Choose a word from
the box to fill in the missing words in the definitions below:
envoy despot
hermit
predecessor peer
swindler bursar
toddler assessor
agnostic
beneficiary compatriot
copywriter underwriter arbitrator
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1. A (n) _______________ is someone who has withdrawn
from society
and lives alone.
2. A (n) _______________ is the former occupant of an
office, position etc.
3. A (n) _______________ is a person who makes insurance
contracts.
4. A (n) _______________ is a person who holds that it is
not possible to
know
whether God exists or not.
5. A (n) _______________ is a person in charge of a college or school
who is
responsible for all the accounts.
6. A (n) _______________ is a person who writes the words
of an
advertisement.
7. A (n) _______________ is a person of the same age,
rank or status as
oneself.
8. A (n) _______________ is a person who deceives others,
usually to get
money illegally.
9. A (n) _______________ is a person who is called to
settle a dispute
between two
people or groups – usually at the
request
of both sides.
10. A (n) _______________ is a fellow countryman or
countrywoman.
11. A (n) _______________ is a ruler who uses their power
unfairly or
cruelly.
12. A (n) _______________ is a person who is entitled to
receive money or
property
from a will or insurance policy.
13. A (n) _______________ is a small child who has just
learnt to walk.
14. A (n) _______________ is a person whose job is to
calculate the value
of
property or the amount of income or taxes.
15. A (n) _______________ is a special messenger sent by
one government
to do
the business with another government.
ANSWERS
Choose a word from
the box to fill in the missing words in the definitions below:
envoy despot
hermit
predecessor peer
swindler bursar
toddler assessor
agnostic
beneficiary compatriot copywriter underwriter arbitrator
|
1. A hermit
is someone who has withdrawn from society
and lives alone.
2. A predecessor
is the former occupant of an office, position etc.
3. An underwriter
is a person who makes insurance contracts.
4. An agnostic
is a person who holds that it is not possible to
know whether God exists or not.
5. A bursar
is a person in charge of a college or
school
who is responsible for all the
accounts.
6. A copywriter is a person who writes
the words of an advertisement.
7. A peer is a person of the same age,
rank or status as oneself.
8. A swindler
is a person who deceives others, usually to get
money illegally.
9. An arbitrator
is a person who is called to settle a dispute between two
people or groups – usually at the request of
both sides.
10. A compatriot
is a fellow countryman or countrywoman.
11. A despot
is a ruler who uses their power unfairly or cruelly.
12. A beneficiary
is a person who is entitled to receive money or
property from a will or insurance
policy.
13. A toddler
is a small child who has just learnt to walk.
14. A assessor is a person whose job is
to calculate the value
of property or the amount of income or taxes.
15. An envoy is a special messenger sent
by one government
to do the business with another
government.
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