One Word Substitution in English - Excercise 1

Friends, One Word Substitute / Substitution is another important area in English Section. Now a days in almost all competitive exams they are asking questions from this area. In these type questions they will give you a sentence with four / five options below it. You just have to pick a suitable word which gives the exact meaning / idea as the given sentence (Ex : An account of somebody's life written by another person - Biography). Here are some practice exercises of One word substitutions. Hope these will help you in your preparation. Happy reading :)

1.      One who does a thing for pleasure and not as profession

a.      Amateur

b.      Philanderer

c.       Empirical

d.      Imposter

2.      Government by the priests or a government which has its state religion

a.       Thearach

b.      Aristocracy

c.       Oligarchy

d.      Theocracy 

3.      A hater of learning and knowledge

a.       Misogynist

b.      Misologist

c.       Mascochist

d.      Samaritan

4.      A man with abnormal habits

a.      Eccentric

b.      Self centred

c.       Supercilious

d.      Arrogant

5.      Animals that eat flesh

a.       Herbivorous

b.      Carnivorous

c.       Graminivorous

d.      Vegetarian

6.      The act of violating the sancity of the church

a.       Camouflage

b.      Descreation

c.       Sacrilege

d.      Heresy

7.      He says he can see things that you cant

a.       Martiner

b.      Adonis

c.       Pedant

d.      Clairvoyant

8.      An animal that is equally at home on land and in water

a.       Cannibal

b.      Domestic

c.       Amphibious

d.      Abstemious

 

9.      A person who does not believe in the existence of god

a.       Theist

b.      Atheist

c.       Agnostic

d.      Ascetic

10.  A tank where fish or water plants are kept

a.       Nursery

b.      Aviary

c.       Aquarium

d.      Apiary

11.  A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders

a.      Amnesty

b.      Alimony

c.       Armistice

d.      Diplomacy

12.  Last part of speech

a.       Epilogue

b.      Conclusion

c.       Peroration

d.      Permutation

13.  A person who readily believes others

a.       Creditable

b.      Credible

c.       Credulous

d.      Sensitive

14.  Process of thought

a.       Machination

b.      Insinuation

c.       Cerebration

d.      Commiseration

15.  The passage of soul after death from one body to another

a.       Post diedem

b.      Transmigration

c.       Transmutations

d.      Metamorphosis

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