One Word Substitutes Practice Set 8

Directions: In the questions given below, four alternatives are given for a description. Click on the option which you think is the BEST SUBSTITUTE of the description.

SentenceAns

106. A fictitious name adopted by authors, poets etc.

  1. Pseudonym
  2. Homonym
  3. Acronym
  4. Synonym

107. A place where birds are kept

  1. Aquarium
  2. Nest
  3. Aviary
  4. Sanctuary

108. A method which never fails.

  1. Unflinching
  2. Irreparable
  3. Irremediable
  4. Infallible

109. Something which cannot be believed.

  1. Inevitable
  2. Ineffable
  3. Incredible
  4. Ineluctable

110. Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial

  1. Corpse
  2. Mummy
  3. Morgue
  4. Mortuary

111. Of very bad morals; characterized by debasement or degeneration.

  1. Desultory
  2. Dilapidated
  3. Depraved
  4. Dilatory

112. Government by a single ruler who has unlimited power.

  1. Despotism
  2. Autocracy
  3. Monarchy
  4. Anarchy

113. The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

  1. Plagiarism
  2. Copyright
  3. Fraud
  4. Cheating

114. A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things

  1. florist
  2. artist
  3. theist
  4. optimist


SentenceAns

115. A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.

  1. epilogue
  2. bibliography
  3. index
  4. credits

116. To have a very high opinion of oneself

  1. exaggeration
  2. adulations
  3. abundance
  4. conceited

117. A person who turns his thoughts both outward and inward.

  1. Introvert
  2. Ambivert
  3. Extrovert
  4. Philosopher

118. Inability to sleep

  1. hysteria
  2. insomnia
  3. aphasia
  4. amnesia

119. One who is given to pleasures of the mind

  1. terrestrial
  2. epicurean
  3. celestial
  4. pedestrian

120. A tank where fish or water plants are kept

  1. Aquarium
  2. Sanatorium
  3. Nursery
  4. Aviary

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