Most Important MCQs on One Word Substitution for English test practice and preparation online.
MCQs on One Word Substitution
A person who renounces the world and practices self-discipline in order to attain salvation:
A. Sceptic
B. Ascetic
C. Devotee
D. Antiquarian
One who abandons his religious faith:
A. Apostate
B. Prostate
C. Profane
D. Agnostic
A hater of knowledge and learning:
A. Bibliophile
B. Philologist
C. Misogynist
D. Misologist
Commencement of words with the same letter:
A. Pun
B. Alliteration
C. Transferred epithet
D. Oxymoron
Person who does not believe in the existence of God:
A. Theist
B. Heretic
C. Atheist
D. Fanatic
A lady’s umbrella is:
A. Parasol
B. Granary
C. Epitaph
D. Aviary
Story of old time gods or heroes is:
A. Lyric
B. Epic
C. Legend
D. Romance
A sad song:
A. Ditty
B. Knell
C. Dirge
D. Lay
One who believes in the power of fate:
A. Fatalist
B. Optimist
C. Pessimist
D. Parsimonious
A person who loves everybody:
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Fratricide
C. Altruist
D. Aristocrat
One who cannot easily pleased:
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Frightening
C. Fastidious
D. Feminist
A disease which spreads by contact:
A. Incurable
B. Infectious
C. Contagious
D. Fatal
A man who rarely speaks the truth:
A. Crook
B. Liar
C. Scoundrel
D. Hypocrite
A remedy for all diseases:
A. Narcotics
B. Antiseptic
C. Panacea
D. Lyric
International destruction of racial groups:
A. Matricide
B. Regicide
C. Genocide
D. Homicide
Custom of having many wives:
A. Misogamy
B. Bigamy
C. Polygamy
D. Monogamy
A pioneer of a reform movement:
A. Apostle
B. Apothecary
C. Apotheosis
D. Renegade
A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has:
A. Crook
B. Apotheosis
C. Renegade
D. Charlatan
An unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage:
A. Spinster
B. Artist
C. Bachelor
D. Misanthrope
One who has good taste for food:
A. Gourmet
B. Curator
C. Parasite
D. Stoic
An independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute:
A. Arbiter
B. Mediator
C. Agent provocateur
D. Arbitrator
Government by rich:
A. Oligarchy
B. Aristocracy
C. Pantisocracy
D. Plutocracy
One who able to use the right and left hands equally well:
A. Sinister
B. Ambidextrous
C. Ambivalent
D. Amateur
That which can never be believed:
A. Irrevocable
B. Inevitable
C. Incredible
D. Irritable
A disease that spreads over a large area:
A. Academic
B. Epidemic
C. Incorrigible
D. Invincible
Use of force or threats to get someone to agree to something:
A. Coercion
B. Conviction
C. Confession
D. Cajolement
To examine one’s own thoughts and feelings:
A. Meditation
B. Retrospection
C. Reflection
D. Introspection
One who collects coins as hobby:
A. Philatelist
B. Ornithologist
C. Statistician
D. Numismatist
An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play:
A. Sinecure
B. Soliloquy
C. Pessimist
D. Philanthropist
Fear of heights is __?
A. Highphobia
B. Altophobia
C. Heliophobia
D. Acrophobia
A person who is unable to pay his debts is called ___.
A. Borrower
B. Insolvent
C. Lender
D. Allen
A doctor who treats children is called ____.
A. Child Doctor
B. Fatalist
C. Paediatrician
D. Pedagogue
A person who wastes his money on luxury is ____?
A. Luxuriant
B. Luxurious
C. Extravagant
D. Stingy
One who walks on ropes is called ______.
A. Aviator
B. Acrobat
C. Funambulist
D. Upholsterer
One who does not follow the usual rules of social life is called ___?
A. egoist
B. frank
C. bohemian
D. reveille
Young one of horse is?
A. piglet
B. lamb
C. calf
D. colt
A system of government controlled by persons of high intellectual ability is?
A. oligarchy
B. democracy
C. meritocracy
D. theocracy
To run away with a lover is?
