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English · Q243

One Word Substitution

Competitive Exams · English · question 243

Q243

One who takes delight in excessive cruelty

A.
Anarchist
B.
Sophist
C.
Sadist
Answer
D.
Nihilist

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Sadist.

Anarchist: a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
Sophist: a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in Greece in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, associated in popular thought with moral scepticism and specious reasoning.
Sadist: a person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on others.
Nihilist: a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.