One-Word Substitution

Test your vocabulary skills by finding the single word that best substitutes each given phrase or definition.

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following:

A room where plates, pots, etc. are washed.

  1. Kitchen
  2. Scullery
  3. Pantry
  4. Restaurant
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following:

An ignorant person

  1. Ignoramus
  2. Traitor
  3. Stupid
  4. Hypocrite
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following:

A person who is not sensitive to the suffering of others

  1. Impartial
  2. Callous
  3. Coward
  4. Generous
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following:

An instrument for measuring high temperatures beyond the range of ordinary thermometers

  1. Speedometer
  2. Pyrometer
  3. Barometer
  4. Ammeter
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Give one word substitution for the following:

Place of permanent residence

  1. Nation
  2. Harbour
  3. Home
  4. Domicile
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

A loss which cannot be repaired

  1. Irrelevant
  2. Irreparable
  3. Incurable
  4. Incalculable
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

The original inhabitants of a country

  1. Aliens
  2. Aborigines
  3. Strangers
  4. Citizen
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

A person who maliciously sets on fire property etc

  1. Politician
  2. Terrorist
  3. Incendiary
  4. Activist
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

Absence of knowledge

  1. Nescience
  2. Omniscience
  3. Presence
  4. Insipient
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

An apparatus for making copies of stencils

  1. Periscope
  2. Mimeograph
  3. Photometer
  4. Pyrometer
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence of somebody or something

  1. Cover
  2. Camouflage
  3. Pretence
  4. Mask
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

The study of mountains

  1. Anthropology
  2. Topography
  3. Orology
  4. Geology
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

One who walks on foot

  1. Pedestrian
  2. Traveller
  3. Immigrant
  4. Cyclist
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

A place where birds are kept

  1. Apiary
  2. Hive
  3. Aviary
  4. Sty
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

A sea abounding in islands

  1. Archipelago
  2. Ocean
  3. Gulf
  4. Strait
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

One who is incharge of a museum

  1. Guard
  2. Warden
  3. Curator
  4. Watchman
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given word/phrase.

The science of earthquakes

  1. Astronomy
  2. Geology
  3. Geography
  4. Seismology
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

Science of pharmacy

  1. Pharmacology
  2. Phonology
  3. Pathology
  4. Pharmacopoeia
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

A handwriting which cannot be read easily

  1. Illegal
  2. Dirty
  3. Obscure
  4. Illegible
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

One who believes that pleasure is the highest good

  1. Epicure
  2. Celibate
  3. Hedonist
  4. Snob
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

A persuasive and fluent speech

  1. Speech
  2. Eloquence
  3. Discourse
  4. Expression
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

A person of material outlook, indifferent to cultural events

  1. Materialist
  2. Philistine
  3. Uncultured
  4. Uncouth
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

Government by none

  1. Anarchy
  2. Democracy
  3. Autocracy
  4. Aristocracy
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

One who is bad in spelling

  1. Calligraphist
  2. Cacographist
  3. Linguist
  4. Plagiarist
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that replaces the given phrase.

A person who is skilled in horsemanship

  1. Equestrian
  2. Jockey
  3. Cavalier
  4. Cavalryman