One Word Substitution - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

One word substitute is Usurer.

Solvent: having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one's debts.
Uxorious: having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife.
Usurer: a person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Shylock: a ruthless moneylender; a loan shark.

One word substitute is Agnostic.

Theist: a person who believes in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe.
Atheist: a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.
Agnostic: a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
Cynic: a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.

One word substitute is Midwife.

Virgin: a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
Midwife: a person, typically a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth.
Matron: a woman in charge of domestic and medical arrangements at a boarding school or other institution.
Nurse: a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.

One word substitute is Desecrate.

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.
Consecrate: make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose.
Desecrate: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

One word substitute is Apostate.

Deserter: a member of the armed forces who deserts.
Turncoat: a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another, betraying or deserting an original cause by switching to the opposing side or party.
Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
Apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

One word substitute is Rebuke.

Disgrace: loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action.
Handle: feel or manipulate with the hands.
Entreat: ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
Rebuke: express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

One word substitute is Pyromania.

Pyromania: an obsessive desire to set fire to things.
Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.
Logomania: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
Nymphomania: uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a woman.

One word substitute is Aborigines.

Aborigines: a person, animal, or plant that has been in a country or region from earliest times.
Citizens: a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
Natives: a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.
Primitive: relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

One word substitute is Aviary.

Zoo: an establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.
Apiary: a place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives.
Armoury: a place where weapons are kept.
Aviary: a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in.

One word substitute is Paralysis.

Rheumatism: any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous tissue, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
Paralysis: the loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury.
Eczema: a medical condition in which patches of skin become rough and inflamed with blisters which cause itching and bleeding.
Leprosy: a state of corruption or decay.