One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Orphan.

Desolate: (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.
Destitute: extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
Orphan: a child whose parents are dead.
Lout: an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

One word substitute is Timid.

Escapist: a person who seeks distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially in the form of entertainment or fantasy.
Timid: showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
Brave: ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
Shirker: avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

One word substitute is Convalescence.

Hysteria: exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
Amnesia: a partial or total loss of memory.
Superannuation: regular payment made into a fund by an employee towards a future pension.
Convalescence: time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation.

One word substitute is Alliteration.

Rhyme: correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

One word substitute is Prostitute.

Voluptuary: a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure.
Cuckold: a man whose wife is sexually unfaithful, often regarded as an object of derision.
Prostitute: a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
Concubine: a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.

One word substitute is Pagan.

Philatelist: a person who "loves stamps."
Rationalist: a person who bases their opinions and actions on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
Atheist: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.
Pagan: a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.

One word substitute is Pen.

Cellar: a room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal.
Sty: a pigsty.
Pen: a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept.
Lair: a place where a wild animal lives.

One word substitute is Uxoricide.

Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.
Uxoricide: the killing of one's wife.
Canicide: the killing of a dog.
Avicide: substance (normally, a chemical) which can be used to kill birds.

One word substitute is Postscript.

Posterity: all future generations of people.
Postdiction: explanation after the fact.
Postscript: an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by ‘PS’.
Corrigendum: a thing to be corrected, typically an error in a printed book.

One word substitute is Acrobat.

Clown: a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.
Gymnast: a person trained or skilled in gymnastics.
Magician: a person with magical powers.
Acrobat: an entertainer who performs spectacular gymnastic feats.