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One Word Substitutions Test

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS TEST

52 QUESTIONS
60 MINUTES

Out of the given alternatives (A), (B), ( C) and (D) select the word which
closely fits each definition.

1. An unmarried man : 8. One who eats everything :
(A) bachelor (A) omnipotent
(B) master (B) omnivorous
( C) mister ( C) omnipresent
(D) boy (D) voracious

2. Study of diseases : 9. Custom of having two wives :
(A) philology (A) monogamy
(B) pathology (B) sexagenary
( C) physiology ( C) bigamy
(D) biology (D) wedding

3. Custom of having many wives : 10. One who hates mankind :
(A) matrimony (A) philanthropist
(B) bigamy (B) misanthrope
( C) polygamy ( C) mercenary
(D) marriage (D) criminal
4. Evenness of mind or temper : 11. Study of faces and skulls :
(A) equality (A) phrenology
(B) equity (B) pharmacology
( C) equanimity ( C) pathology
(D) peaceful (D) medicine

5. Disbeliever in God : 12. A person who readily believes others :
(A) agnostic (A) credible
(B) atheist (B) credulous
( C) altruist ( C) sensible
(D) non-religious (D) gullible

6. Connoisseur of good food : 13. The murder of a human being :
(A) gourmet (A) suicide
(B) gourmand (B) homicide
( C) glutton ( C) fratricide
(D) eater (D) attack

7. A child born after the death of father : 14. One who lives on human flesh :
(A) post-date (A) carnivorous
(B) posthumous (B) cannibal
( C) immature ( C) insectivorous
(D) posy-issue (D) parasite

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