One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Obsolete.

Exotic: originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.
Primitive: relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.
Obsolete: no longer produced or used; out of date.
Ancient: belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence.

One word substitute is Infiltrator.

Infiltrator: a person who enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information.
Sniper: a person who shoots from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
Invader: a person or group that invades a country, region, or other place.
Aggressor: a person or country that attacks another first.

One word substitute is Hermaphrodite.

Sodomite: a person who engages in anal intercourse.
Homosexual: sexually attracted to people of one's own sex.
Masochist: a person who derives sexual gratification from their own pain or humiliation.
Hermaphrodite: a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.

One word substitute is Interlude.

Intermission: a pause or break.
Interlude: an intervening period of time; an interval.
Interpolation: the insertion of something of a different nature into something else.
Appendix: a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document.

One word substitute is Gourmet.

Greedy: having an excessive desire or appetite for food.
Glutton: an excessively greedy eater.
Gourmet: a connoisseur of good food; a person with a discerning palate.
Gourmand: a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.

One word substitute is Cannibal.

Beast: an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.
Savage: (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Cannibal: a person who eats the flesh of other human beings.
Carnivorous: (of an animal) feeding on other animals.

One word substitute is Curator.

Dean: the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.
Warden: a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or activity or for enforcing the regulations associated with it.
Curator: a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection.
Supervisor: a person who supervises a person or an activity.

One word substitute is Maiden.

Preface: an introduction to a book, typically stating its subject, scope, or aims.
Maiden: being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind.
Opener: a device for opening something, especially a container.
Extempore: spoken or done without preparation.

One word substitute is Nepotism.

Favouritism: the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another.
Nepotism: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
Corruption: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
Worldliness: the quality of being experienced and sophisticated.

One word substitute is Sacrilege.

Heresy: belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Desecration: the action of desecrating something.
Sacrilege: violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.
Blasphemy: the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.