Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:

A person who is 70 to 79 years old

• A. Nonagenarian
• B. Centenarian
• C. Octogenarian
• D. Septuagenarian

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Option D: A 'septuagenarian' is 'a person between seventy and seventy-nine years old. Hence it replaces the given phrase and option D is correct.

Option A: A 'nonagenarian' is 'a person between ninety and ninety-nine years old'.

Option B: A 'centenarian' is 'a person who is a hundred or more years old'.

Option C: An 'octogenarian' is 'a person who is between eighty and eighty-nine years old'.

Hence these words cannot substitute for the phrase and options A, B and C are wrong.