One Word Substitution
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Questions
Directions: Choose the word/phrase which replaces the given expression.
A person who is easily taken in by clever talk
- creditable
- credible
- credulous
- sceptic
Directions: Choose the word/phrase which replaces the given expression.
An expression used to convey praise
- rebuke
- euphoria
- cliche
- compliment
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To show a friendly gesture to calm someone down
- Peace
- Placate
- Treaty
- Pact
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A device for reproducing sound
- Audiophone
- Phonogram
- Phonometer
- Actinometer
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A person who does not honour the sentiments of others
- Callous
- Industrious
- Vulturous
- Doleful
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Two writers writing in the same age
- Pedants
- Contemporaries
- Conspirators
- Co-authors
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The platform from where a priest delivers his lecture
- Aisle
- Altar
- Pulpit
- Diocese
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An ivory like substance that is the major part of teeth
- Cavity
- Tartar
- Dentin
- Plaque
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A person who has characteristics like a woman
- Eunuch
- Effeminate
- Feminist
- Frail
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A person who remains unaffected by the ups and downs of life
- sadist
- disinterested
- stoic
- saint
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A congregation of scholars, called by a competent authority, to confer some educational recognition
- Conference
- Convocation
- Aggregation
- Collocation
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A collection of poems, stories, etc. from different authors
- Philology
- Anthology
- Elegy
- Archaeology
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A person who has forsaken his faith, principles and party
- Apostate
- Neophyte
- Traitor
- Infidel
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An instrument for measuring the force or variation of wind
- Actinometer
- Anemometer
- Manometer
- Lactometer
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A person who is friendly and likable
- Amicable
- Generous
- Amorous
- Amiable
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A child born after the death of his father
- Intestate
- Stillborn
- Brat
- Posthumous
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A learned person
- doctor
- lexicographer
- sage
- pedant
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The branch of medicine dealing with treatment of children's diseases
- paediatrics
- geriatrics
- physiology
- orthopaedics
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An animal that can live both on land and in water
- Ambivalent
- Amphibian
- Ambidextrous
- Avian
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One who is fond of the company of other humans
- Gregarious
- Introvert
- Ascetic
- Altruist
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A rabble rouser
- cardiograph
- pedagogue
- demagogue
- charlatan
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A person who exaggerates a lot
- Timorous
- Doubtful
- Braggart
- Gullible
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The branch of biology that deals with animal life
- embryology
- microbiology
- zoology
- mycology
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Running away with a lover
- Elopement
- Kidnap
- Abduction
- Marriage
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An instrument for measuring heights
- Altimeter
- Sonograph
- Lithoscope
- Lactometer