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English – One Word Substitution – Set 32
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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:
Excessive concern about one’s health- A. anxiety
- B. critical
- C. hypochondriac
- D. welfare
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. hypochondriac
The correct one word is hypochondriac.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An unclaimed letter- A. gullible
- B. ignorant
- C. dead letter
- D. dispensary
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Answer: C. dead letter
The correct one word is dead letter.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The art practised by statesmen and ambassadors- A. aviary
- B. brittle
- C. bigot
- D. diplomacy
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Answer: D. diplomacy
The correct one word is diplomacy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Make joyful or gladden- A. exhilarate.
- B. pomp
- C. celebrate
- D. illegal
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Answer: A. exhilarate.
The correct one word is exhilarate..
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Unintelligible speech- A. eloquent
- B. gibberish
- C. gibbous
- D. wordy
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Answer: B. gibberish
The correct one word is gibberish.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Always inclined to criticize or finding fault- A. critical
- B. gainsay
- C. illicit
- D. gratis
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Answer: A. critical
The correct one word is critical.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
(A door) that is partly open- A. crack
- B. gluttonous
- C. ajar
- D. unclear
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Answer: C. ajar
The correct one word is ajar.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Open to objection- A. objectionable
- B. sickly
- C. verbose
- D. obsolete
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Answer: A. objectionable
The correct one word is objectionable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Be loud in speech- A. clamorous
- B. vivacious
- C. dulcet
- D. revival
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Answer: A. clamorous
The correct one word is clamorous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is competent to pass critical judgement upon anything- A. connoisseur
- B. critic
- C. medicine
- D. c
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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:
A word no longer in use- A. spring
- B. obsolete
- C. nasty
- D. extinct
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Answer: B. obsolete
The correct one word is obsolete.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Being in effect though not in name- A. gawky
- B. grocer
- C. virtual
- D. captious
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Answer: C. virtual
The correct one word is virtual.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Occurring once in two years- A. gainsay
- B. biennial
- C. fatal
- D. delible
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Answer: B. biennial
The correct one word is biennial.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An expression having double meaning- A. showy
- B. ambiguous
- C. unclear
- D. extol
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Answer: B. ambiguous
The correct one word is ambiguous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To advise earnestly- A. exhort
- B. diplomat
- C. reel
- D. extol
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Answer: A. exhort
The correct one word is exhort.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A healthy site for invalids- A. false
- B. clinic
- C. misogynist
- D. sanatorium
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Answer: D. sanatorium
The correct one word is sanatorium.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A style too full of words- A. seize
- B. dismay
- C. verbose
- D. rural
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Answer: C. verbose
The correct one word is verbose.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Strictly devoted to ceremony,ritual or etiquette- A. ceremonious
- B. cryptic
- C. vocal
- D. bumpkin
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Answer: A. ceremonious
The correct one word is ceremonious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Existing naturally or by heredity- A. inborn
- B. inexpedient
- C. outer
- D. near
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Answer: A. inborn
The correct one word is inborn.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A child too developed for his age- A. anarchism
- B. derogatory
- C. prodigy
- D. cynic
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Answer: C. prodigy
The correct one word is prodigy.