A. deceive
B. cheat
C. escape
D. elope
The practice of pretending to have feelings that one does not really have is?
A. treachery
B. villainy
C. hypocrisy
D. inundate
The doctor known as an eye-specialist is?
A. orthodontist
B. orthopedist
C. ophthalmologist
D. obstetrician
An emolument over and above fixed income or salary is?
A. honorarium
B. sinecure
C. prerogative
D. perquisite
An unexpected piece of good fortune is?
A. windfall
B. philanthrophy
C. benevolence
D. turnstile
Animals who lives in herds are?
A. sociable
B. gregarious
C. carnivorous
D. social
Specialised in nose disease is?
A. rhinologist
B. philologist
C. endocrinologist
D. gerontologist
One who has obstinate and narrow religious views is ___?
A. fanatic
B. theologian
C. bigot
D. egotist
Anything written in a letter after it is signed is?
A. corrigendum
B. Manuscript
C. postscript
D. unmanageable
A person who constantly thinks, he is sick is a?
A. hypochondriac
B. misogynist
C. misanthrope
D. hyperpitutiary
Money paid to a man for his labour is?
A. sacrilege
B. rent
C. bunting
D. remuneration
A statement that can have a double meaning is?
A. Verbose
B. Ambivalent
C. Epigraph
D. Ambiguous
Matter written by hand is?
A. handwritten
B. manuscript
C. proof
D. amnesty
Which is bound to be done is?
A. soliloquy
B. indispensable
C. sinecure
D. indelible
Responsible according to law is?
A. eligible
B. legitimate
C. legalised
D. liable
One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself is?
A. agnostic
B. Iconoc
C. belligerent
D. anarchist
The study of ancient writings is?
A. annals
B. paleographic
C. calligraphy
D. archeology
Hard to understand is?
A. punctilious
B. obtuse
C. absurd
D. abstruse
A noisy and bombastic speech addressed to a large assembly is?
A. rhetoric
B. cacophony
C. harangue
D. oration
A cluster of house in village is?
A. fleet
B. hamlet
C. monument
D. constellation
A dogmatic person is?
A. nomadic
B. elite
C. zealot
D. swashbuckler
An odd, a typical or eccentric trait is?
A. harangue
B. hyperbole
C. idiosyncrasy
D. elegy
That which is out of place is?
A. anachronistic
B. obsolete
C. incongruous
D. archaic
That never fails is?
A. irrelevant
B. infallible
C. indelible
D. inaudible
The time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married is?
A. snobbery
B. courtship
C. estrangement
D. polyphony
Branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people is?
A. obstetrics
B. pediatrics
C. calisthenics
D. geriatrics
Living at the same time is?
A. concurrent
B. contemporary
C. coincident
D. concomitant
Violation of something holy or sacred is?
A. profanity
B. sedition
C. sacrilege
D. slander
The act of giving up sovereign power is?
A. relinquish
B. renounce
C. abdicate
D. resign
A place where a lot people go on holiday or vacation is?
A. casino
B. beach
C. resort
D. museum
One who offers his service without charging for it is?
A. philanderer
B. volunteer
C. mercenary
D. missionary
Detaining and confining someone is?
A. interruption
B. interrogation
C. internment
D. intermittent
A broad road bordered with trees is?
A. boudoir
B. boulevard
C. avenue
D. façade
Practice of employing spies in war is?
A. esplande
B. espadrille
C. estrangement
D. espionage
One who criticizes popular beliefs which he/she thinks is a mistake or unwise is?
A. philistine
B. iconoclast
C. imposter
D. cannibal
Having a tendency to break the law to do socially unacceptable things is?
A. delinquent
B. frank
C. juvenile
D. guilty
Fear of closed places:
A. Claustrophobia
B. Misogynist
C. Ambidextrous
D. Philanthropy
action of killing King is called ____?
A. regicide
B. suicide
C. patricide
D. parricide
” Infallible ” refers to the one who is free from all ____?
A. cares & worries
B. cares & failures
C. mistakes & failures
D. Worries & troubles
A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc. is called as ____?
