One Word Substitutions – 2

1. Perceptible to the ear
(a) audible
(b) laudable
(c) praise able
(d) adorable

2. People working in the same department or office
(a) fellows
(b) colleagues
(c) mates
(d) companions

3. Place where birds are kept
(a) apiary
(b) zoo
(c) aviary
(d) armoury

4. Person who has long experience
(a) veteran
(b) stalwart
(c) vedantic
(d) itinerant

5. Plain or self-evident truth
(a) truism
(b) proverb
(c) formula
(d) percept

6. People in a riot
(a) mob
(b) crowd
(c) congregation
(d) rabble

7. Policy of a political party
a) report
(b) manifesto
c) circular
(d) agenda

8. Rainfall at irregular intervals or occasionally
(a) irregular
(b) sporadic
(c) accidental
(d) temporary

9. Relationship by blood or birth
(a) consanguinity
(b) parentage
(c) nepotism
(d) affiliation

10. Run away from home with lover
(a) vanquish
(b) abscond
(c) elope
(d) asylum

11. Ravi impressed everyone with his persuasive and fluent speech
(a) eloquence
(b) discourse
(c) lecture
(d) expression

12. Strong and settled dislike between two
(a) animosity
(b) antipathy
(c) hatred
(d) apathy

13. Something that becomes outdated
(a) old
(b) ancient
(c) obsolete
(d) useless

14. Study of mankind
(a) philology
(b) pathology
(c) anthropology
(d) physiology

15. Study of the statistics of births, deaths, diseases to show the state of community
(a) anthropology
(b) geography
(c) demography
(d) topography

16. Shining brilliant and magnificent
(a) resplendent
(b) luminous
(c) polished
(d) gleaming

17. Something which is not thorough or profound
(a) superstitious
(b) superficial
(c) supernatural
(d) superfluous

18. Story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth
(a) paragon
(b) paradigm
(c) parable
(d) didactic

19. The state of complete continence on the part of a woman
(a) celibacy
(b) virginity
(c) unmarried
(d) spinster

20. The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence
(a) internationalism
(b) communism
(c) capitalism
(d) imperialism

21. The study of ancient societies
(a) anthropology
(b) archaeology
(c) history
(d) ethnology

22. To send an unwanted person out of the country
(a) deport
(b) exclude
(c) expatriate
(d) ostracize

23. To kill someone for political reasons
(a) homicide
(b) murder
(c) assassination
(d) genocide

24. The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed
(a) amnesty
(b) affidavit
(c) agreement
(d) armistice

25. Teetotaller means
(a) one who abstains from theft
(b) one who abstains from meat
(c) one who abstains from taking wine
(d) one who abstains from taking malice

1. One who deserts his religion
(a) turn-coat
(b) deserter
(c) apostate
(d) fanatic

2. One who feels at home in every country
(a) metropolitan
(b) cosmopolitan
(c) citizen
(d) denizen

3. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks
(a) pedant
(b) teetotaller
(c) Samaritan
(d) puritan

4. One who stirs people for personal politics or profit
(a) hypocrite (b) pedagogue
(c) demagogue (d) dictator

5. One who is honourably discharged from service
(a) sinecure
(b) emeritus
(c) retired
(d) honorary

6. One who talks very little
(a) stoic
(b) reserved
(c) mute
(d) phlegmatic

7. One who loves books
(a) bibliophagist
(b) bibliophobe
(c) bibliographer
(d) bibliophile

8. One knowing everything
(a) omniscient
(b) learned
(c) omnipresent
(d) omnipotent

9. One who is neither intelligent nor dull
(a) commoner
(b) tolerable
(c) diligent
(d) mediocre

10. One who eats human flesh
(a) cannibal
(b) beast
(c) carnivorous
(d) savage

11. One who sacrifices his life for a cause
(a) martyr
(b) soldier
(c) patriot
(d) revolutionary

12. One who cannot be corrected
(a) hardened
(b) incurable
(c) invulnerable
(d) incorrigible

13. One who does not know how to save money
(a) lavish
(b) reckless
(c) spendthrift
(d) careless

14. One who talks continuously
(a) loquacious
(b) impecunious
(c) avaricious
(d) voracious

15. One who can use either of his hands with ease
(a) ambidextrous
(b) gluttonous
(c) expert
(d) amateur

16. One who speaks or understands many languages
(a) grammarian
(b) scholar
(c) polyglot
(d) linguist

17. One who possesses many talents
(a) exceptional
(b) versatile
(c) nubile
(d) gifted

18. One who believes that everything is pre destined
(a) fatalist
(b) pessimist
(c) astrologer
(d) palmist

19. One who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen
(a) foreigner
(b) alien
(c) prodigal
(d) native

20. If a married woman has extramarital relation- ship, it is known as
(a) adultery
(b) polygamy
(c) puberty
(d) lechery

21. A person who brings an action at law
(a) deponent
(b) defendant
(c) litigant
(d) plaintiff

22. A person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain
(a) stoic
(b) saint
(c) hermit
(d) ascetic

23. Paying back injury with injury
(a) subjugation
(b) vendetta
(c) reprisal
(d) repression

24. A person who believes that god is everything and everything is god.
(a) pantheist
(b) agnostic
(c) pantechnicon
(d) theist

