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Description: English One Word Substitution Preparation and Practice Tests
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Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A person devoted to giving help and friendship to people in trouble

  1. salvage

  2. yeoman

  3. samaritan

  4. salubrious


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Samaritan is a person who acts kindly and offers help to those in need.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Something which can’t be effaced or blotted

  1. unerasable

  2. permanent

  3. indelible

  4. efficacious


Correct Option: C

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A declaration of the policies and programmes of a political party

  1. jargon

  2. manifesto

  3. agenda

  4. diplomacy


Correct Option: B

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A state of political lawlessness

  1. anarchy

  2. revolt

  3. disorder

  4. crash


Correct Option: A

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One who is honourably discharged from service

  1. Retired

  2. Emeritus

  3. Relieved

  4. Emancipated


Correct Option: B

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A person who does not open his heart to others

  1. introvert

  2. callous

  3. obscurant

  4. shy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Introvert is a person who is rather shy, not open to others.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Scientific study and description of oceans

  1. Oceanology

  2. Limnology

  3. Nomatology

  4. Nosology


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Oceanology is the branch of Environmental Science which deals with the study of oceans and seas.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The assignment of troops to temporary quarters

  1. barracks

  2. camp

  3. cantonment

  4. dormitory


Correct Option: C

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

An underground place for storing wine or other alcoholic drinks

  1. quay

  2. catacomb

  3. store

  4. cellar


Correct Option: D

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

An armed resistance to an established government

  1. mutiny

  2. uprising

  3. revolt

  4. rebellion


Correct Option: D

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A partner in crime

  1. alias

  2. accomplice

  3. voluptuary

  4. mimic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 An accomplice is someone who aids in a crime.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A place with gambling tables

  1. den

  2. underworld

  3. tavern

  4. casino


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Casino is like a bar where people play gambling, cards, etc.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The dead body of an animal

  1. carcass

  2. corpse

  3. carrion

  4. skeleton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Carcass is the dead body of an animal. Corpse is the dead body of a human. Carrion is meat from a dead animal which is eaten by another animal such as a vulture finds a dead animal and then eats the meat. Skeleton is the structure of bones in both humans and animals.

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The practice of keeping many wives at the same time

  1. polygamy

  2. alimony

  3. polyandry

  4. celibacy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Polygamy was a general phenomenon in olden days where man used to have more than one wives. This is followed till now in Islam.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A woman with light coloured hair

  1. brunette

  2. red head

  3. nymph

  4. blonde


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Blonde is the name given to a woman having light-colored hair, often with fair skin and blue or gray eyes usually found in America and Europe. 

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

To preserve a dead body from putrefication

  1. preserve

  2. conserve

  3. embalm

  4. enlist


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Enbalm is the act of preserving a dead body and preventing putrification by adding different chemicals and other substances.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A state of far sightedness

  1. myopia

  2. hypermetropia

  3. ophthalmology

  4. oculist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Hypermetropia is the medical term for far sightedness.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The scientific study of codes and secret language

  1. dectylology

  2. deltiology

  3. edaphaology

  4. cryptology


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Cryptology is the study of codes and secret languages.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A hospital for the care of mentally or destitute people

  1. sanatorium

  2. sanctuary

  3. sanctum

  4. asylum


Correct Option: D

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A person chosen to settle a dispute between two parties

  1. arbitrator

  2. mediator

  3. meddlesome

  4. mutual


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A person who is chosen or appointed is an arbitrator. Medaitor facilitates dialog and parties themselves resolve the dispute. So arbitrator is the correct choice.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Short piece of poetry that describes a happy and peaceful scene

  1. peroration

  2. ode

  3. sonnet

  4. idyll


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Idyll is a short poem that describes a happy and peaceful scene. An ode is a poem which praises a person or object. Peroration is a rhetorical structure and signifies the final part of a speech.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Words used in common conversation but not considered right from literature's point of view

  1. Alliteration

  2. Slang

  3. Colloquial

  4. Harangue


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Slang are words that are used informally in speech, but not in formal wrting or literature unless the author is duplicating speech.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The other self of man

  1. otherness

  2. ego

  3. alterego

  4. pride


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The alterego represents the hidden or darkside of a person whereas ego is that which is presentable and evident.

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A government by the king

  1. monarchy

  2. oligarchy

  3. autocracy

  4. bureaucracy


Correct Option: A

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A person who foments discontentment among the masses, with the intention of gaining political power

  1. demagogue

  2. pedagogue

  3. bigot

  4. statesman


Correct Option: A
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