A. Cellar
B. Style
C. Pen
D. Lair
A person who is controlled by wife called
A. Henpeck
B. Connoisseur
C. Somnambulist
D. None of these
A community of people smaller than a village
A. hamlet
B. aviary
C. apiary
D. none of these
A Game which no one wins called ___?
A. Tie
B. Draw
C. loss
D. toss
Items of business to be considered at a meeting is called ___?
A. Agenda
B. Bulletin
C. Elysium
D. Epicture
A large enclosure for confining birds is known as ___?
A. Aviary
B. Columbary
C. Volary
D. All of the above
The offence of marrying someone while already married to another person is known as ___?
A. Bigamy
B. Coupe
C. Bigot
C. Biped
Forcing someone to make payment for not revealing discreditable secrets is known as _____?
A. Blackmail
B. Despotism
C. Assassin
D. Elysium
A person who collects or has a great love of books is known as __?
A. Bibliophile
B. Pluviophile
C. Cosmopolitan
D. Changeling
One who is unable to pay debts owed is known as ____?
A. Foreclosed
B. Insolvent
C. Bankrupt
D. All of the above
“Chevon” is the meat of ___?
A. Goat
B. Sheep
C. Pigeon
D. Water buffalo
A person who is indifferent to pains and pleasure of life:
A. Stoic
B. Sadist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Aristocrat
A person living permanently in a certain place.
A. Resident
B. Native
C. Domicile
D. Subject
Something which is capable of being seen through is known as ____?
A. Opaque
B. Coarse
C. Ambiguous
D. Transparent
Something which is incapable of being seen through is known as __?
A. Non-transparent
B. Blurred
C. Opaque
D. All of the above
One who is present everywhere is known as ___?
A. Omnipotent
B. Omniscient
C. Omnipresent
D. None of the above
One who eats everything indiscriminately is known as __?
A. Albumen
B. Adept
C. Omnivorous
D. Amphibian
A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison is known as ___?
A. antidote
B. antitoxin
C. Adderall
D. A & B
A form of written language for blind people is known as ____?
A. Braille
B. Elysium
C. Epicure
D. Arson
A long poem narrating achievements of a hero or legendary figures is known as ___?
A. Epic
B. Elegy
C. Ode
D. Sestina
A sad poem usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead is known as ___?
A. Elegy
B. Oad
C. Sestina
D. Epic
A person who helps another commit a crime is known as ____?
A. Accomplice
B. Amateur
C. Cuckold
D. Changeling
Government by a small group of all powerful persons is known as ___?
A. Dictatorship
B. Monarchy
C. Oligarchy
D. Anarchy
A narrow piece of land connecting two large masses of land is known as ____?
A. Gulf
B. Isthmus
C. Peninsula
D. Continent
The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats is known as ____?
A. Coercion
B. Conviction
C. Confession
D. Cajolement
A person fluent in two languages is known as ___?
A. Bilingual
B. Bigot
C. Bigamy
D. Brittle
Something that is hard but liable to break easily is known as ___?
A. Brittle
B. Flexible
C. Resilient
D. Supple
A disease spreading from one person or organism to another by contact is known as ____?
A. Contagious
B. Infectious
C. Unanimous
D. Fatal
A disease that is liable to be transmitted to people through the environment is known as ____?
A. Contagious
B. Infectious
C. Fatal
D. Incurable
secretly listening to a conversation is called ____?
A. Eavesdrop
B. Overhearing
C. Pigeonholing
D. Spying
A person who talks in his/her sleep is known as ____?
A. Bourgeois
B. Insomnist
C. ventriloquist
D. Somniloquist
The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own is known as ____?
A. Cuckold
B. Despotism
C. Plagiarism
D. Epicure
One who travels from place to place ?
A. Itinerant
B. Mendicant
C. Journeyman
D. Tramp
A part of a word that can be pronounced separately ?
A. Particle
B. Sibilant
C. Syllable
D. Letter
One who lacks knowledge _ ?
A. Intelligent
B. Ignorant
C. Credulous
D. Colleague
A Group of birds or a flock flying together in hundreds or even in thousands is called _______ ?