25. Policemen riding on motorcycles as guards of VIP
(a) outriders
(b) servants
(c) commandos
(d) attendants

1. Handwriting that cannot be read
(a) illegible
(b) unreadable
(c) dim
(d) dull

2. His father is a doctor who treats children and infants
(a) podiatrist
(b) dermatologist
(c) paediatrician
(d) gynaecologist

3. Incapable of being explained
(a) nondescript
(b) untold
(c) unexplained
(d) inexplicable

4. Indifference to pleasure or pain
(a) patience
(b) docility
(c) reticence
(d) stoicism

5. Incapable of being wounded
(a) infallible
(b) invulnerable
(c) impregnable
(d) invincible

6. Joint sovereignty exercised over a country by two or more countries
(a) pandemonium
(b) condominium
(c) entente
(d) colonialism

7. Killing of human beings
(a) murder
(b) suicide
(c) homicide
(d) assassination

8. Killing of one’s own brother
(a) murder
(b) matricide
(c) fratricide
(d) genocide

9. Life history of a person written by another
(a) biography
(b) autobiography
(c) memoir
(d) bibliography

10. Large scale departure of people
(a) emigration
(b) migration
(c) exodus
(d) immigration

11. Likely to break apart easily
(a) breakable
(b) thin
(c) brittle
(d) harsh

12. Lack of enough blood
(a) allergy
(b) amnesia
(c) insomnia
(d) anaemia

13. Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island
(a) lagoon
(b) archipelago
(c) isthmus
(d) peninsula

14. Mania for stealing articles
(a) hypomania
(b) logomania
(c) nymphomania
(d) kleptomania

15. A man whose wife has been unfaithful to him
(a) cuckold
(b) dandy
(c) bastard
(d) concubine

16. Murder of a new-bom child
(a) infanticide
(b) homicide
(c) regicide
(d) fratricide

17. Murder of a king
(a) homicide
(b) matricide
(c) regicide
(d) genocide

18. An unimpressive speech delivered without any preparation
(a) soliloquy
(b) epilogue
(c) extempore
(d) prologue

19. One who eats everything
(a) carnivorous
(b) gourmet
(c) omnivorous
(d) omnipotent

20. One who murder one’s mother
(a) genocide
(b) homicide
(c) matricide
(d) patricide

21. One who loves all and sundry
(a) altruist
(b) optimist
(c) philanthropist
(d) humanist

22. Official misconduct
(a) malefactor
(b) malfeasance
(c) maltreatment
(d) maladministration

23. One who is interested in the welfare of women
(a) feminist
(b) feminine
(c) flamboyant
(d) effeminate

24. One who takes delight in excessive cruelty
(a) sadist
(b) anarchist
(c) nihilist
(d) sophist

1. A person who hates women
(a) masochist
(b) misanthropist
(c) misogamist
(d) misogynist

2. A person who collects coins
(a) numismatist
(b) narcissist
(c) fatalist
(d) philatelist

3. A school for infants and young children
(a) infantile
(b) school
(c) kindergarten
(d) nursery

4. A ride on someone else’s back or shoulders
(a) kickback
(b) piggyback
(c) cuddle
(d) hunchback

5. A cure for all diseases
(a) panacea
(b) exorcism
(c) antibiotic
(d) incantation

6. A short walk for pleasure or exercise
(a) gallop
(b) jog
(c) promenade
(d) stroll

7. A person who is more interested in himself rather than anything that is going on around him
(a) introvert
(b) egoist
(c) eccentric
(d) extrovert

8. A sea abounding in islands
(a) ocean
(b) strait
(c) gulf
(d) archipelago

9. A song sung at a burial
(a) dirge
(b) elegy
(c) ballad
(d) ode

10. A soldier who fights for sake of money cannot be branded as courageous and patriotic
(a) mercenary
(b) sinecure
(c) equestrian
(d) honorary

11. A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the need of the hour
(a) conservation
(b) embankment
(c) enhancement
(d) management
(e) promotion

