ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 21

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 20

Directions: Choose the most suitable ‘one word’ for the following phrases/expressions.

  1. A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

(1) Hermit

(2) Pilgrim

(3) Saint

(4) Mendicant

Ans:- (2) Pilgrim

  1. To do away with a rule

(1) Cancel

(2) Repeal

(3) Obliterate

(4) Abrogate

Ans:- (3) Obliterate

  1. One who talks very little

(1) Reserved

(2) Mute

(3) Phlegmatic

(4) Stoic

Ans:- (1) Reserved

  1. A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics

(1) Statesman

(2) Diplomat

(3) Whip

(4) Defector

Ans:- (3) Whip

  1. Food which agrees with one’s taste

(1) Pungent

(2) Palatable

(3) Sensuous

(4) Edible

Ans-:- (2) Palatable

  1. Government by the representatives of the people

(1) Diplomacy

(2) Democracy

(3) Socialism

(4) Autocracy

Ans:- (2) Democracy

  1. Informal business communication with a personal signature

(1) Agendum

(2) Corrigendum

(3) Plagiarism

(4) Memorandum

Ans:- (4) Memorandum

  1. One who loves books

(1) Biblionphobe

(2) Bibliographer

(3) Bibliophile

(4) Bibliophagist

Ans:- (3) Bibliophile

  1. One knowing everything

(1) Learned

(2) Omnipresent

(3) Omnipotent

(4) Omniscient

Ans:- (4) Omniscient

  1. A story in verse

(1) Elegy

(2) Hymn

(3) Sonnet

(4) Ballad

Ans:- (4) Ballad