Vocabulary (One Word Substitution)
To test students' knowledge of one-word substitutions in English vocabulary
Questions
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A person living permanently in a certain place
- Native
- Resident
- Domicile
- Sojourner
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Life history of a person written by another
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Memoir
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft
- Pirate
- Swindler
- Hijacker
- Plunderer
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A person who has no money to pay his debts
- Debtor
- Pauper
- Beggar
- Insolvent
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
The policy of extending a country' s empire and influence
- Imperialism
- Capitalism
- Internationalism
- Communism
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Murder of a brother
- Patricide
- Regicide
- Homicide
- Fratricide
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
One who loves mankind
- Anthropologist
- Philanthropist
- Seismologist
- Optometrist
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Constant effort to achieve something
- Perseverance
- Attempt
- Enthusiasm
- Vigour
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Stealing from the writings of others
- Copying
- Reframing
- Reproducing
- Plagiarism
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Relationship by blood or by birth
- Parentage
- Affiliation
- Consanguinity
- Nepotism
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass or stones
- Oleograph
- Mosaic
- Tracery
- Relief
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A small house with all the rooms on ground floor
- Bungalow
- Cottage
- Flat
- Castle
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A government run by a dictator
- Democracy
- Autocracy
- Anarchy
- Aristocracy
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A post without remuneration
- Voluntary
- Sinecure
- Honorary
- Gratuitous
Directions: Choose one word substitution for the following:
List of things to be dealt with at a meeting
- Schedule
- Agenda
- Proceeding
- Docket
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
The custom of having more than one husband at the same time
- Polygamy
- Polyandry
- Bigamy
- Polygyny
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
A government by the nobles
- Democracy
- Bureaucracy
- Autocracy
- Aristocracy
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Revengeful in spirit
- Vindicator
- Usurer
- Vindictive
- Advocator
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
An office or a post with no work but high pay
- Honorary
- Sinecure
- Gratis
- Voluntary
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- Cynicism
- Nepotism
- Philanthropy
- Altruism
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
To slap with a flat object
- Hew
- Swat
- Chop
- Gnaw
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God
- Agnostic
- Theist
- Pantheist
- Atheist
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
The simplest and the smallest form of plant life present in air, water and soil : essential to life but may cause diseases
- Virus
- Amoeba
- Bacteria
- Toxin
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Walking in sleep
- Somniloquism
- Somnambulism
- Obsession
- Narcolepsy
Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.
Opposed to a great or a sudden change
- Static
- Revolutionary
- Conservative
- Evolutionary