One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Advocate.

Pioneer: a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
Adviser: a person who gives advice in a particular field.
Advocate: a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
Ideologist: someone who develops or supports a particular ideology.

One word substitute is Epicurean.

Epicurean: a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink.
Cynic: a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.
Materialistic: excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.
Stoic: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

One word substitute is Sadism.

Sadism: the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
Malevolence: the state or condition of being malevolent; hostility.
Bigotry: intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.
Masochism: the tendency to derive sexual gratification from one's own pain or humiliation.

One word substitute is Malingerer.

Truant: a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
Malingerer: a person who avoids work or effort.
Hypocrite: a hypocritical person.
Concubine: a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.

One word substitute is Phrenology.

Physiology: the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
Anthropology: the study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Phrenology: the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.
Morphology: the study of the forms of things.

One word substitute is Dusk.

Evening: the period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p.m. to bedtime.
Dawn: the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
Dusk: the darker stage of twilight.
Eclipse: an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.

One word substitute is Amphibian.

Ambiguous: open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
Amphibian: a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed (typically) by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
Amorphous: without a clearly defined shape or form.
Ambivalent: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

One word substitute is Demagogue.

Demagogue: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument.
Dictator: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
Statesman: a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure.
Martinet: a person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian.

One word substitute is Expiation.

Redemption: the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
Repentance: the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse.
Salvation: preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.
Expiation: the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.

One word substitute is Amnesty.

Parole: the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.
Forgiveness: the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven.
Clemency: mercy; lenience.
Amnesty: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.