Select the word which can replace the given group of words:
A person, often a leader, who keeps urging his or her country to attack and fight other nations
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Warmonger
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Pacifist | a person who believes that war and violence are always wrong | A lifelong pacifist, my grandfather refused to watch even war films. |
| (2) Mercenary | a soldier who fights for any country or group that pays him (does not push his own country into war) | The rebels hired a mercenary to train their men. |
| (3) Warmonger (answer) | a person who tries to bring about war or keeps encouraging it | The minister was called a warmonger after he asked for an attack on the border posts. |
| (4) Agitator | a person who stirs up people to protest against something | The police arrested an agitator who was asking the crowd to block the highway. |