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One Word Substitution

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Directions: Give one word substitution for the following phrase.

One who is in charge of the museum

  1. Curator

  2. Supervisor

  3. Owner

  4. Warden


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A curator is someone who is in charge of a museum.

The study of the weather and climatic conditions

  1. Metrology

  2. Kalology

  3. Meteorology

  4. Oncology


Correct Option: C

Some incident or happening foreshadowing some disaster

  1. Ominous

  2. Woeful

  3. Melancholy

  4. Doleful


Correct Option: A

Something tending to trap or mislead

  1. Zigzag

  2. Winding

  3. Insidious

  4. Anomalous


Correct Option: C

Something (substance, etc.) that causes an ill-effect when taken into the body is

  1. fatal

  2. deleterious

  3. foul

  4. cancerous


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence is about ill-effects, not about death (fatal). Foul is offensive to the senses, not necessarily harmful. Cancer is not a substance and is not taken in. Deleterious is the type of effect when something is taken in which produces ill effects.

The study of plant nutritions and soil yields

  1. Agrostology

  2. Acarology

  3. Andrology

  4. Agrobiology


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the best option which can substitute the given word/sentence.

The application of managerial, financial and engineering skills to increase the efficiency of equipment and machinery

  1. Terotechnology

  2. Dermatology

  3. Teratology

  4. Theology


Correct Option: A

To put someone's money to bad, incorrect and dishonest use

  1. Misappropriation

  2. Embezzle

  3. Fraud

  4. Dupe


Correct Option: A

To depart from the main subject of a discourse or argument

  1. Deviate

  2. Twist

  3. Babble

  4. Digress


Correct Option: D

A place for keeping aero planes

  1. Airport

  2. Hanger

  3. Aerodrome

  4. Dock


Correct Option: B

A person who has a sweet and friendly nature

  1. Amicable

  2. Amiable

  3. Affectionate

  4. Lovable


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Amiable is used to refer to someone who is typically sweet and friendly. Amicable could be used, but when someone is being amicable, they are being sweet and friendly in order to avoid a conflict.

A person who imitates the voice, gesture etc of others

  1. Canvasser

  2. Termagant

  3. Mimic

  4. Clown


Correct Option: C

Directions: Select the one word that replaces the given phrase.

The use of more words than required or necessary for expressing the idea

  1. Malapropism

  2. Verbose

  3. Extravagant

  4. Circumlocution


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Circumlocution is the act of using more words than necessary in order to explain something, i.e a roundabout, indirect, or lengthy way of expressing something. Verbose is using too many words i.e. long winded. So option 4 i.e. circumlocution best answers the question. 

A person who believes in the theory of eat, drink and be merry

  1. Epicurean

  2. Hedonist

  3. Lecher

  4. Rou�


Correct Option: A

A school for infants and young children

 

  1. Nursery

  2. Crèche

  3. Kindergarten

  4. Day boarding


Correct Option: C

A person who eats too much

  1. Coadjutor

  2. Glutton

  3. Malefactor

  4. Altruist


Correct Option: B

An instrument for recording the growth of plants

  1. Litho scope

  2. Odometer

  3. Cresco graph

  4. Crepuscular


Correct Option: C

Excessive patriotism

  1. Chauvinism

  2. Fanatic

  3. Martyr

  4. Sovereign


Correct Option: A

A person who eats all kinds of food

  1. Pusillanimous

  2. Intestate

  3. Glutton

  4. Pantophagist


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Phantophagist refers to a person or animal who eats all kinds of food. Glutton is someone who eats too much food.

An instrument used for recording temperature

  1. Pyrometer

  2. Thermometer

  3. Potentiometer

  4. Actinometer


Correct Option: B

Explanatory comment added to a text

  1. Glossary

  2. Glossy

  3. Gloss

  4. Glower


Correct Option: C

Incident in a series of incidents

  1. Epitaph

  2. Serial

  3. Narration

  4. Episode


Correct Option: D

Two kings of the same era

  1. Timely

  2. Contemporary

  3. Allegorical

  4. Affable


Correct Option: B

The science and art of political government

  1. Politics

  2. Pedagogy

  3. Demagogy

  4. Demimonde


Correct Option: A

Science of coins, coinage and medals

  1. Cryptography

  2. Eugenics

  3. Penology

  4. Numismatics


Correct Option: D
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