ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

1. To examine one’s thoughts and feelings.

a. Meditation b. retrospection c. reflection d. introspection
2. A short, usually amusing, story about some real person or event
a. Anecdote b. antidote c. tale d. allegory
3. Woman who offers the use of her body for sexual intercourse to any one
who will pay for this
a. Voluptuary b. cuckold c. prostitute d. concubine
4. Life history of a person written by another
a. Autobiography b. biography c. bibliography d. memoir
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5. Custom of having many wives
a. Monogamy b. bigamy c. polygamy d. matrimony
6. A person who does not believe in any religion
a. Philatelist b. rationalist c. atheist d. pagan
7. Bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable disease
a. Suicide b. euphoria c. gallows d. euthanasia
8. A man of lax moral
a. Ruffian b. licentious c. pirate d. vagabond
9. A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc
a. Cellar b. sty c. pen 2
d. lair
10. To cause troops etc. to spread out in readiness for battle
a. Align b. collocate c. deploy d. disperse
11. One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft
a. Pirate b. swindler c. hijacker d. pilferer
12. The act of killing one’s wife
a. Genocide b. uxoricide c. canicide d. avicide
13. Music sung or played at night below a person’s window
a. Serenade b. sonnet c. lyric d. primo
14. A government by the nobles
a. Democracy b. bureaucracy c. autocracy d. 3aristocracy
15. Anything written in a letter after it is signed
a. Posterity b. postdiction c. postscript d. corrigendum
16. Strong and settled dislike between two persons
a. Apathy b. hatred c. antipathy d. animosity
17. A person who has no money to pay of his debts
a. Debtor b. pauper c. beggar d. insolvent
18. An entertainer who performs difficult physical actions
a. Clown b. gymnast c. magician d. acrobat
19. A small house with all rooms on one floor
a. Bungalow b. cottage c. flat 4
d. castle
20. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions
a. Lyric b. ode c. hymn d. ballad
21. The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence
a. Imperialism b. capitalism c. internationalism d. communism
22. Government by a single person
a. Monarchy b. autocracy c. plutocracy d. aristocracy
23. Practice of a married woman having extra marital relationship
a. Polygamy b. puberty c. lechery d. adultery
24. A workman who fits and repairs pipes
a. Mechanic b. blacksmith c. plumber 5
d. technocrat
25. Part of a church in which bells hang
a. Minaret b. chapel c. belfry d. spire
26. Mania for balking
a. Logomania b. pyromania c. biblomania d. kleptomania
27. The custom of having more than one husband at the same time
a. Polygamy b. polyandry c. debauchery d. bigamy
28. An extremely deep crack or opening in the ground
a. Chasm b. aperture c. ditch d. pit
29. The study of ancient societies
a. History b. anthropology c. ethnology d. 6archaeology
30. The foolish belief that one is God
a. Blasphemy b. theocracy c. paranoia d. theomania
31. List of heading of the business to be transacted at a meeting
a. Schedule b. agenda c. proceeding d. excerpts
32. A process involving too much official formality
a. Nepotism b. diplomacy c. red-tapism d. bureaucracy
33. Person who brings an action at law
a. Plaintiff b. litigant c. deponent d. defendant
34. The short remaining end of a cigarette
a. Stump b. stub c. rag d. scrap
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35. The place where public, government or historical records are kept
a. Coffer b. pantry c. scullery d. archives
36. A post without remuneration
a. Voluntary b. sinecure c. honorary d. involuntary
37. Large scale departure of people
a. Migration b. emigration c. immigration d. exodus
38. Lottery in which an article is assigned by lot to one of those buying
tickets
a. Auction b. raffle c. audit d. transit

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39. To send an unwanted person out of the country
a. Exclude b. ostracise c. deport d. expatriate
40. Voluntarily giving up throne by king in favour of his son
a. Abdication b. resurrection c. accession d. renunciation
41. Child bereaved of one or both the parents
a. Desolate b. destitute c. legacy d. property
42. Gift left by will
a. Alimony b. parimony c. legacy d. property
43. A government run by a dictator
a. Democracy b. autocracy c. oligarchy 9
d. theocracy
44. One who always runs away from danger
a. Escapist b. timid c. coward d. shirker
45. A poem written on the death of someone loved and lost
a. Ode b. epic c. sonnet d. elegy
46. One who despises persons of lower social position
a. Prim b. snob c. prig d. aristocrat
47. Gradual recovery from illness
a. Hysteria b. amnesia c. superannuation d. convalescence

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48. One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him.