12. Both Buddha and Mahavira lived at the same time
(a) coincident
(b) simultaneous
(c) synchronized
(d) contemporary

13. The custom of having many wives
(a) matrimony
(b) monogamy
(c) bigamy
(d) polygamy

14. Cessation of arms before a formal treaty is signed during war
(a) truce
(b) armistice
(c) accord
(d) retreat

15. Child bereaved of one or both the parents
(a) lout
(b) desolate
(c) orphan
(d) destitute

16. Contempt of god
(a) agnosticism
(b) blasphemy
(c) nihilism
(d) atheism

17. Changing one’s mind too quickly
(a) vacillation
(b) adaptability
(c) instability
(d) versatility

18. Clumsy or ill-bred fellow
(a) oaf
(b) boor
(c) yokel
(d) lout

19. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence
(a) hierarchy
(b) formalism
(c) statesmanship
(d) protocol

20. Destruction of unborn baby in mother’s womb
(a) foeticide
(b) infanticide
(c) abortion
(d) regicide

21. Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
(a) masochism
(b) sadism
(c) malevolence
(d) bigotry

22. Elimination of a racial group by killing
(a) homicide
(b) regicide
(c) genocide
(d) patricide

23. A government comprising a single person
(a) autocracy
(b) plutocracy
(c) aristocracy
(d) monarchy

24. A government comprising the representatives of the people
(a) socialism (b) autocracy
(c) democracy (d) diplomacy

25. Habit of secretly listening to private conversation
(a) spying
(b) spelling
(c) condign
(d) murmuring

1. A funny imitation of a poem
(a) dialogue
(b) sonnet
(c) caricature
(d) parody

2. A person without manners or polish
(a) boorish
(b) rustic
(c) barbarian
(d) naïve

3. A speech by an actor at the end of a play
(a) prologue
(b) epilogue
(c) monologue
(d) duologue

4. Act of taking one’s life
(a) homicide
(b) suicide
(c) immolation
(d) slaughter

5. A person who brings goods illegally into the country
(a) importer
(b) exporter
(c) impostor
(d) smuggler

6. A man who dances to the tunes of his wife
(a) chum
(b) effeminate
(c) slave
(d) henpecked

7. A person who has just started learning
(a) accomplice
(b) foreman
(c) apprentice
(d) novice

8. A woman of lax moral
(a) concubine
(b) prostitute
(c) hostess
(d) harlot

9. A slow-witted and incompetent person
(a) duffer
(b) nigger
(c) dud
(d) snotty

10. A thing liable to be easily broken
(a) ductile
(b) breakable
(c) delicate
(d) brittle

11. A person’s first speech
(a) opener
(b) maiden
(c) extempore
(d) preface

12. A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments
(a) stoic
(b) epicure
(c) hedonist
(d) lusty

13. An old unmarried woman
(a) bachelor
(b) virgin
(c) matron
(d) spinster

14. A written declaration made on oath in the presence of a magistrate
(a) dossier
(b) voucher
(c) document
(d) affidavit

