass eating animal | Herbivorous |
70. | One who lives in a foreign country | Immigrant |
71. | To transfer one’s authority to another | Delegate |
72. | One who is a newcomer | Neophyte |
73. | That which is lawful | Legal |
74. | That which is against law | Illegal |
75. | One who is unmarried | Celibate |
76. | A game in which no one wins | Draw |
77. | A study of man | Anthropology |
78. | A study of races | Ethnology |
79. | A study of the body | Physiology |
80. | A study of animals | Zoology |
81. | A study of birds | Ornithology |
82. | A study of ancient things | Archaeology |
83. | A study of derivation of words | Etymology |
84. | Murder of a human being | Homicide |
85. | Murder of a father | Patricide |
86. | Murder of a mother | Matricide |
87. | Murder of an brother | Fratricide |
88. | Murder of an infant | Infanticide |
89. | Murder of self | Suicide |
90. | Murder of the king | Regicide |
91. | To free somebody from all blame | Exonerate |
92. | To write under a different name | Pseudonym |
93. | A thing no longer in use | Obsolete |
94. | A handwriting that cannot be read | Illegible |
95. | Words written on the tomb of a person | Epitaph |
96. | One who is greedy for money | Avaricious |
97. | Something that cannot be imitated | Inimitable |
98. | One who doesn’t know how to read and write | Illiterate |
99. | A person’s peculiar habit | Idiosyncrasy |
100. | An animal who preys on other animals | Predator |
101. | Violating the sanctity of a church | Sacrilege |
102. | One who can throw his voice | Ventriloquist |
PTE Academic speaking short question answer
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