Free One Word Substitution MCQs with Answers
173 One Word Substitution MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
One-word substitution replaces a descriptive phrase with a single precise word, such as a person who cannot read or a place where aircraft are kept. Questions test vocabulary for people, actions, qualities, places and systems, along with distinctions between near-synonyms and correct spelling.
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- A. Sceptic
- B. Ascetic
- C. Devotee
- D. Antiquarian
Explanation: An ascetic renounces worldly pleasures and practises strict self-discipline for spiritual purposes.
Correct answer: Ascetic- A. Insolvent
- B. Irrestible
- C. Omnivorous
- D. Omniscient
Explanation: An omnivorous person or animal eats both plant and animal matter, or broadly eats everything. Omniscient means all-knowing, not all-eating.
Correct answer: Omnivorous- A. Ochlophobia
- B. Paedophobia
- C. Pathophobia
- D. Peniophobia
Explanation: Pathophobia is an abnormal fear of disease or illness. Ochlophobia is fear of crowds, paedophobia fear of children, and peniophobia fear…
Correct answer: Pathophobia- A. Toxicophobia
- B. Theophobia
- C. Scelerophobia
- D. Thanatophobia
Explanation: Thanatophobia is derived from Thanatos, the personification of death in Greek mythology, and means fear of death.
Correct answer: Thanatophobia- A. Nyctophobia
- B. Ophthalmophobia
- C. Magalomania
- D. Mysophobia
Explanation: Nyctophobia is the fear of darkness or night. Mysophobia concerns germs or contamination, while ophthalmophobia concerns eyes or being…
Correct answer: Nyctophobia- A. orphan
- B. cipple
- C. bachelor
- D. hooligan
Explanation: An orphan is a child whose parents are both dead
Correct answer: orphan- A. Legend
- B. Myth
- C. Mystery
- D. Fable
Explanation: Fables are short stories that typically feature animals who behave and speak like humans.
Correct answer: Fable- A. Murder of a family member
- B. Extermination of an entire race or group
- C. Assassination of a king
- D. Self-destruction
Explanation: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular Nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or…
Correct answer: Extermination of an entire race or group- A. Chemist
- B. Conductor
- C. Keeper
- D. Optician
Explanation: Option A; chemist is a a person engaged in chemical research or experiments."chemists have developed catalysts that can turn low-grade…
Correct answer: Optician- A. Plant that blooms twice a year
- B. Occuring twice a year
- C. Composed or created by two people
- D. Occuring once every two years
Explanation: This question tests vocabulary. Meaning of "Biennial" is to "occur once every two years".
Correct answer: Occuring once every two years- A. An instrument for detecting earthquakes
- B. Study of sea creatures
- C. A branch of Astrology
- D. A scientific study of earthquakes
Explanation: The correct answer is that seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes.
Correct answer: A scientific study of earthquakes- A. Misanthrope
- B. Inhuman
- C. Sadist
- D. Misogynist
Explanation: 'Misanthrope' is someone who dislikes or avoids other people because of their general hatred,distrust or contempt toward humans ,human…
Correct answer: Misanthrope- A. Delinquent
- B. Revolutionary
- C. Pessimist
- D. Nonconformist
Explanation: A nonconformist is someone who refuses to conform to established customs, norms, or beliefs of society.
Correct answer: Nonconformist