This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > One Word Substitution – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Word Substitution Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A list of words with meaning and explanation A) Encyclopaedia. B) Atlas. C) Glossary. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 2. A period of ten years: A) Century. B) Millennium. C) Decade. D) Fortnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decade. 3. A person who gives false information deliberately is called a: A) Honest person. B) Liar. C) Witness. D) Reporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liar. 4. What is the correct spelling for-writings on a tomb? A) Epitaph. B) Epitape. C) Epic. D) Epicape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epitaph. 5. The use of many words to express an idea that could be expressed by few A) Prolixity. B) Laconism. C) Panacea. D) Apotheosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prolixity. 6. Choose the one-word meaning for: "A person who believes in fate." A) Fatalist. B) Agnostic. C) Optimist. D) Skeptic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fatalist. 7. One who depends on others. A) Liable. B) Restricted. C) Dependent. D) Pendulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent. 8. The foolish belief that one is God A) Theomania. B) Necromancy. C) Thearchy. D) Sacrilege. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theomania. 9. A person who loves everybody is A) Altruistic. B) Fratricide. C) Atheist. D) Aristocrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Altruistic. 10. To kill a human being: A) Genocide. B) Homicide. C) Fratricide. D) Suicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homicide. 11. What is a one-word substitute for 'a person who studies insects'? A) Entomologist. B) Entomologistics. C) Entomology. D) Biologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entomologist. 12. One who studies insect life is A) Geologist. B) Zoologist. C) Entomologist. D) Botanist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Entomologist. 13. A place where government records are kept: A) Museum. B) Archives. C) Library. D) Wardrobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archives. 14. A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people A) Mutiny. B) Putsch. C) Conspiracy. D) Sedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putsch. 15. One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field. A) Indefatigable. B) Virtuoso. C) Impregnable. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virtuoso. 16. The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk A) Blasphemy. B) Reverence. C) Veneration. D) Sanctification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blasphemy. 17. One who loves and works for fellowmen A) Audience. B) Parody. C) Pencil. D) Philanthropist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philanthropist. 18. A person who is reserved in talks A) Silent. B) Garrulous. C) Mendacious. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reticent. 19. Being present everywhere A) Omnipresent. B) Deport. C) Dogma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnipresent. 20. A person who speaks more than one language fluently is called a: A) Translator. B) Interpreter. C) Polyglot. D) Orator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polyglot. 21. What is the one word for 'a person who writes books'? A) Novelist. B) Publisher. C) Author. D) Editor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author. 22. The term for the study of the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. A) Anthropology. B) Sociology. C) Psychology. D) Archaeology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropology. 23. A great lover of books: A) Bibliophile. B) Philologist. C) Philatelist. D) Pedant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bibliophile. 24. The term for a person who is skilled in the art of writing, especially letters. A) Correspondent. B) Letterwriter. C) Scribe. D) Penman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penman. 25. A new word coined by an author A) Neologism. B) Syllogism. C) Aberration. D) Deviation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neologism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesOne Word Substitution Quiz 1One Word Substitution Quiz 2One Word Substitution Quiz 3One Word Substitution Quiz 4One Word Substitution Quiz 5One Word Substitution Quiz 7One Word Substitution Quiz 8One Word Substitution Quiz 9One Word Substitution Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books