ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 26

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ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 26

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the word the word can be substituted for the  given phrase/sentence.

  1. People at a lecture or concert

(1) Congregation

(2) Audience

(3) Mob

(4) Spectators

Ans:-  (2) Audience

  1. A person’s first speech

(1) Preface

(2) Maiden

(3) Opener

(4) Extempore

Ans:- (2) Maiden

  1. To come as a settler into another country

(1) Alienate

(2) Emigrate

(3) Migrate

(4) Immigrate

Ans:- (4) Immigrate

  1. A drawing on transparent paper

(1) Red print

(2) Blue print

(3) Negative

(4) Transparency

Ans:- (4) Transparency

  1. Giving undue favours to one’s own kith and him

(1) Favouritism

(2) Nepotism

(3) Corruption

(4) Worldliness

Ans:- (2) Nepotism

  1. A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyments

(1) Epicure

(2) Stoic

(3) Lusty

(4) Hedonist

Ans:- (1) Epicure

  1. A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has

(1) Renegade

(2) Apostle

(3) Charlatan

(4) Apotheosis

Ans:- (3) Charlatan

  1. One who sacrifices his life for a cause

(1) Soldier

(2) Revolutionary

(3) Martyr

(4) Patriot

Ans:- (3) Martyr

  1. The act of violating the sanctity of church

(1) Heresy

(2) Desecration

(3) Sacrilege

(4) Blasphemy

Ans:- (3) Sacrilege

  1. Brings to an end

(1) Hurl

(2) Hustle

(3) Final

(4) Finish

Ans:- (4) Finish