ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 4

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 4

Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  1. An office or post with no work but high pay

(1) Honorary

(2) Sinecure

(3) Gratis

(4) Ex-officio

Ans:- (2) Sinecure

  1. One who is well-versed in any subject; a critical judge of any art, particularly fine arts

(1) Veteran

(2) Philistine

(3) Dilettante

(4) Connoisseur

Ans:- (4) Connoisseur

  1. Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain

(1) Saint

(2) Ascetic

(3) Stoic

(4) Hermit

Ans:- (3) Stoic

  1. A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially indreaaing

(1) Joker

(2) Hippy

(3) Scapegoat

(4) Butt

Ans:- (2) Hippy

  1. Murder of a brother

(1) Patricide

(2) Regicide

(3) Homicide

(4) Fratricide

Ans:- (4) Fratricide

  1. Mania for stealing articles

(1) Logomania

(2) Nympphomania

(3) Kleptomania

(4) Hypomania

Ans:- (3) Kleptomania

  1. Mental weariness for want of occupation

(1) Fatigue

(2) Ennui

(3) Languor

(4) Debility

Ans:- (2) Ennui

  1. One who loves all and Sunday

(1) Optimist

(2) Humanist

(3) Altruist

(4) Philanthropist

Ans:- (4) Philanthropist

  1. Mania for travel

(1) Dromomania

(2) Pyromania

(3) Biblomania

(4) Logomania

Ans:- (1) Dromomania

  1. A person living permanently in a certain place

(1) Native

(2) Resident

(3) Domicile

(4) Subject

Ans:- (3) Domicile