One Word Substitution MCQs with Answers & Explanations

Autocracy is a system of government by one person with absolute power. Anarchy is the absence of government. Bureaucracy is government by officials. Democracy is government by the people.

An Autograph is a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer. An Affidavit is a sworn statement. A Manuscript is handwritten. An Autobiography is a self-written life story.

An Aviary is a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in. An Apiary is for bees. A Zoo keeps many types of animals. An Aquarium is for fish.

A Bankrupt is a person declared in law unable to pay their debts (insolvent). A Bibliophile loves books. A Bigot is intolerant. Bourgeois refers to the middle class.

A Bibliophile is a person who collects or has a great love of books. A Bankrupt is insolvent. A Bigot is intolerant. A Linguist is skilled in languages.

Bigamy is the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person. Monogamy is marriage to one person. Polygamy is having more than one spouse (wife or husband). A Bigot is intolerant.

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including plants and animals. Botany is the science of plants. Zoology is the science of animals. Anthropology is the study of man.

To Bivouac is to stay in a temporary camp without cover, especially overnight. Blackmail is extortion. To camp often implies a tent. To rest is to cease work or movement.

Blackmail is the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding payment or other benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or discreditable information about them. To Bivouac is to spend the night outdoors. Arson is setting fire. Extort is a more general term for obtaining something by force or threats.

A Blond (male) or Blonde (female) is a person with fair or pale yellow hair and skin. A Blue stocking is a woman affecting literary taste. Bourgeois refers to the middle class. A Brunette is a person with dark brown hair.

A Blue stocking is an intellectual or literary woman (often used derogatorily). A Blond(e) has fair hair. Bourgeois refers to the middle class. A Bibliophile is a lover of books (can be any gender).

Botany is the scientific study of plants. Biology is the study of all living things. Zoology is the study of animals. Arboriculture is the cultivation of trees and shrubs.

Bourgeois refers to a person of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. A Blue stocking is a literary woman. An Aristocrat is of the upper class. A Proletarian is of the working class.

Braille is a form of written language for blind people, in which characters are represented by patterns of raised dots that are felt with the fingertips. A Bulletin is a short statement. A Manuscript is handwritten. Sign Language is for the hearing-impaired.

A Bulletin is a short official statement or broadcast summary of news. Braille is writing for the blind. Bureaucracy is government by officials. An Affidavit is a sworn statement.

Bureaucracy is a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives. A Bulletin is a statement. A Cabinet is ministers of state. Autocracy is rule by one person.

Calisthenics are gymnastic exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement. A Cabinet is ministers of state. A Caricature is a distorted representation. Athletics is a broader term for physical sports.

Celibate means abstaining from marriage and sexual relations. A Convalescent is recovering from illness. A Cosmopolitan feels at home in the whole world. A Cuckold is the husband of an unfaithful wife.

A Changeling is a child believed to have been secretly left in exchange for another in infancy (in folklore). A Cicatrice is a scar. Clairvoyance is the faculty of seeing things out of sight. An Orphan is a child whose parents are dead.

A Cicatrice (or cicatrix) is the scar of a healed wound. A Changeling is a substituted child. A Connoisseur is a critical judge of taste.