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English – One Word Substitution – Set 40
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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.
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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:
Proud haughtiness of manner.- A. Emancipate
- B. Hauteur
- C. Dislodge
- D. Liberate
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Answer: B. Hauteur
The correct one word is Hauteur.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.- A. Subdue
- B. Upbraid
- C. Interlocutor
- D. Ingratiate
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Answer: C. Interlocutor
The correct one word is Interlocutor.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.- A. Nag
- B. Raid
- C. Gaudy
- D. Forage
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Answer: C. Gaudy
The correct one word is Gaudy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is not sure about God's existence- A. Amateur
- B. Aeon
- C. Aesthetics
- D. Agnostic
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Answer: D. Agnostic
The correct one word is Agnostic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Spoken or done without preparation- A. Extempore
- B. Presage
- C. Bequeath
- D. Ambidextrous
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Answer: A. Extempore
The correct one word is Extempore.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is bad in spellings- A. Calligrapher
- B. Cacographer
- C. Demagogue
- D. Somniferous
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Answer: B. Cacographer
The correct one word is Cacographer.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way- A. Vociferous
- B. Yearn
- C. Wreath
- D. Volatile
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Answer: A. Vociferous
The correct one word is Vociferous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Very determined to do something- A. Versatile
- B. illicit
- C. Savour
- D. Tenacious
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Answer: D. Tenacious
The correct one word is Tenacious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure and composition of rocks- A. Prodigy
- B. Petrology
- C. Protozoology
- D. Pedagogy
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Answer: B. Petrology
The correct one word is Petrology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Honor or fame given for some achievement- A. Epilogue
- B. Honk
- C. Laurel
- D. Granary
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Answer: C. Laurel
The correct one word is Laurel.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day- A. Cortege
- B. Creche
- C. Convent
- D. Creak
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Answer: B. Creche
The correct one word is Creche.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A division into two opposite groups- A. Microtomy
- B. Gap
- C. Fissure
- D. Dichotomy
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Answer: D. Dichotomy
The correct one word is Dichotomy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Lasting for a very short time- A. Ephemeral
- B. Ambiguous
- C. Caucus
- D. Grove
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Answer: A. Ephemeral
The correct one word is Ephemeral.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Not willing to tell people about things- A. nascent
- B. Crescent
- C. Reticent
- D. lucent
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Answer: C. Reticent
The correct one word is Reticent.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Examples that represent or express something very well- A. Eternal
- B. Explanation
- C. Epitome
- D. Illustration
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Answer: C. Epitome
The correct one word is Epitome.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The killing of a large group of people- A. Sororicide
- B. Filicide
- C. Genocide
- D. Fratricide
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Answer: C. Genocide
The correct one word is Genocide.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way.- A. Mawkish
- B. Meretricious
- C. Maverick
- D. Maniac
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Answer: A. Mawkish
The correct one word is Mawkish.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The art of preaching or writing sermons.- A. Holster
- B. Hone
- C. Hubris
- D. Homiletic
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Answer: D. Homiletic
The correct one word is Homiletic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A short-lived, serene episode of pastoral or romantic charm.- A. Iconoclast
- B. Impunity
- C. Idyll
- D. Ephemeral
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Answer: C. Idyll
The correct one word is Idyll.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A nominal leader with no real power.- A. Figurehead
- B. Flak
- C. Filibuster
- D. Fervor
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Answer: A. Figurehead
The correct one word is Figurehead.