ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION — SOLVED PRACTICE SET-12

1. Words uttered impiously about God
A) Amoral      B) Philosophy
C) Logic      D) Blasphemy

2. An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody
A) Foundling      B) Sibling
C) Urchin      D) Orphan 

3. Pertaining to cattle
A) Canine     B) Feline
C) Bovine      D) Verminous

4. One who is a dabbler in arts, science or literature
A) Dilettante      B) Aesthete
C) Maestro      D) Connoisseur

5. Belonging to all parts of the world
A) Common      B) Universal
C) Worldly      D) International

6. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about his religion
A) Fatalist      B) Lunatic
C) Fanatic      D) Stoic

7. An inscription on a tomb
A) Epitaph      B) Crypt
C) Obituary      D) Legacy

8. One who eats human flesh
A) Non-vegetarian      B) Vegetarian
C) Cannibal       D) Man-eater

9. A person who dishonestly pretends to be somebody else
A) Imperialist      B) Impressionist
C) Implorer      D) Impostor

10. A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles
A) Metaphor      B) Simile
C) Personification      D) Alliteration

Answer Keys

Solution with explanation

1. Option ‘D’ (Blasphemy). IMPIOUS = showing no respect, especially for God or religion

3. Option ‘C’ (Bovine). PERTAINING = relating

4. Option ‘A’ (Dilettante). DABBLE = to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period

6. Option ‘C’ (Fanatic). ENTHUSIASM = a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject
or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it; e.g.

After the accident he lost his enthusiasm for the  sport.

7. Option ‘A’ (EPITAPH)

INSCRIPTION = words that are written or cut in something; e.g.

The painting had an inscription that read, “To my loving wife.”

TOMB = a large stone  structure or underground room where someone, especially an important person, is buried

8. Option ‘C’ (Cannibal). MAN-EATER = an animal that can kill and eat a person

10. Option ‘A’ (Metaphor). FIGURE OF SPEECH = an expression that uses words to mean something different from their ordinary meaning; e.g.

“Break a leg” is a figure  of  speech, meaning “good luck”.

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