| List of One Word Substitutions (Generic Terms) | |
| One Word Substitution | Generic Terms |
| A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one | Allegory |
| An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables | Almanac |
| A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills | Amphibian |
| A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based | Axiom |
| A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law | Belligerent |
| An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of a disease | Biopsy |
| The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk | Blasphemy |
| The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence | Chronology |
| A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change | Crusade |
| Lasting for a very short time | Ephemeral |
| Release someone from a duty or obligation | Exonerate |
| Spoken or done without preparation | Extempore |
| Fond of company | Gregarious |
| Making marks that cannot be removed | Indelible |
| Certain to happen | Inevitable |
| Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong | Infallible |
| A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past | Nostalgia |
| A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases | Panacea |
| A doctrine which identifies God with the universe | Pantheism |
| Excessively concerned with minor details or rules | Pedantic |
| The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own | Plagiarism |
| Safe to drink | Potable |
| The emblems or insignia of royalty | Regalia |
| Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred | Sacrilege |
| A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit | Sinecure |
| A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event | Souvenir |
| An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering | Utopia |
| Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace | Venial |
| In exactly the same words as were used originally | Verbatim |
| List of One Word Substitutions (Government or System) | |
| One Word Substitution | Government / System |
| A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems | Anarchy |
| A form of government in which power is held by the nobility | Aristocracy |
| A system of government by one person with absolute power | Autocracy |
| A self-governing country or region | Autonomy |
| A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives | Bureaucracy |
| A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives | Democracy |
| A state, society, or group governed by old people | Gerontocracy |
| A state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens | Kakistocracy |
| A form of government with a monarch at the head | Monarchy |
| Government by new or inexperienced hands | Neocracy |
| Government by the populace | Ochlocracy |
| A small group of people having control of a country or organization | Oligarchy |
| Government by the wealthy | Plutocracy |
| Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters | Secular |
| A political system based on the government of men by God | Thearchy |
| List of One Word Substitutions (Group or Collection) | |
| One Word Substitution | Group / Collection |
| A large bundle bound for storage or transport | Bale |
| A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place | Battery |
| A large gathering of people of a particular type | Bevy |
| An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Bouquet |
| A family of young animals | Brood |
| A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place | Cache |
| A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together | Caravan |
| A closed political meeting | Caucus |
| A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance | Claque |
| An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Clique |
| A group of worshippers | Congregation |
| A series of stars | Constellation |
| A funeral procession | Cortege |
| A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body | Drove |
| A small fleet of ships or boats | Flotilla |
| A small growth of trees without underbrush | Grove |
| A community of people smaller than a village | Hamlet |
| A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals | Herd |
| A large group of people | Horde |
| A temporary police force | Posse |
| A large number of fish swimming together | Shoal |
| A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid | Torrent |
| List of One Word Substitutions (Person or People) | |
| One Word Substitution | Person / People |
| One who is not sure about God’s existence | Agnostic |
| One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession | Amateur |
| One who can use either hand with ease | Ambidextrous |
| A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness | Anarchist |
| A person who has changed his faith | Apostate |
| A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute | Arbitrator |
| A person who deliberately sets fire to a building | Arsonist |
| One who leads an austere life | Ascetic |
| One who does not believe in the existence of God | Atheist |
| One who makes an official examination of accounts | Auditor |
| An unconventional style of living | Bohemian |
| One who is bad in spellings | Cacographer |
| One who feeds on human flesh | Cannibal |
| A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism | Chauvinist |
| A critical judge of any art and craft | Connoisseur |
| Persons living at the same time | Contemporaries |
| One who is recovering health after illness | Convalescent |
| A girl/woman who flirts with a man | Coquette |
| A person who regards the whole world as his country | Cosmopolitan |
| One who sneers at the beliefs of others | Cynic |
| One who is a centre of attraction | Cynosure |
| A person having a sophisticated charm | Debonair |
| A leader or orator who espouses the cause of the common people | Demagogue |
| A leader who sways his followers by his oratory | Demagogue |
| A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature | Dilettante |
| A man who is womanish in his habits | Effeminate |
| One who often talks of his achievements | Egotist |
| Someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Emigrant |
| One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking | Epicure |
| One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters | Fanatic |
| One who is hard to please (very selective in his habits) | Fastidious |
| One who believes in fate | Fatalist |
| One who runs away from justice | Fugitive |
| A lover of good food | Gourmand |
| A person who is controlled by wife | Henpeck |
| A person who acts against religion | Heretic |
| A person of intellectual or erudite tastes | Highbrow |
| Conferred as an honour | Honorary |
| A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments | Hypochondriac |
| Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | Iconoclast |
| Who behaves without moral principles | Immoral |
| A person who is incapable of being tampered with | Impregnable |
| One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Indefatigable |
| One who is unable to pay his debts | Insolvent |
| One who does not express himself freely | Introvert |
