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English – One Word Substitution – Set 16
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- The test contains 20 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
- You have to finish the test in 10 minutes.
- You are awarded 1 mark for each correct answer, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer.
- There is no negative marking for questions you do not attempt.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The study of worms and insects- A. taxidermy
- B. ornithology
- C. paleontology
- D. entomology
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. entomology
The correct one word is entomology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who lends money at a very high interest- A. imposter
- B. former
- C. usurer
- D. banker
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. usurer
The correct one word is usurer.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Incapable of being approached- A. inaccessible
- B. irresistible
- C. inadmissible
- D. illegal
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. inaccessible
The correct one word is inaccessible.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who takes care of a building- A. beadle
- B. warden
- C. janitor
- D. manager
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. janitor
The correct one word is janitor.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who looks at the bright side of things- A. pacifist
- B. optimist
- C. humanist
- D. pessimist
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. optimist
The correct one word is optimist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A list of dishes- A. cuisine
- B. dessert
- C. menu
- D. buffet
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. menu
The correct one word is menu.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who believes in fate- A. believer
- B. agnostic
- C. sceptic
- D. fatalist
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. fatalist
The correct one word is fatalist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Smugy self-satisfied- A. complacent
- B. jovial
- C. witty
- D. responsive
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. complacent
The correct one word is complacent.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who makes a scientific study of birds- A. orthodontist
- B. anesthetist
- C. Ornithologist
- D. astrophysicist
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Ornithologist
The correct one word is Ornithologist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Having to do with artistic beauty- A. artful
- B. excellence
- C. creative
- D. aesthetic
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. aesthetic
The correct one word is aesthetic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who lives by himself- A. priest
- B. spinster
- C. recluse
- D. bachelor
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. recluse
The correct one word is recluse.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Impossible to describe- A. ineffable
- B. miraculous
- C. appalling
- D. stupendous
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Answer: A. ineffable
The correct one word is ineffable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who criticizes popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise- A. imposter
- B. iconoclast
- C. cannibal
- D. philistine
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. iconoclast
The correct one word is iconoclast.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Detaining and confining someone- A. Interruption
- B. internment
- C. interment
- D. interrogation
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Answer: B. internment
The correct one word is internment.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An underhand device resorted to in order to justify misconduct- A. complicity
- B. stratagem
- C. subterfuge
- D. manoeuvre
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Answer: D. manoeuvre
The correct one word is manoeuvre.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Science of the races of mankind- A. ethnology
- B. Epistemology
- C. genealogy
- D. sociology
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Answer: A. ethnology
The correct one word is ethnology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who loves wealth and spends as little money as possible- A. scrimp
- B. miser
- C. curmudgeon
- D. money-grabber
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. miser
The correct one word is miser.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion- A. constriction
- B. consternation
- C. concentration
- D. contraction
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Answer: B. consternation
The correct one word is consternation.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is fluent in two languages- A. bilingual
- B. knowledgeable
- C. expert
- D. versatile
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. bilingual
The correct one word is bilingual.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who eats human flesh- A. beast
- B. cannibal
- C. Maneater
- D. savage
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. cannibal
The correct one word is cannibal.