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