Important One word Substitution Questions :
Directions :
Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
1. A person who lays too much stress on bookish–learning
(1) pervert
(2) pedant
(3) philosopher
(4) scholar
2. In a threatening manner
(1) ominously
(2) sprightly
(3) ghastly
(4) terribly
3. Postponement or delay permitted in the suffering of a penalty or the discharge of an obligation.
(1) respite
(2) spire
(3) splurge
(4) scourge
4. Fear of water
(1) claustrophobia
(2) hydrophobia
(3) insomnia
(4) obsession
5. A person’s peculiar habit
(1) trait
(2) idiosyncrasy
(3) idiolect
(4) talent
6. A man who wastes his money on luxury
(1) extempore
(2) thrifty
(3) extravagant
(4) None of these
7. One who will do any job for anyone for money
(1) mercenary
(2) recruit
(3) hoodlum
(4) merchant
8. One who eats human flesh
(1) carnivore
(2) herbivore
(3) glutton
(4) cannibal
9. The thing no longer in use
(1) obstacle
(2) obsolete
(3) obsidian
(4) obstruction
10. A study of sounds is known as
(1) stylistics
(2) linguistics
(3) phonetics
(4) semantics
11. When something moves in a straight line
(1) quadrilineal
(2) octalineal
(3) rectilineal
(4) trapilineal
12. All the arts, beliefs and social institutions etc. characteristic of a race
(1) culture
(2) civilization
(3) infrastructure
(4) ritual
13. General pardon for offences against the state
(1) sanctify
(2) amnesty
(3) gratuity
(4) red-tapism
14. Materials that change naturally by the action of bacteria
(1) inflammable
(2) perishable
(3) biological
(4) biodegradable
15. Wide, uninterrupted view
(1) window view
(2) panorama
(3) macroscopic
(4) eagle view
16. That which cannot be avoided
(1) infallible
(2) inestimable
(3) indifferent
(4) inevitable
17. That cannot be expressed in words
(1) indelible
(2) ineffable
(3) ingrate
(4) inexorable
18. Showing a dislike of anything improper.
(1) strict
(2) crude
(3) prim
(4) rude
19. Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect
(1) sit for a portrait
(2) render precisely
(3) juxtapose
(4) framing
20. A man who helps a stranger or a person in difficulties is
(1) a samaritan
(2) a mercenary
(3) a stoic
(4)an altruist
21. A person speaking many languages
(1) conversant
(2) polyglot
(3) talkative
(4) orator
22. One who is not easily pleased by anything
(1) gullible
(2) fastidious
(3) innocent
(4) amenable
23. Head of monks in an abbey
(1) padre
(2) dean
(3) abbot
(4) deacon
24. The word is no longer in use.
(1) obsolete
(2) old fashion
(3) antique
(4) vanished
25. A person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.
(1) egoist
(2) unselfish
(3) altruist
(4) welfarist
