This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Vocabulary > One Word Substitution – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Word Substitution Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A PERSON WHO IS MASSIVE IN STATURE A) GIANT. B) COLOSSAL. C) KING. D) POWERFUL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COLOSSAL. 2. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:"A name adopted by an author in his writings is a? " A) Nickname. B) Nomenclature. C) Pseudonym. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pseudonym. 3. Something that lasts only for a day A) Eternal. B) Ephemeral. C) Itineray. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ephemeral. 4. The act of killing one's wife is? A) Genocide. B) Avicide. C) Uxoricide. D) Canicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uxoricide. 5. CONTAINING TOO MANY WORDS A) DIDACTIC. B) DICTUM. C) VERBOSE. D) SPEECH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VERBOSE. 6. Lover of good food. A) Gourmand. B) Epicure. C) Dilettante. D) Connoisseur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gourmand. 7. What is your favorite dish? A) Roti. B) Banana. C) Apple. D) Chowmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chowmin. 8. The school or college one attends A) Per Se. B) Alma Mater. C) Ad Infinitum. D) Collegiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alma Mater. 9. Place where bees are kept A) Aviary. B) Apiary. C) Armoury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aviary. 10. A person who dislikes humankind A) Philanthropist. B) Mythomaniac. C) Recluse. D) Misanthropist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misanthropist. 11. A schoolboy who frequently cuts classes A) Truant. B) Bunkboy. C) Absentee. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Truant. 12. One who cannot die A) Immortal. B) Eternal. C) Acrobat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immortal. 13. What is the meaning of 'haste makes waste'? A) Doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, material, etc, being wasted. B) You soon forget people or things that are no longer present. C) Ability to survive in dangerous situation. D) Follow the customs in the place where you are there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, material, etc, being wasted. 14. Fill in the blanks using the correct phrases/phrasal verbs:An owl hooted in the ruins when the lights ..... A) Went out. B) Went away. C) Went off. D) Went over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went out. 15. An expert in foods and nutrition A) Patrician. B) Dietitian. C) Pediatrician. D) Optician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dietitian. 16. Calumniate means A) Slander. B) Appreciation. C) Scold. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slander. 17. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:A speech by an actor at the end of a play is called a/an? A) Duologue. B) Monologue. C) Prologue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epilogue. 18. A person who investigates crime A) Architect. B) Psychiatrist. C) Sleuth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleuth. 19. Film or lecture about travels A) Travelogue. B) Catalogue. C) Epilogue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travelogue. 20. The science of earthquakes A) Seismology. B) Meteorology. C) Anthropology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismology. 21. A cluster of house in a village A) Hamlet. B) Agenda. C) House. D) Hymn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 22. Rules for formal behaviour among people A) Procedure. B) Ordinance. C) Etiquette. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etiquette. 23. Space or room which is immediately below the roof of a house A) Porch. B) Verandah. C) Attic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attic. 24. The power of reading the thoughts of others A) Retinopathy. B) Psychopathy. C) Telepathy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telepathy. 25. She died ..... malaria. A) By. B) Of. C) Because. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 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