ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 8
Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “one Word” for the given expressions.
- To disease which spreads by contact
(1) Modulate
(2) Substitute
(3) Remodel
(4) Transmute
Ans:- (4) Transmute
- Person who believes that God is every thing and everything is God
(1) Agnostic
(2) Theist
(3) Pantheist
(4) Pantecnnicon
Ans:- (3) Pantheist
- Person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft
(1) Aeronaut
(2) Astronaut
(3) Aerobat
(4) Acrobat
Ans:- (1) Aeronaut
- Witty, clever retort
(1) Sarcasm
(2) Repartee
(3) Platitude
(4) Invective
Ans:- (2) Repartee
- Words different in meaning but similar in sound
(1) Homonym
(2) Synonym
(3) Acronym
(4) Antonym
Ans:- (1) Homonym
- Simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, water and soil; essential to life but may cause disease
(1) Virus
(2) Amoeba
(3) Bacteria
(4) Toxin
Ans:- (3) Bacteria
- A girl or woman who first, that is, tries to attract people and make advances in love simply to satisfy her vanity
(1) Prostitute
(2) Coquette
(3) Spinster
(4) Concubine
Ans:- (2) Coquette
- A person who regards the whole world as his country
(1) Patriot
(2) Nationalist
(3) Cosmopolitan
(4) Metropolitan
Ans:- (3) Cosmopolitan
- Relationship by blood or birth
(1) Parentage
(2) Affiliation
(3) Consanguinity
(4) Nepotism
Ans:- (3) Consanguinity
- A story in which ideas are symbolized as people
(1) Allegory
(2) Fable
(3) Legend
(4) Parable
Ans:- (1) Allegory
