Grammar Quiz (07 June 2024)

Cartographer

Cartographer -The one who makes maps and charts.

Artist - A person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.

Geographer - The relationships between people and their environments.

Sculptor - An artist who makes sculptures.

Homicide

Homicide - Killing of a person by another.

Democide - The murder of any person or people by a government.

Genocide- The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.

Euthanasia -The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease.

Politics- the science or art of political government

Sociology- the study of human societies and social behaviour

Economics- the study of the way money, business and industry are organized

Theology- the study of religion

Confess - to own up to something as true

Suppress- to stop something from being seen or known

Redress- to correct something that is wrong or unfair

Assess- to judge or form an opinion about something

Grease someone's palm- bribe someone.

E.g.- Mohan greased the palm of the office clerk to get his work done.

Devil's advocate- one who argues against something just for the sake of arguing.

Blow your own trumpet- boast about one's own qualities

E.g.- Tarun always blows his own trumpet. He should be more modest.

Anxious and tense

On tenterhooks- Anxious and tense

E.g- Tarun is on tenterhooks as he is expecting a loss in his business dealings.

Rule- an official statement that tells you what you must or must not do in a particular situation or when playing a game

Regime- a method or system of government, especially one that has not been elected in a fair way

Territory- an area of land that belongs to one country

Space- a place or an area that is empty or not used

Yield- Harvest

Plantation- a large area of land, especially in a hot country, where tea, cotton, tobacco, etc. are grown

Garden- a piece of land next to a house where flowers and vegetables can be grown, usually with a piece of grass

Orchard- a piece of land on which fruit trees are grown