One Word Substitution
Practice English vocabulary by finding single words to replace phrases and descriptions
Questions
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A person devoted to giving help and friendship to people in trouble
- salvage
- yeoman
- samaritan
- salubrious
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
Something which can’t be effaced or blotted
- unerasable
- permanent
- indelible
- efficacious
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A declaration of the policies and programmes of a political party
- jargon
- manifesto
- agenda
- diplomacy
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A state of political lawlessness
- anarchy
- revolt
- disorder
- crash
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One who is honourably discharged from service
- Retired
- Emeritus
- Relieved
- Emancipated
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A person who does not open his heart to others
- introvert
- callous
- obscurant
- shy
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
Scientific study and description of oceans
- Oceanology
- Limnology
- Nomatology
- Nosology
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
The assignment of troops to temporary quarters
- barracks
- camp
- cantonment
- dormitory
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
An underground place for storing wine or other alcoholic drinks
- quay
- catacomb
- store
- cellar
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
An armed resistance to an established government
- mutiny
- uprising
- revolt
- rebellion
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A partner in crime
- alias
- accomplice
- voluptuary
- mimic
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A place with gambling tables
- den
- underworld
- tavern
- casino
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The dead body of an animal
- carcass
- corpse
- carrion
- skeleton
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The practice of keeping many wives at the same time
- polygamy
- alimony
- polyandry
- celibacy
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A woman with light coloured hair
- brunette
- red head
- nymph
- blonde
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To preserve a dead body from putrefication
- preserve
- conserve
- embalm
- enlist
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A state of far sightedness
- myopia
- hypermetropia
- ophthalmology
- oculist
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The scientific study of codes and secret language
- dectylology
- deltiology
- edaphaology
- cryptology
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A hospital for the care of mentally or destitute people
- sanatorium
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- asylum
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
A person chosen to settle a dispute between two parties
- arbitrator
- mediator
- meddlesome
- mutual
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Short piece of poetry that describes a happy and peaceful scene
- peroration
- ode
- sonnet
- idyll
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
Words used in common conversation but not considered right from literature's point of view
- Alliteration
- Slang
- Colloquial
- Harangue
Directions: Give one word substitution for the following.
The other self of man
- otherness
- ego
- alterego
- pride
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A government by the king
- monarchy
- oligarchy
- autocracy
- bureaucracy
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A person who foments discontentment among the masses, with the intention of gaining political power
- demagogue
- pedagogue
- bigot
- statesman