a. Vindicator b. usurer c. vindictive d. virulent
49. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
a. Stoic b. hedonist c. epicure d. sensual
50. Commencement of words with the same letter
a. Rhyme b. alliteration c. pun d. oxymoron
51. An office or post with no work but high pay
a. Honorary b. sinecure c. gratis d. ex-officio

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52. One who is well-versed in any subject; a critical judge of any art,
particularly fine arts
a. Veteran b. philistine c. dilettante d. connoisseur
53. Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain
a. Saint b. ascetic c. stoic d. hermit
54. A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially in
dressing
a. Joker b. hippy c. scapegoat d. butt
55. Murder of a brother
a. Patricide b. regicide c. homicide d. fratricide
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56. Mania for stealing articles
a. Logomania b. nymphomania c. kleptomania d. hypomania
57. Mental weariness for want of occupation
a. Fatigue b. ennui c. languor d. debility
58. One who loves all and sundry
a. Optimist b. humanist c. altruist d. philanthropist
59. Mania for travel
a. Dromomania b. pyromania c. bibliomania d. logomania
60. A person living permanently in a certain place
a. Native b. resident c. domicile 13
d. subject
61. Paying back injury with injury
a. Vendetta b. repression c. subjugation d. reprisal
62. Acutely affected by external impressions
a. Ingenious b. impressionable c. credulous d. sensitive
63. To slap with a flat object
a. Hew b. swat c. chop d. gnaw
64. An assembly of hearers
a. Audience b. crowd c. congregation d. assemblage
65. As associate in an office of institution
a. Companion b. ally c. colleague 14
d. accomplice
66. One who is unrelenting and cannot be moved by entreaties
a. Inexorable b. infallible c. Impregnable d. inexplicable
67. Regard for others as a principle of action
a. Cynicism b. nepotism c. philanthropy d. altruism
68. Person who claims to have great love for and understanding of what is
beautiful in nature, art etc.
a. Critic b. aesthete c. connoisseur d. artist
69. A disease which spreads by contact
a. Infectious b. contagious c. contiguous d. contextual

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70. An animal story with a moral
a. Fable b. tale c. anecdote d. parable
71. To change shape, nature or substance of
a. Modulate b. substitute c. remodel d. transmute
72. Person who believes that God is every thing and everything is God
a. Agnostic b. theist c. pantheist d. pantechnicon
73. Person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft
a. Aeronaut b. astronaut c. aerobat d. acrobat
74. witty, clever retort
a. Sarcasm b. repartee c. platitude 16
d. invective
75. Word different in meaning but similar in sound
a. Homonym b. synonym c. acronym d. antonym
76. Simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, water and soil;
essential to life but may cause disease
a. Virus b. amoeba c. bacteria d. toxin
77. A girl or woman who flirts, that is, tries to attract people and make
advances in love simply to satisfy her vanity
a. Prostitute b. coquette c. spinster d. concubine
78. A person who regards the whole world as his country
a. Patriot b. nationalist c. cosmopolitan d. metropolitan
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79. Relationship by blood or birth
a. Parentage b. affiliation c. consanguinity d. nepotism
80. A story in which ideas are symbolised as people
a. Allegory b. fable c. legend d. parable
81. The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed
a. Affidavit b. agreement c. armistice d. amnesty
82. A person who makes love without serious intentions
a. Consort b. philanderer c. romeo d. goon
83. Opposed to great or sudden change
a. Static b. revolutionary c. conservative 18
d. evolutionary
84. Having no beginning or end to its existence
a. Eternal b. obscure c. universal d. immeasurable
85. The art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shapes
a. Horticulture b. bonsai c. universal d. immeasurable
86. Walking in sleep
a. Somniloquism b. somnambulism c. obsession d. hallucination
87. One who cannot die
a. Stable b. immortal c. perpetual d. perennial
88. A formal written charge against a person for some crime or offence
a. Accusation b. indictment c. allegation 19
d. acrimony
89. Language difficult to understand because of bad form
a. Rhetoric b. jargon c. pedantic d. verbatim
90. Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted
a. Unbelief b. superstition c. non conformity d. heresy
91. A person obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject
a. Crazy b. kleptomaniac c. monomaniac d. nymphomaniac
92. A child of unusual or remarkable talent
a. Scholar b. diligent c. freak d. prodigy
93. A disease which ends in death
a. Contagious b. lethal c. fatal 20
d. deadly
94. A person who kills somebody especially for political reasons
a. Criminal b. murderer c. assassin d. hangman
95. One who loves mankind
a. Anthropologist b. philanthropist c. seismologist d. optometrist
96. A small piece of potato
a. Chunk b. chip c. scrap d. bit
97. A child who stays away from school without any good reason
a. Vagabond b. delinquent c. schizophrenic d. truant
98. A common place remark
a. Dialogue b. platitude c. epigram 21
d. statement
99. Line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet
a. Horizon b. zenith c. fringe d. plinth
100. A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others
a. Democrat b. bureaucrat c. autocrat d. fanatic
101. Study of mankind
a. Pathology b. physiology c. philology d. anthropology
102. Intentional destruction of racial groups
a. Homicide b. genocide c. fratricide d. regicide
103. One who is interested in the welfare of women
a. Feminine b. feminist c. effeminate d. 22
flamboyant
104. Study of statistics of births, deaths, diseases to show the state of
community
a. Geography b. anthropology c. topography d. demography
105. Through which light cannot pass
a. Dull b. dark c. obscure d. opaque
106. A sudden rush of wind
a. Gale b. typhoon c. gust d. storm
107. One who take delight in excessive cruelty
a. Anarchist b. sophist c. sadist d. nihilist

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108. An unexpected stroke of good luck