15. A physician who delivers babies
(a) psychiatrist
(b) paediatrician
(c) obstetrician
(d) gynaecologist

16. A man who is having the qualities of woman
(a) epicurean
(b) loquacious
(c) celibate
(d) effeminate

17. A word no longer in use
(a) primitive
(b) exotic
(c) ancient
(d) obsolete

18. A 70-79 years old person
(a) centenarian
(b) septuagenarian
(c) nonagenarian
(d) octogenarian

19. A person who sneaks illegally into a country
(a) invader
(b) infiltrator
(c) aggressor
(d) sniper

20. A person who readily believes others
(a) sensible
(b) credible
(c) sensitive
(d) credulous

21. A paper written in one’s own handwriting
(a) parchment
(b) manuscript
(c) transcript
(d) scroll

22. A small group of fixed stars
(a) constellation
(b) cluster
(c) custer
(d) galaxy

23. A person who lives alone and avoids other people
(a) agnostic
(b) ascetic
(c) unsocial
(d) recluse

24. A person who wishes to throw over all establishments
(a) terrorist
(b) hooligan
(c) anarchist
(d) rebel

25. A person interested in reading books
(a) scholar
(b) student
(c) book-keeper
(d) book worm

1. A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time
(a) endemic
(b) epidemic
(c) infectious
(d) contagious

2. A religious discourse
(a) preach
(b) stanza
(c) sanctorum
(d) sermon

3. A place that provides refuge
(a) asylum
(b) sanatorium
(c) shelter
(d) orphanage

4. A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or snow
(a) nimbus
(b) blizzard
(c) hail
(d) fog

5. A person who makes love without being serious
(a) Romeo
(b) consort
(c) goon
(d) philanderer

6. A child of unusual or remarkable talent
(a) prodigy
(b) scholar
(c) diligent
(d) freak

7. A disease which ends in death
(a) fatal
(b) contagious
(c) deadly
(d) lethal

8. A person who does not believe in the existence of God
(a) theist
(b) heretic
(c) atheist
(d) fanatic

9. A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things
(a) trickster
(b) impostor
(c) magician
(d) mountebank

10. A place for sick people who need long periods
for recovery
(a) clinic
(b) hospital
(c) sanatorium
(d) asylum

11. A sudden rush of wind
(a) gust
(b) gale
(c) storm
(d) typho

12. A person who eats too much
(a) glutton
(b) reveller
(c) sensualist
(d) omnivore

13. A person who is reserved in talks
(a) silent
(b) reticent
(c) garrulous
(d) mendicant

14. A short stay at a place
(a) interlude
(b) halt
(c) sojourn
(d) intermission

15. A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders
(a) pardon
(b) excuse
(c) honesty
(d) amnesty

16. A person who is out to destroy government
(a) anarchist
(b) destroyer
(c) atheist
(d) theist

17. A person who looks on the bright side of things
(a) atheist
(b) optimist
(c) cynic
(d) agnostic

18. A government that is carried on through officers
(a) bureaucracy
(b) officiousness
(c) class-one
(d) dictatorship

19. A woman whose husband is dead
(a) widow
(b) virgin
(c) spinster
(d) wedlock

20. A man of odd habits
(a) cynical
(b) eccentric
(c) moody
(d) introvert

21. A statement that is absolutely clear
(a) clean
(b) confused
(c) ambiguous
(d) unequivocal

22. Animals living on land and in water
(a) ambivalent
(b) ambiguous
(c) amphibian
(d) amorphous

23. A political leader who tries to stir people
(a) martinet
(b) statesman
(c) demagogue
(d) dictator

24. A man who pays too much attention to his clothes and personal appearance
(a) duffer
(b) snob
(c) licentious
(d) dandy

25. A person very hard to please
(a) obstinate
(b) unconquerable
(c) fastidious
(d) invincible

1. A man who operates on sick people
(a) operator
(b) surgeon
(c) physician
(d) physiotherapist

2. A book containing summarized information on all branches of knowledge
(a) dictionary
(b) microscope
(c) periscope
(d) encyclopedia

3. An instrument for viewing objects at a distance
(a) telescope
(b) microscope
(c) periscope
(d) kaleidoscope

4. A hater of learning and knowledge
(a) illiterate
(b) bibliophile
(c) misologist
(d) misogynist

5. A person who does not believe in any religion
(a) atheist
(b) philatelist
(c) pagan
(d) rationalist

6. A person who looks at the dark side of everything
(a) sadist
(b) blind
(c) pessimist
(d) optimist

7. A man of lax moral
(a) pirate
(b) ruffian
(c) vagabond
(d) licentious

8. Animals who eat flesh of another animal
(a) man-eater
(b) beast
(c) carnivorous
(d) cannibal

9. A government by the nobles
(a) aristocracy
(b) democracy
(c) bureaucracy
(d) autocracy

10. Animals that can live on land and water
(a) aquatic
(b) amphibians
(cj reptiles
(d) gregarious

11. Anything written in a letter after it is signed
(a) postdiction
(b) posterity
(c) corrigendum
(d) postscript

12. A woman having several husbands at the same time
(a) polygamy
(b) polyandry
(c) polysexual
(d) polyglot

13. A person who has no money to pay off his debts
(a) insolvent
(b) debtor
(c) pauper
(d) beggar

14. A person who hates women
(a) intolerant
(b) misogamist
(c) bigamist
(d) gullible

15. A sleeping room for many persons
(a) boarding
(b) hostel
(c) dormitory
(d) dwelling

16. A process involving too much official formality
(a) red-tapism
(b) bureaucracy
(c) diplomacy
(d) nepotism

17. A large scale departure of people from a territory
(a) migration
(b) immigration
(c) exodus
(d) aberration

18. A post without remuneration
(a) involuntary
(b) voluntary
(c) sinecure
(d) honorary

19. A disease that spreads by means of germs carried in atmosphere
(a) infectious
(b) epidemic
(c) contagious
(d) endemic

20. A government run by a dictator
(a) autocracy
(b) democracy
(c) theocracy
(d) oligarchy

21. A speech delivered without preparation
(a) straightforward
(b) extempore
(c) verbose
(d) maiden

22. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
(a) sensual
(b) stoic
(c) hedonist
(d) epicure

23. A speech made by someone for the first time
(a) spontaneous
(b) extempore
(c) maiden speech
(d) sermon

24. A physician who specializes in diseases of skin
(a) obstetrician
(b) dermatologist
(c) cardiologist
(d) none of these

25. A person who is fond of sensuous enjoyment
(a) epicure
(b) witty
(c) hedonist
(d) humorous