English - One Word Substitution
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
An instrument for viewing objects at a distance
- (a)
telescope
- (b)
microscope
- (c)
periscope
- (d)
kaleidoscope
A hater of learning and knowledge
- (a)
illiterate
- (b)
bibliophile
- (c)
misologist
- (d)
misogynist
A man of lax moral conduct
- (a)
pirate
- (b)
ruffian
- (c)
vagabond
- (d)
licentious
A process involving too much official formality
- (a)
red-tapism
- (b)
bureaucracy
- (c)
diplomacy
- (d)
nepotism
A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
- (a)
sensual
- (b)
stoic
- (c)
hedonist
- (d)
epicure
A person who eats too much
- (a)
glutton
- (b)
reveller
- (c)
sensualist
- (d)
omnivore
A short stay at a place
- (a)
interlude
- (b)
halt
- (c)
sojourn
- (d)
intermission
A government that is carried on through officers
- (a)
bureaucracy
- (b)
officiousness
- (c)
class-one
- (d)
dictatorship
A funny imitation of a poem
- (a)
dialogue
- (b)
sonnet
- (c)
caricature
- (d)
parody
A person without manners or polish
- (a)
boorish
- (b)
rustic
- (c)
barbarian
- (d)
naive
A speech by an actor at the end of a play
- (a)
prologue
- (b)
epilogue
- (c)
monologue
- (d)
duologue
A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments
- (a)
stoic
- (b)
epicure
- (c)
hedonist
- (d)
lusty
A school for infants and young children
- (a)
infantile
- (b)
school
- (c)
kindergarten
- (d)
nursery
Contempt of god
- (a)
agnosticism
- (b)
blasphemy
- (c)
nihilism
- (d)
athesim
Destruction of unborn baby in mother's womb
- (a)
foeticide
- (b)
infecticide
- (c)
abortion
- (d)
regicide
Government by a single person
- (a)
autocracy
- (b)
plutocracy
- (c)
aristocracy
- (d)
monarchy
Habit of secretly listening to private conversation
- (a)
spying
- (b)
spelling
- (c)
condign
- (d)
murmering
Incapable of being explained or accounted for
- (a)
inexplicit
- (b)
incredible
- (c)
inexpressible
- (d)
inexplicable
Lack of enough blood
- (a)
allergy
- (b)
amnesia
- (c)
insomnia
- (d)
anaemia
Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island
- (a)
lagoon
- (b)
archipelago
- (c)
isthmus
- (d)
peninsula
Murder of a king
- (a)
homicide
- (b)
matricide
- (c)
regicide
- (d)
genocide
One who loves books
- (a)
bibliophagist
- (b)
bibliophobe
- (c)
bibliographer
- (d)
bibliophile
One who is neither intelligent nor dull
- (a)
commoner
- (b)
tolerable
- (c)
diligent
- (d)
mediocre
One who resides in a country of which he is not a citizen
- (a)
foreigner
- (b)
alien
- (c)
prodigal
- (d)
native
Perceptible to the ear
- (a)
audible
- (b)
laudable
- (c)
praiseable
- (d)
adorable
People working in the same department or office
- (a)
fellows
- (b)
colleagues
- (c)
mates
- (d)
companions
People in a riot
- (a)
mob
- (b)
crowd
- (c)
congregation
- (d)
rabble
The study of ancient societies
- (a)
anthropology
- (b)
archaeology
- (c)
history
- (d)
ethnology
The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant
- (a)
menu
- (b)
agenda
- (c)
catalogue
- (d)
biodata
Using of new words
- (a)
malaproism
- (b)
coinage
- (c)
vocabulary
- (d)
neologism