a. Fortune b. windfall c. boon d. breakthrough
109. A person who helps you break the law
a. Spy b. collaborator c. ally d. accomplice
110. Not conforming to ordinary rules of behaviour
a. Lunatic b. absurd c. eccentric d. maniacal
111. Stealing from the writings of others.
a. Copying b. reframing c. reproducing d. plagiarism
112. Short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident
a. Malady b. sonnet c. idyll d. 24
charade
113. A man who starves body for the good of soul
a. Monk b. ascetic c. saint d. spiritualist
114. A person who is reserved in talks
a. Reticent b. silent c. mendicant d. garrulous
115. A short stay at a place
a. Halt b. interlude c. intermission d. sojourn
116. A raised place on which offerings to a god are made
a. Mound b. chapel c. altar d. archives
117. To talk much without coming to the point
a. Verbosity b. garrulousness c. loquacity 25
d. circumlocution
118. Constant effort to achieve something
a. Perseverance b. attempt c. enthusiasm d. vigour
119. A place where a wild animal lives
a. Forest b. stable c. lair d. sanctuary
120. A person who looks on the bright side of things
a. Sycophant b. optimist c. cynic d. pessimist
121. One who lends money at high rate of interest
a. Solvent b. uxorious c. usurer d. shylock
122. One who cuts precious stones
a. Philatelist b. drover c. lapidist 26
d. oculist
123. Government by the Gods
a. Plutocracy b. theocracy c. thearchy d. pantisocracy
124. A person not sure of the existence of God
a. Theist b. atheist c. agnostic d. cynic
125. One who compiles dictionary
a. Calligrapher b. editor c. lexicographer d. compiler
126. Which can be easily believed
a. Credulous b. creditable c. trustworthy d. credible
127. Woman trained to help other women in child birth
a. Virgin b. midwife c. matron 27
d. nurse
128. A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country
a. Ambassador b. emissary c. plenipotentiary d. envoy
129. Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass or stones
a. Oleograph b. mosaic c. tracery d. relief
130. To deprive a thing of its holy character
a. Sacrilege b. blasphemy c. consecrate d. desecrate
131. A man with prejudiced views against religion
a. Orthodox b. bigot c. fanatic d. profane
132. The school or college in which one has been educated
a. Matinee b. alumni c. Alma mater 28 d. calvin
133. One who deserts his religion
a. Deserter b. turn-coat c. fanatic d. apostate
134. Medicine which lessens pain
a. Balm b. Panacea c. Anodyne d. Antibiotic
135. A woman whose husband is died
a. Virgin b. spinster c. wedlock d. widow
136. To take one to task
a. Disgrace b. handle c. entreat d. rebuke
137. One who uses fear as a weapon of power.
a. Terrorist b. militant c. extremist 29
d. anarchist
138. A small piece of wood
a. Splinter b. crumb c. scrap d. chip
139. Mania for setting fires
a. Pyromania b. kleptomania c. logomania d. nymphomania
140. A pioneer of a reform movement
a. Renegade b. apostle c. apotheosis d. apothecary
141. Wicked to a high degree
a. Cruel b. hateful c. heinous d. abominable
142. The original inhabitants of a country
a. Aborigines b. citizens c. natives 30
d. primitive
143. Dungeon entered by trapdoor
a. Cellar b. ditch c. vault d. oubliette
144. One desirous of getting money
a. Avaracious b. voracious c. garrulous d. greedy
145. Place where birds are kept
a. Zoo b. apiary c. armoury d. aviary
146. A person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting
a. Calligrapher b. collier c. choreographer d. cartographer
147. A person who is always dissatisfied
a. Heretic b. felon c. malcontent 31
d. surrogate
148. Loss of power to move in any or every part of the body
a. Rheumatism b. paralysis c. eczema d. leprosy
149. One who does not care of literature or art
a. Barbarian b. philistine c. illiterate d. primitive
150. A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself
a. Triplet b. triumvir c. trilogy d. trivet

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151. Fear of high places :
A Aerophobia B Claustrophobia
C Agorophobia D Acrophobia
152. Fear of air :
A. Acrophobia B. Aerophobia C. Altiphobia D .Bathophobia
153. Fear of pain :
A Androphobia B Aglophobia C Catrophobia D Cacophobia
154. Fear of altitude :
A Altiphobia B Acrophobia C Claustrophobia D Agorophobia
155. Fear of getting fat makes young girls stop eating resulting in
harmful effect :
