One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Pilgrim.

Hermit: a person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
Pilgrim: a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
Saint: a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death.
Mendicant: given to begging.

One word substitute is Whip.

Statesman: a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure.
Diplomat: an official representing a country abroad.
Whip: an official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.
Defector: a person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one.

One word substitute is Memorandum.

Agendum: a schedule or list of items to be attended to.
Corrigendum: a thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book.
Plagiarism: the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Memorandum: a written message in business or diplomacy.

One word substitute is Ballad.

Elegy: (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Hymn: a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god.
Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
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 Hinterland.

Swamps: an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
Archipelago: an extensive group of islands.
Hinterland: the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.
Isthmus: a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

One word substitute is Nemesis.

Nemesis: retributive justice.
Purgation: purification or cleansing.
Wrath: extreme anger.
Catharsis: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

One word substitute is Adjourn.

Convene: come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.
Terminate: bring to an end.
Adjourn: break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.
Procrastinate: delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

One word substitute is Amiable.

Amicable: characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
Amiable: having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
Effusive: showing or expressing gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
Ebullient: cheerful and full of energy.

One word substitute is Superficial.

Superficial: not thorough, deep, or complete; cursory.
Superstitious: having or showing a belief in superstitions.
Superfluous: unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
Supernatural: (of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.

One word substitute is Neologism.

Coinage: coins collectively.
Vocabulary: the body of words used in a particular language.
Neologism: a newly coined word or expression.
Malapropism: the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect.