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English – One Word Substitution – Set 3
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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:
Child bereaved of one or both the parents- A. legacy
- B. destitute
- C. property
- D. Desolate
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. destitute
The correct one word is destitute.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Gift left by will- A. property
- B. parsimony
- C. Alimony
- D. legacy
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Answer: D. legacy
The correct one word is legacy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A government run by a dictator- A. oligarchy
- B. theocracy
- C. Democracy
- D. autocracy
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Answer: D. autocracy
The correct one word is autocracy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who always runs away from danger- A. coward
- B. Escapist
- C. shirker
- D. timid
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Answer: A. coward
The correct one word is coward.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost- A. Ode
- B. elegy
- C. sonnet
- D. epic
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Answer: B. elegy
The correct one word is elegy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who despises persons of lower social position- A. prig
- B. snob
- C. Prim
- D. aristocrat
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Answer: B. snob
The correct one word is snob.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Gradual recovery from illness- A. convalescence
- B. amnesia
- C. Hysteria
- D. superannuation
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Answer: A. convalescence
The correct one word is convalescence.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him.- A. vindictive
- B. Vindicator
- C. usurer
- D. virulent
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Answer: A. vindictive
The correct one word is vindictive.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good- A. sensual
- B. hedonist
- C. epicure
- D. Stoic
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Answer: B. hedonist
The correct one word is hedonist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Commencement of words with the same letter- A. oxymoron
- B. pun
- C. alliteration
- D. Rhyme
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Answer: C. alliteration
The correct one word is alliteration.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An office or post with no work but high pay- A. gratis
- B. Honorary
- C. ex-officio
- D. sinecure
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Answer: D. sinecure
The correct one word is sinecure.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is well-versed in any subject; a critical judge of any art, particularly fine arts- A. connoisseur
- B. Veteran
- C. dilettante
- D. philistine
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Answer: A. connoisseur
The correct one word is connoisseur.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain- A. stoic
- B. ascetic
- C. hermit
- D. Saint
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Answer: A. stoic
The correct one word is stoic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially in dressing- A. butt
- B. scapegoat
- C. Joker
- D. hippy
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Answer: D. hippy
The correct one word is hippy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Murder of a brother- A. Patricide
- B. fratricide
- C. homicide
- D. regicide
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Answer: B. fratricide
The correct one word is fratricide.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Mania for stealing articles- A. nymphomania
- B. hypomania
- C. Logomania
- D. kleptomania
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Answer: D. kleptomania
The correct one word is kleptomania.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Mental weariness for want of occupation- A. Fatigue
- B. debility
- C. languor
- D. ennui
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Answer: D. ennui
The correct one word is ennui.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who loves all and sundry- A. philanthropist
- B. humanist
- C. altrui
- D. Optimist
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Answer: C. altrui
The correct one word is altrui.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Mania for travel- A. bibliomania
- B. logomania
- C. Dromomania
- D. pyromania
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Answer: C. Dromomania
The correct one word is Dromomania.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person living permanently in a certain place- A. subject
- B. domicile
- C. Native
- D. resident
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Answer: B. domicile
The correct one word is domicile.