One Word Substitutes


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

  1. A handsome man









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    adonis adonis (N.) : an extremely young man tycoon (N.) : a person who is successful in business/ industry and has become rich and powerful debonair (N.) : fashionable and confident (of men) cavalier (N.) : a courtly gentleman, especially one acting as a lady’s escort

    Correct Option: A

    adonis adonis (N.) : an extremely young man tycoon (N.) : a person who is successful in business/ industry and has become rich and powerful debonair (N.) : fashionable and confident (of men) cavalier (N.) : a courtly gentleman, especially one acting as a lady’s escort


  1. A cinema show held in the afternoon









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    matinee

    Correct Option: D

    matinee



  1. No longer in existence or use









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    obsolete obsolete (Adj.) : out of date ; no longer used invincible (Adj.) : too strong to be defeated/changed delete (V.) : to remove something that has been written/printed/ stored on a computer

    Correct Option: C

    obsolete obsolete (Adj.) : out of date ; no longer used invincible (Adj.) : too strong to be defeated/changed delete (V.) : to remove something that has been written/printed/ stored on a computer


  1. To destroy completely









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    annihilate annihilate (V.) : to destroy somebody/something completely bluster (V.) : to talk in an aggressive/threatening way, but with little effect chide (V.) : to criticize/ blame ; to rebuke dawdle (V.) : to take a long time to do something/go somewhere

    Correct Option: D

    annihilate annihilate (V.) : to destroy somebody/something completely bluster (V.) : to talk in an aggressive/threatening way, but with little effect chide (V.) : to criticize/ blame ; to rebuke dawdle (V.) : to take a long time to do something/go somewhere



  1. A song sung at the death of a person









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    elegy elegy (N.) : a poem or song that expresses sadness, especially for somebody who has died. sonnet (N.) : a poem that has 14 lines, each containing 10 syllables, and a fixed pattern of rhyme ode (N.) : a poem that speaks to a person/thing/celebrates a special event liturgy (N.) : a fixed form of public worship used in churches

    Correct Option: C

    elegy elegy (N.) : a poem or song that expresses sadness, especially for somebody who has died. sonnet (N.) : a poem that has 14 lines, each containing 10 syllables, and a fixed pattern of rhyme ode (N.) : a poem that speaks to a person/thing/celebrates a special event liturgy (N.) : a fixed form of public worship used in churches