One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Hijacker.

Pirate: a person who attacks and robs ships at sea.
Swindler: a person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or possessions.
Hijacker: a person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship, or vehicle while in transit and forces it to go to a different destination or uses it for their own purposes.
Pilferer: a person who steals.

One word substitute is Aristocracy.

Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Bureaucracy: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
Autocracy: a system of government by one person with absolute power.
Aristocracy: a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.

One word substitute is Insolvent.

Debtor: a person, country, or organization that owes money.
Pauper: a very poor person.
Beggar: a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.
Insolvent: unable to pay debts owed.

One word substitute is Hymn.

Lyric: (of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
Ode: a lyric poem, typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular metre.
Hymn: a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god.
Ballad: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.

One word substitute is Adultery.

Polygamy: the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.
Puberty: the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction.
Lechery: excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness.
Adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.

One word substitute is Logomania.

Logomania: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
Pyromania: an obsessive desire to set fire to things.
Bibliomania: passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books.
Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.

One word substitute is Archaeology.

History: the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Anthropology: the study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Ethnology: the study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
Archaeology: the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.

One word substitute is Red-tapism.

Nepotism: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
Diplomacy: the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
Red-tapism: the practice of requiring excessive paperwork and tedious procedures before official action can be considered or completed.
Bureaucracy: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

One word substitute is Archives.

Coffer: a strongbox or small chest for holding valuables.
Pantry: a small room or cupboard in which food, crockery, and cutlery are kept.
Scullery: a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.
Archives: a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.

One word substitute is Raffle.

Auction: a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
Raffle: a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.
Audit: an official inspection of an organization's accounts, typically by an independent body.
Transit: the carrying of people or things from one place to another.