One Word Substitution

Practice English vocabulary by finding single words to replace phrases and descriptions

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Something which can’t be effaced or blotted

  1. unerasable
  2. permanent
  3. indelible
  4. efficacious
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A state of political lawlessness

  1. anarchy
  2. revolt
  3. disorder
  4. crash
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give a one word substitute for the following:

One who is honourably discharged from service

  1. Retired
  2. Emeritus
  3. Relieved
  4. Emancipated
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

Scientific study and description of oceans

  1. Oceanology
  2. Limnology
  3. Nomatology
  4. Nosology
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The assignment of troops to temporary quarters

  1. barracks
  2. camp
  3. cantonment
  4. dormitory
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

An armed resistance to an established government

  1. mutiny
  2. uprising
  3. revolt
  4. rebellion
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A partner in crime

  1. alias
  2. accomplice
  3. voluptuary
  4. mimic
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A place with gambling tables

  1. den
  2. underworld
  3. tavern
  4. casino
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The dead body of an animal

  1. carcass
  2. corpse
  3. carrion
  4. skeleton
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The practice of keeping many wives at the same time

  1. polygamy
  2. alimony
  3. polyandry
  4. celibacy
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A woman with light coloured hair

  1. brunette
  2. red head
  3. nymph
  4. blonde
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

To preserve a dead body from putrefication

  1. preserve
  2. conserve
  3. embalm
  4. enlist
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A state of far sightedness

  1. myopia
  2. hypermetropia
  3. ophthalmology
  4. oculist
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The scientific study of codes and secret language

  1. dectylology
  2. deltiology
  3. edaphaology
  4. cryptology
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

The other self of man

  1. otherness
  2. ego
  3. alterego
  4. pride
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.

A government by the king

  1. monarchy
  2. oligarchy
  3. autocracy
  4. bureaucracy
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

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