One Word Substitution

Improving English

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The process by which the young plant begins to grow

  1. Radicle
  2. Plumule
  3. Germination
  4. Annual
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Not fit for consumption

  1. Eligible
  2. Audible
  3. Inedible
  4. Pure
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given phrase.

A four-footed animal

  1. Quadruped
  2. Rodent
  3. Parasite
  4. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

To supply land with water by artificial means

  1. Irrigate
  2. Drought
  3. Stomata
  4. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

To banish from one's country

  1. Imports
  2. Expatriate
  3. Tariff
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Not to the point

  1. Irrelevant
  2. Inevitable
  3. Invisible
  4. Immortal
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

An instrument for transmitting the voice to a distance

  1. Telephone
  2. Microscope
  3. Barometer
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Incapable of making errors

  1. Indelible
  2. Irreducible
  3. Invincible
  4. Infallible
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A knife fixed on to the end of a gun

  1. Machete
  2. Switchblade
  3. Dagger
  4. Bayonet
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Official reports on the progress of the war

  1. Bulletin
  2. Garrison
  3. Conscript
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A list of books in a library

  1. Diary
  2. Glossary
  3. Catalogue
  4. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

To change to stone

  1. Palisade
  2. Petrify
  3. Incognito
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Loss of memory

  1. Agnosia
  2. Sinecure
  3. Amnesia
  4. Dementia
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A judge's hammer

  1. Gavel
  2. Careen
  3. Menu
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.
Law designed to be put into effect at the appropriate time

  1. Exemplary
  2. Executory
  3. Exegesis
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The likeness or representation of a person

  1. Wait
  2. Ferrule
  3. Effigy
  4. None
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.An error or misprint in printing or writing

  1. Facsimile
  2. Erratum
  3. Agenda
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The part of milk from which cheese is made

  1. Recipe
  2. Casein
  3. Alloy
  4. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The bony framework of the body

  1. Skeleton
  2. Awning
  3. Amulet
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The amount by which a vessel falls short of being full.

  1. Ullage
  2. Niche
  3. Dock
  4. Felloe
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

One from which a metal or metals can be profitably extracted

  1. Dibble
  2. Pollination
  3. Ore
  4. None of these
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A piece of verse

  1. Mutton
  2. Rhizome
  3. Core
  4. Rhyme
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A short speech or poem spoken to the audience by one of the actors at the end of a play

  1. Epilogue
  2. Dirge
  3. Climax
  4. Prologue
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A statement which is accepted as true without proof

  1. Axiom
  2. Jargon
  3. Caption
  4. Extant
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

The last section of a communication

  1. Peroration
  2. Harangue
  3. Acrostic
  4. None