English Language
One Word Substitution
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One Word Substitution Questions
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Vindicator
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Usurer
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Vindictive
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Advocator
C
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Vindictive means having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. Vindicator is one who defends, not necessarily revengeful.
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Honorary
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Sinecure
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Gratis
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Voluntary
B
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A sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work but provides a salary. Honorary positions are usually unpaid.
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Cynicism
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Nepotism
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Philanthropy
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Altruism
D
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Altruism is the practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Philanthropy is similar but often refers specifically to charitable acts.
B
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To swat is to hit or slap something with a flat object. Hew and chop refer to cutting, and gnaw refers to biting.
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Agnostic
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Theist
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Pantheist
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Atheist
C
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A pantheist is a person who believes that God is everything and everything is God (the universe and God are identical).
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Somniloquism
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Somnambulism
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Obsession
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Narcolepsy
B
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Somnambulism is the medical term for sleepwalking. Somniloquism refers to sleep talking, while narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness.
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Static
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Revolutionary
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Conservative
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Evolutionary
C
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A conservative is someone who prefers to maintain the status quo and is generally opposed to radical or sudden changes. Revolutionary and evolutionary imply change, while static simply means not moving.
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Sycophancy
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Patrimony
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Patricide
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Matricide
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Uxoricide
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Uxoricide is the act of killing one’s wife.
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Hypochondriac
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Iconoclast
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Monomaniac
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Agnostic
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Sycophant
C
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A monomaniac is a person who tends to fixate obsessively over one thing.
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Bellicose
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Aggressive
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Militant
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Soldier
A
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Bellicose - having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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Boutique
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Stall
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Booth
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Store
A
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Boutique - It is a dress shop that sells female clothes and jewellery.
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An apiary
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A hive
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A mole
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A sanctuary
A
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An apiary - It means a collection of beehives.
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Manuscript
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Thesis
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Handiwork
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Handicraft
A
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Manuscript - A manuscript is a written information that has been manually created by one or more people, such as a hand-written letter.
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Atheist
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Cynic
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Agnostic
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Theist
C
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Agnostic - It means a person who is not sure about God’s existence.
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Eccentric
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Curious
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Erratic
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Droll
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Bizarre
A
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Explanation
This is the correct option. Eccentric is a person of unconventional and slightly strange behaviour. E.g: He noted her eccentric appearance and decided against marrying her.