One Word Substitution Set 8
One Word Substitutions are a very important part of vocabulary section. In one word substitution questions you are required to replace a phrase with one word. That one word complies with the meaning of that sentence.
Directions (Q.1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for given words/sentence.
Q1. A religious discourse
(a) preach
(b) stanza
(c) sanctorum
(d) sermon
Q2. A place that provides refuge
(a) asylum
(b) sanatorium
(c) shelter
(d) orphanage
Q3. A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or snow
(a) nimbus
(b) blizzard
(c) hail
(d) fog
Q4. One who has a compulsive desire to steal
(a) pilferer
(b) poacher
(c) plagiarist
(d) kleptomaniac
Q5. Official misconduct
(a) malefactor
(b) malfeasance
(c) maltreatment
(d) maladministration
Q6. A person who does not believe in the existence of God
(a) theist
(b) heretic
(c) atheist
(d) fanatic
Q7. Teetotaler means
(a) one who abstains from theft
(b) one who abstains from meat
(c) one who abstains from taking alcohol
(d) one who abstains from taking malice
Q8. Policemen riding on motorcycles as guards of VIP
(a) outriders
(b) servants
(c) commandos
(d) attendants
Q9. A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things
(a) trickster
(b) impostor
(c) malicious
(d) mountebank
Q10. A place for sick people who need long periods for recovery
(a) clinic
(b) hospital
(c) sanatorium
(d) asylum
Q11. A person who eats too much
(a) glutton
(b) reveler
(c) sensualist
(d) omnivore
Q12. Likely to break apart easily
(a) breakable
(b) thin
(c) brittle
(d) harsh
Q13. Government by one person
(a) dictatorship
(b) monarchy
(c) democracy
(d) oligarchy
Q14. A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders
(a) pardon
(b) excuse
(c) honesty
(d) amnesty
Q15. A person who is out to destroy government
(a) anarchist
(b) destroyer
(c) atheist
(d) theist
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. sermon -a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. asylum -the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. nimbus-a large grey rain cloud.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kleptomania or klopemania is the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. malfeasance- wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.
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