| A person who is mentally ill | Lunatic |
| A person who is primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics | Mercenary |
| A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society | Misanthrope |
| Someone in love with himself | Narcissist |
| One who collect coins as hobby | Numismatist |
| A lover of mankind | Philanthropist |
| A person who likes or admires women | Philogynist |
| A person who speaks more than one language | Polyglot |
| One who lives in solitude | Recluse |
| Someone who walks in sleep | Somnambulist |
| A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life | Stoic |
| A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Termagant |
| A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one’s wife | Uxorious |
| One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field | Virtuoso |
| List of One Word Substitutions (Profession / Research) | |
| One Word Substitution | Profession / Research |
| The medieval forerunner of chemistry | Alchemy |
| A person who presents a radio/television programme | Anchor |
| One who studies the evolution of mankind | Anthropologist |
| A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft | Astronaut |
| The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification and economic importance of plants | Botany |
| A person who writes beautiful writing | Calligrapher |
| A person who draws or produces maps | Cartographer |
| A person employed to drive a private or hired car | Chauffeur |
| A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance | Choreographer |
| The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena | Chronobiology |
| A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show | Compere |
| A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection | Curator |
| A secret or disguised way of writing | Cypher |
| The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas | Dactylology |
| The study of statistics | Demography |
| A person who sells and arranges cut flowers | Florist |
| A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor | Genealogy |
| The therapeutic use of sunlight | Heliotherapy |
| The art or practise of garden cultivation and management | Horticulture |
| One who supervises in the examination hall | Invigilator |
| The theory or philosophy of law | Jurisprudence |
| A person who compiles dictionaries | Lexicographer |
| The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth | Odontology |
| The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure and composition of rocks | Petrology |
| One who studies the elections and trends in voting | Psephologist |
| One who presents a radio programme | Radio Jockey |
| The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing | Rhetoric |
| An artist who makes sculptures. | Sculptor |
| The scientific study of the behaviour, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals | Zoology |
| List of One Word Substitutions (Venue or Spot) | |
| One Word Substitution | Venue / Spot |
| A building where animals are butchered | Abattoir |
| A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives | Apiary |
| A building containing tanks of live fish of different species | Aquarium |
| A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people | Archives |
| A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict | Arena |
| A collection of weapons and military equipment | Arsenal |
| An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill | Asylum |
| A large cage, building, or enclosure to keep birds | Aviary |
| A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling | Burrow |
| A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place | Cache |
| A public room or building where gambling games are played | Casino |
| A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard | Cemetery |
| A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left | Cloakroom |
| A Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows | Convent |
| Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day | Creche |
| A place where a dead person’s body is cremated | Crematorium |
| A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted | Decanter |
| A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution | Dormitory |
| The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree | Drey |
| A storehouse for threshed grain | Granary |
| A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise | Gymnasium |
| A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft | Hangar |
| A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals | Hutch |
| A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill | Infirmary |
| A small shelter for a dog | Kennel |
| A place where wild animal live | Lair |
| A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition | Menagerie |
| A place where coins, medals, or tokens are made | Mint |
| A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows | Monastery |
| A place where bodies are kept for identification | Morgue |
| A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees | Orchard |
| A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply | Reservoir |
| A room or building for sick children in a boarding school | Sanatorium |
| A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty household work | Scullery |
| A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword | Sheath |
| A place where animal hides are tanned | Tannery |
| A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored | Wardrobe |
Answer: Option D - Glower
Explanation: Let us see the meaning of the words one by one.
- Fatal: Something that causes death.
- Prevaricate: This means to Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth).
- Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb.
- Glower: To look at someone in an angry or threatening way.
Question 2: “To feel or express disapproval of something or someone.”
A) Deprecate
B) Commemorate
C) Amphibians
D) Bilingual
Answer: Option A - Deprecate
Explanation: Let us see the meaning of the words one by one.
- Deprecate: To feel or express disapproval of something or someone.
- Commemorate: To keep a great person or event in people’s memory.
- Amphibians: Animal that can live on land and in water.
- Bilingual: A person who is fluent in two languages.
Question 3: “A man who wastes his money on luxury.”
A) Notorious
B) Versatile
C) Ornithologist
D) Extravagant.
Answer: Option D - Extravagant
Explanation: Let us see the meaning of the words one by one.
- Notorious: A person who is well known in an unfavourable way.
- Versatile: Someone having many skills.
- Ornithologist: Someone who scientifically studies the birds.
- Extravagant: A man who wastes his money on luxury.
Question 4: “A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices.”
A) Dictator
B) Truant
C) Triumvirate
D) Demagogue
Answer: Option D - Demagogue
Explanation: Let us see the meaning of the words one by one.
- Dictator: A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
- Truant: A schoolboy who frequently cuts classes.
- Triumvirate: A group of three powerful people.
- Demagogue: A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices.