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One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One Word Substitution MCQ Questions and answers with easy and logical explanations.English Aptitude MCQ provides all type of competitive english mcq questions on One Word Substitution which is important for exams like Banking exams,IBPS,SCC,CAT,XAT,MAT etc. Page-5 section-5

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41
One who comes from a country area and is often considered to be stupid
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Bumpkin.

Villager: a person who lives in a village.
Rustic: relating to the countryside; rural.
Bumpkin: an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.
Philanderer: a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; a womanizer.
42
Thing that can be felt or touched
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Palpable.

Pandemic: (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
Palpable: able to be touched or felt.
Paltry: (of an amount) very small or meagre.
Panchromatic: (of photographic film) sensitive to all visible colours of the spectrum.
43
One who talks continuously
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Loquacious.

Impecunious: having little or no money.
Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
Voracious: wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
Avaricious: having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
44
Interested in and clever at many things
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Versatile.

Manicure: a cosmetic treatment of the hands involving shaping and often painting of the nails, removal of the cuticles, and softening of the skin.
Manifest: clear or obvious to the eye or mind.
Intelligent: having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.
Versatile: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
45
Run away from home with lover
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Elope.

Ostracize: exclude from a society or group.
Vanquish: defeat thoroughly.
Abscond: leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest.
Elope: run away secretly in order to get married.
46
Irrational fear of crowds
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Ochlophobia.

Ochlophobia: extreme or irrational fear or dislike of crowds.
Claustrophobia: extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
Sitophobia: a morbid or insane dread of eating.
Astrophobia: a severe and irrational fear of stars and space.
47
A person who is talkative
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Garrulous.

Garrulous: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
Speaker: a person who speaks.
Orator: a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled.
Laxative: (chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.
48
Explicit undertaking to do something
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Promise.

Agreement: harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling.
Decision: a conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
Settlement: an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.
Promise: a declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.
49
An expression of mild disapproval
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Reproof.

Reproof: an expression of blame or disapproval.
Impertinence: lack of respect; rudeness.
Warning: a statement or event that warns of something or that serves as a cautionary example.
Denigration: the action of unfairly criticizing someone or something.
50
Murder of a new-born child
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Infanticide.

Homicide: the killing of one person by another.
Regicide: the action of killing a king.
Fratricide: the killing of one's brother or sister.
Infanticide: a person who kills an infant, especially their own child.