A. Startling
B. Murmuration
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
The original inhabitants of a Country.
A. Aborigines
B. Citizens
C. Natives
D. Primitive
A leady who remains unmarried?
A. Bachelor
B. Misanthrope
C. Spinster
D. None of these
Through which light cannot pass?
A. Dull
B. Dark
C. Obscure
D. Opaque
Choose the most suitable word: An office or post with no work but high pay
A. Honorary
B. Sinecure
C. Gratis
D. Ex-Officio
A group of giraffe is known as ____?
A. Tower
B. Herd
C. Flock
D. None of these
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river’s banks:
A. Swamps
B. Hinterland
C. Isthmuses
D. None of these
An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody____?
A. Foundling
B. Siblings
C. Urchin
D. Orphan
One who knows everything?
A. Acquiescent
B. Ubiquitous
C. Omnipresent
D. Omniscient
An Error in Printing or writing_____?
A. Flaw
B. Erratum
C. Elixir
D. Pangaea
Making a show of being morally superior to other people is called ___
A. Selflessness
B. Over confidence
C. Sanctimonious
D. None of the above
Words written on a tomb is called ____?
A. epithet
B. epigraph
C. Soliloquy
D. epitaph
Severely abusive writing in journals?
A. imaginary
B. speculative
C. scurrilous
D. sarcastic
Government by old people?
A. Gerontocracy
B. Gourmand
C. Honorary
D. Edible
Communications of impressions from mind to mind without the aid of the senses?
A. Tact
B. Telepathy
C. Tantalize
D. None of these
A person who wants to destroy all government and order is called ___?
A. Alienate
B. Anarchist
C. Annihilate
D. Aviary
Strong sense of love for a place is called?
A. Autophilia
B. Astrophilia
C. Clinophilia
D. Topophilia
Polyandry means ________?
A. A man having more than one wife
B. A woman having more than one husband
C. A doctor having more than one specialty
D. None of the above
Excessive admiration or praise is called?
A. Addiction
B. Backbiting
C. Adulation
D. None of the above
Departing from an accepted standard is called?
A. Aberrant
B. Avoid
C. Attract
D. None of the above
A state of temporary disuse or suspension is called?
A. ABEYANT
B. Dimentia
C. Condone
D. None of the above
The one who lives on others?
A. Epicure
B. Polygot
C. Parasite
D. Drover
The one who acts against religion?
A. Pessimist
B. Heretic
C. Illiterate
D. Atheist
The one who is present everywhere?
A. Omnipresent
B. Omnipotent
C. Philanthropist
D. None of the above
The one who knows many languages?
A. Cosmopolitan
B. Epicure
C. Antiquarian
D. Polyglot
A child with unusual or remarkable talent.
A. shrew
B. Bossy
C. Prodigy
D. linguistic
A cinema show which is held in the afternoon.
A. Propensity
B. Retaliate
C. Matinee
D. Eternal
A confusing and difficult problem or question.
A. Conundrum
B. Memories
C. Prodigy
D. Pandemonium
A dramatic performance
A. Appraisal
B. Voluntary
C. Genius
D. Masque
A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.
A. Remission
B. Helligfernt
C. Epitaph
D. Samaritan
A person who chatters meaninglessly is ____?
A. Talkative
B. Loquacious
C. Voluble
D. Garrulous
One who talks while sleeping is ____?
A. somniloquy
B. Somniferous
C. Somnambulant
D. None of these
“Deer meat “is also called _____?
A. venison
B. Squab
C. Turkey
D. Veal
The bead of ___ is called “mutton”?
A. Goat
B. Sheep
C. calf
D. Both a and b
The meat of calf is called____?
A. Veal
B. Squab
C. Venison
D. Chevon
“Chevon” is the meat of ___?
A. Goat
B. Sheep
C. Pigeon
D. Water buffalo
A person who is indifferent to pains and pleasure of life:
A. Stoic
B. Sadist
C. Psychiatrist
D. Aristocrat
A person living permanently in a certain place.
A. Resident
B. Native
C. Domicile
D. Subject
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