Question

Choose the word that can be substituted for the given word or phrase.
                  ‘A man who hates marriage’
(a)polyandrist
(b)bigot
(c)misogamist
(d)widower

Answer 1

Hint: The question is purely based on the knowledge of your meanings of words, or in other words, how strong your vocabulary is. Try to figure out the meaning of the root word in each of the options as it will give you an idea of what the word means.

Complete answer: (a)’Polyandrist’ is incorrect because a polyandrist is a woman who has more than one husband. It does not always need to be a husband. In some cases, they may have two or more male sexual partners.
(b)’bigot’ is wrong because a bigot is a person who is very strong and firm in a belief which is against a person or group of people belonging to some other group. The hatred may be reasonable or unreasonable but the main factor is that the belief must be very unreasonable.
(c)’ misogamist’ is the correct answer because a person who hates marriages is called a misogamist. It is made of two words ‘misos’ which is Greek for hatred and ‘gamos’ which means marriage.
(d)’widower’ is wrong because a widower is a man whose wife has died. The masculine form of the more common word "widow" is a widower.

Note: There is only one way to ace these questions and that is through gaining a rich vocabulary. A rich vocabulary is very important for English grammar. It also helps in writing good essays and compositions. Reading extensively helps in building a good vocabulary. Learning etymology of words also helps.