A. Gynaephobia B. Anorexia C. Androphobia D. Cellphobia
156. Fear of depths :
A. Altiphobia B Acrophobia
C Bathophobia D Aerophobia
157 Fear of males :
A Androphobia
B Catrophobia
C Geraphobia
D Gynaephobia
158. Fear of public/place open :
A Altiphobia
B Claustrophobia
C Acrophobia
D Agorophobia
159. Fear of dogs :
A Aglophobia B Entomophobia
C Cynophobia D Demonomania
160. Fear of time :
A Ergophobia
B Genophobia
C Chronophobia
D Maieusiophobia
161. Fear of books :
A Biblophobia
B Chronophobia
C Gnosiophobia
D Catrophobia
162. Extreme fear about beauty :
A Anorexia
B Androphobia
C Cellphobia
D Gynaephobia
163. Fear of doctors :
A Aglophobia
B Cacophobia
C Androphobia
D Catrophobia
164. Fear of ugliness :
A Aglophobia
B Cacophobia
C Catrophobia
D Androphobia
165. Fear of insects :
A Cynophobia
B Cacophobia
C Haemetophobia
D Entomophobia
166. Delusion of being under evil spirits :
A Cacophobia
B Aglophobia
C Demonomania
D Phasmophobia
167. Morbid compulsion to drink :
A Dipsophobia
B Dipsomania
C Hydrophobia
D Anorexia
168. Fear of thirst :
A Dipsomania
B Hydrophobia
C Haemetophobia
D Dipsophobia
169. Fear of being confined to small place :
A Claustrophobia
B gorophobia
C Acrophobia
D Aerophobia
170. Fear of knowledge :
A Biblophobia
B Ergophobia
C Gnosiophobia
D Graphophobia
171. Fear of old age :
A Demonomania
B Androphobia
C Lipophobia
D Geraphobia
172. Fear of birth :
A Chronophobia
B Genophobia
C Maieusiophobia
D Thanatophobia
173. Fear of marriage :
A Gamophobia
B Gynaephobia
C Anorexia
D Cellphobia
174. Fear of work :
A Chronophobia
B Logophobia
C Ergophobia
D Peniophobia
175. Strange in appearance
(a) bizarre (b) rustic (c) geriatric (d) decrepit
176. The study of election.
(a) arachnology (b) philately (c) philanthropy (d) psephology
177. Enigmatic person
(a) unique (b) unstable (c) stable (d) unknowable
178. A group of islands
(a) islet (b) archipelago (c) reef (d) atoll
179. Sudden involuntary muscular contraction.
(a) sprain (b) spasm (c) spam (d) span
180. To renounce one’s throne
(a) abdicate (b) arrogate (c) abstain (d) abrogate
181. Make something less severe.
(a) aggravation (b) mediation (c) palliation (d) reduction
182. Lively or high-spirited
(a) depression (b) grave (c) vivacious (d) discouraged
183. One who does or studies without seriousness.
(a) dilettante (b) diligent (c) deliberate (d) distracted
184. Not clear
(a) stupidity (b) obscure (c) clarity (d) intensity
185. A person who helps another to commit a crime
(a) colleague (b) accomplice (c) assistant (d) supporter
186. A legal agreement that allows someone to use a building or land for
a period of time, usually is return for rent
(a) assurance (b) deal (c) lease (d) bond
