ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 20
Directions: Choose the most suitable ‘one word’ for the following phrases/expressions.
- 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
- To do away with a rule
(1) Cancel
(2) Repeal
(3) Obliterate
(4) Abrogate
Ans:- (3) Obliterate
- One who talks very little
(1) Reserved
(2) Mute
(3) Phlegmatic
(4) Stoic
Ans:- (1) Reserved
- A person sharing responsibility for a political party’s discipline and tactics
(1) Statesman
(2) Diplomat
(3) Whip
(4) Defector
Ans:- (3) Whip
- Food which agrees with one’s taste
(1) Pungent
(2) Palatable
(3) Sensuous
(4) Edible
Ans-:- (2) Palatable
- Government by the representatives of the people
(1) Diplomacy
(2) Democracy
(3) Socialism
(4) Autocracy
Ans:- (2) Democracy
- Informal business communication with a personal signature
(1) Agendum
(2) Corrigendum
(3) Plagiarism
(4) Memorandum
Ans:- (4) Memorandum
- One who loves books
(1) Biblionphobe
(2) Bibliographer
(3) Bibliophile
(4) Bibliophagist
Ans:- (3) Bibliophile
- One knowing everything
(1) Learned
(2) Omnipresent
(3) Omnipotent
(4) Omniscient
Ans:- (4) Omniscient
- A story in verse
(1) Elegy
(2) Hymn
(3) Sonnet
(4) Ballad
Ans:- (4) Ballad