One Word Substitution One word Substitution Word Power 1 / 10 What is the term for a person who is skilled in many areas or has a wide range of interests? Polymath Savant Specialist Virtuoso 2 / 10 What is the term for the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize or mock people or society? Sarcasm Satire Parody Irony 3 / 10 What is the term for the tendency to speak or write in a roundabout way, avoiding directness? Verbose Circumlocution Concise Loquacious 4 / 10 What is the term for a government by the wealthy? Autocracy Plutocracy Oligarchy Theocracy 5 / 10 A short walk for pleasure – Gallop Stroll Jog Lagoon 6 / 10 An athletic event in which each competitor takes part in ten events – Decahedron Decathlon Pentathlon Hexathlon 7 / 10 Matter written by hand – Manuscript Sculpture Scription Monument 8 / 10 One who knows many languages – Bilingual Polyglot Philosopher Narrator 9 / 10 What is the term for the study of the history of words and their origins? Etymology Epistemology Etiology Entomology 10 / 10 What is the term for a person who is fond of collecting books? Bibliophile Philanthropist Philatelist Numismatist Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz By WordPress Quiz plugin