187. The act of killing one’s own brother or sister
(a) homicide (b) suicide (c) patricide (d) fratricide
188. Rules governing socially acceptable behaviour
(a) politeness (b) formality (c) behavior (d) etiquette
189. A person who is easily deceived or tricked
(a) tangible (b) trouble (c) trickster (d) gullible
190 A place where birds are kept
(a) aquarium (b) aviary (c) sanctuary (d) apiary
191. A gathering at a religious place
(a) congregation (b) spectators (c) mob (d) audience
192. Art of working with metals
(a) meteorite (b) metaphysics (c) metallurgy (d) metalloid
193. One who compiles a dictionary
(a) lexicographer (b) cartographer (c) bibliographer (d) lapidist
194. A person who worships only one God
(a) polytheist (b) monotheist (c) philogymist (d) theist
195. Causing annoyance or resentment
(a) Congenial (b) Galling (c) Amiable (d) Mellow
196. Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources
(a) Profligate (b) Churlish (c) Harpy (d) Hoarder
197. Wrap or cover for warmth
(a) Encourage (b) Muffle (c) Divulge (d) Expose
198. Keen interest or enthusiasm
(a) Lassitude (b) Lethargy (c) Avidity (d) Soporific
199. Criticize unfairly
(a) Complimentary (b) Obeisance
(c) Denigrate (d) Accolade
200. The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or
beneficial way
(a) Debacle (b) Affliction (c) Infelicity (d) Serendipity
201. A system of religious belief; a faith
(a) Nihilism (b) Heresy (c) Impiety (d) Creed
202. A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion
(a) Oration (b) Reticent (c) Bashful (d) Taciturn
203. Regard with great respect
(a) Insolence (b) Venerate (c) Flippancy (d) Coarseness
204. Kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they
suffocate
(a) Bulwark (b) Foster (c) Sentinel (d) Smother
205. That which cannot be heard.
a. invisible b. inaudible c. hidden d. slight
206. Incapable of being corrected.
a. inviolable b. incredible c. incorrigible d. impossible
207. One who does not tire easily.
a. indelible b. indefatigable c. inflatable d. indestructible
208. Incapable of being read
a. vague b. eligible c. unseen d. illegible
209. Too unimportant to consider
a. diminutive b. trivial c. nothing d. noticeable
210. That which can be drawn into a thin wire.
a. brittle b. ductile c. flexible d. smooth
211. Impossible to satisfy
a. contented b. satisfiable c. satisfactory d. insatiable
212. Liable to break easily
a. bent b. brittle c. thin d. soft
213. An instrument for measuring the atmospheric pressure
a. thermometer b. altometer c. barometer d. ammeter
214. The part of a country’s government responsible for its legal system.’
a. judiciary b. legislature c. police d. executive