One Word Substitutes


Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  1. One who hates people.









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    misanthrope misanthrope (N.) : one who dislikes people in general misandrist (N.) : one who hates/ mistrusts men misologist (N.) : one who hates reason, argument, or enlightenment misogynist (N.) : one who dislikes women in particular

    Correct Option: C

    misanthrope misanthrope (N.) : one who dislikes people in general misandrist (N.) : one who hates/ mistrusts men misologist (N.) : one who hates reason, argument, or enlightenment misogynist (N.) : one who dislikes women in particular


  1. A person with strong desire to steal.









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    kleptomania kleptomania (N.) : a mental illness in which somebody has a strong desire, which they cannot control, to steal things nelomania (N.) : uncontrollable obsession for glass kosmomania (N.): uncontrollable obsession for cosmos/cosmic phenomena melanomania (N.) : uncontrollable obsession for black (colour)

    Correct Option: B

    kleptomania kleptomania (N.) : a mental illness in which somebody has a strong desire, which they cannot control, to steal things nelomania (N.) : uncontrollable obsession for glass kosmomania (N.): uncontrollable obsession for cosmos/cosmic phenomena melanomania (N.) : uncontrollable obsession for black (colour)



  1. to renounce one’s throne









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    abdicate abdicate (V.) : to give up the position of being king/queen arrogate (V.) : to claim/take something that you have no right to abstain (V.) : to choose not to use a vote, either in favour of/ against something abrogate (V.) : to officially end a law, an agreement, etc.

    Correct Option: A

    abdicate abdicate (V.) : to give up the position of being king/queen arrogate (V.) : to claim/take something that you have no right to abstain (V.) : to choose not to use a vote, either in favour of/ against something abrogate (V.) : to officially end a law, an agreement, etc.


Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentences.

  1. The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the principles of beauty, especially in art









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    aesthetics aesthetics (N.) : the branch of philosophy that studies the principles of beauty, especially in art artistic (Adj.) : connected with arts/artists ethics (N.) : the philosophical study of moral values and rules metaphysics (N.) : the philosophical study of being and knowing

    Correct Option: B

    aesthetics aesthetics (N.) : the branch of philosophy that studies the principles of beauty, especially in art artistic (Adj.) : connected with arts/artists ethics (N.) : the philosophical study of moral values and rules metaphysics (N.) : the philosophical study of being and knowing



  1. identification with the feelings of another









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    empathy empathy (N.) : the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience etc. sympathy (N.) : sharing the feelings of others apathy (N.) : an absence of emotion/enthusiasm compassion (N.) : a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

    Correct Option: B

    empathy empathy (N.) : the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience etc. sympathy (N.) : sharing the feelings of others apathy (N.) : an absence of emotion/enthusiasm compassion (N.) : a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering