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One Word Substitutions Test

34. Animals that feed on grass : 43. Murder of an infant :
(A) carnivorous (A) fratricide
(B) herbivorous (B) infanticide
( C) insectivorous ( C) homicide
(D) graminivorous (D) regicide
(E) aquarian
44. An animal having only two feet :
35. Speaking too much of oneself : (A) twinnary
(A) equivocal (B) twiten
(B) hypocrite ( C) ebulient
( C) egotism (D) a biped
(D) egoism
(E) selfish 45. Study of the origin and history of words :
(A) entomology
36. Animals living in flocks : (B) linguistics
(A) herd ( C) phrenology
(B) sociable (D) etymology
( C) gregarious
(D) social 46. One who talks in sleep :
(E) vertebrate (A) abstemious
(B) somniloquist
37. The large scale departure of people : ( C) neurotic
(A) exodus (D) vertebrate
(B) contingent
( C) aberration 47. A person who hates women :
(D) apostrophy (A) misogynist
(B) aquarian
38. Too full of words : ( C) vertebrate
(A) enrich (D) masochist
(B) sedulous
( C) verbose 48. Imitating voices and gestures :
(D) salacious (A) succulent
(B) replica
39. Frenzy caused by a desire for the unattainable : ( C) smudge
(A) sepulchor (D) mimicking
(B) factitious
( C) cantankerous 49. A person selflessly concerned with the welfare of
(D) nympholepsy others :
(A) abstemious
40. A hater of learning and knowledge : (B) lacerated
(A) misogynist ( C) an altruist
(B) philanthropist (D) mercenary
( C) bibliophile
(D) misologist 50. Tendency to quarrel or fight :
(A) pugnacity
41. One who is too much anxious about his health : (B) bigotry
(A) fragile ( C) eccentricity
(B) valetudinarian (D) idiosyncrasy
( C) esoteric
(D) sinuous 51. Things belonging to ancient times :
(A) sticky
42. A disease that spreads by contact : (B) benign
(A) mortal ( C) antiques
(B) contiguous (D) sedulous
( C) contagious
(D) infectious

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