ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION SOLVED PRACTICE SET 11
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION — SOLVED PRACTICE SET-11
1. A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city
A) Citadel B) Metropolis
C) Megapolis D) Headquarters
2. One who collects postage stamps
A) Philanthropist B) Numismatist
C) Philatelist D) Curator
3. Succession of rulers belonging to one family
A) Dynasty B) Lineage
C) Ancestry D) Progeny
4. To cut something into two pieces
A) Severe B) Sever
C) Sewer D) Sow
5. Flat metal or porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial
A) Tabloid B) Poster
C) Board D) Plaque
6. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money
A) Fraud B) Robbery
C) Pickpocket D) Theft
7. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama
A) Prologue B) Dialogue
C) Epilogue D) Monologue
8. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite
A) Amphibious B) Ambiguous
C) Amorphous D) Confusing
9. Walk in vain, self-important way
A) Jog B) Trek
C) Trudge D) Strut
10. Anything which is no longer in use
A) Obscure B) Obsolete
C) Pristine D) Lapsed
11. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there
A) Immigrant B) Emigrant
C) Tourist D) Settler
12. Something capable of being done
A) Probable B) Feasible
C) Tenable D) Explicable
13. A person who constantly thinks that he is sick
A) Hypochondriac B) Misogynist
C) Misanthrope D) Hypopituitary
14. Anything written in a letter after it is signed
A) Corrigendum B) Manuscript
C) Postscript D) Postdiction
15. One of the time-tested ways of remembering a series of items
A) Recollection B) Schematizing
C) Mnemonic D) Ingenuity
ANSWER KEY
1. A | 2. C | 3. A | 4. B | 5. D | 6. A | 7. C | 8. D | 9. D | 10. B |
11. A | 12. B | 13. A | 14. C | 15. C |
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