One Word Substitution MCQs with Answers & Explanations

A Theocracy is a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. A Monarchy is rule by a king or queen. A Kakistocracy is rule by the worst. An Oligarchy is rule by a small group.

An Autobiography is an account of a person's life written by that person. A Biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else. A Manuscript is a document written by hand. Plagiarism is stealing from others' writings.

To Backbite is to talk maliciously about someone who is not present. Censure means to express severe disapproval. Exaggerate means to represent as greater than truth. Eradicate means to wipe out.

To Censure is to express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement. To Backbite is to talk maliciously about someone in their absence. Exaggerate means to represent as greater than truth. Eradicate means to wipe out.

An Alien is a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living. A Colleague is a person with whom one works. To Emigrate is to leave one's country. A Linguist is one skilled in languages.

A Colleague is a person with whom one works in a profession or business. An Alien is a foreigner. A Contemporary is a person living at the same time. A Namesake is a person with the same name.

A Contemporary is a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another. A Colleague is a coworker. A Novice is a beginner. An Optimist looks on the bright side.

An Audience is the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, or meeting. Spectators are those who look on.

Brittle means hard but liable to break easily. Flexible means easy to bend. Inflammable means easily burnt. Edible means fit to be eaten.

Inflammable (or Combustible) means easily set on fire. Brittle means easily broken. Flexible means easy to bend. Transparent means see-through.

Credulous means having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. Eligible means fit to be chosen. Insolvent means unable to pay debts. Illiterate means unable to read or write.

A Biped is an animal that uses two legs for walking. A Quadruped has four feet. Gregarious animals live in flocks. Aquatic animals live in water.

Carnivorous animals are those that feed on meat. Herbivorous animals feed on grass/plants. Omnivorous animals eat everything. Gregarious animals live in flocks.

A Cannibal is a person who eats the flesh of other human beings. A Vegetarian lives on vegetables. A Carnivorous animal eats meat. An Omnivorous animal eats everything.

An Arbitrator is an independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute. An Adept is skilled. An Accomplice is a partner in crime. An Assassin kills treacherously.

Arboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. Astrology studies star influence. Astronomy is the science of heavenly bodies. Botany is the science of plants in general.

An Assassin is a person who murders an important person for political or religious reasons, often treacherously. Arson is setting fire to property. Atheism is disbelief in God. A Bankrupt is an insolvent person.

Astronomy is the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. Arboriculture is tree cultivation. Astrology studies star influence. Biology is the science of animals and plants.

Atheism is disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. Arson is setting fire. Bigotry is intolerance. Theism is the belief in God.

An Autobiographer is a person who writes an account of their own life (an autobiography). An Amanuensis writes from dictation. A Bibliophile loves books. A Biographer writes someone else's life story.