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.
- A man who helps a stranger or a person in difficulties is
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a mercenary a mercenary (N.) : a soldier who will fight for any country/group that offers payment a samaritan (N.) : a person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it a stoic (N.) : a person who is able to suffer pain/trouble without complaining/showing what they are feeling an altruist (N.) : someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human wellbeing
Correct Option: B
a mercenary a mercenary (N.) : a soldier who will fight for any country/group that offers payment a samaritan (N.) : a person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it a stoic (N.) : a person who is able to suffer pain/trouble without complaining/showing what they are feeling an altruist (N.) : someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human wellbeing
- A planned route or journey
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itinerary itinerary (N.) : a plan of a journey, including the route and the places that you visit iterate (V.) : to repeat a mathematical/computing process/set of instructions again and again, each time applying it to the result of the previous stage itinerant (Adj.) : travelling from place to place, especially to find work isolate (V.) : to separate somebody/something physically/socially from other people/things
Correct Option: B
itinerary itinerary (N.) : a plan of a journey, including the route and the places that you visit iterate (V.) : to repeat a mathematical/computing process/set of instructions again and again, each time applying it to the result of the previous stage itinerant (Adj.) : travelling from place to place, especially to find work isolate (V.) : to separate somebody/something physically/socially from other people/things
- Showing a dislike of anything improper.
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strict crude (Adj.) : simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something prim (Adj.) : formal and neat
Correct Option: A
strict crude (Adj.) : simple and not very accurate but giving a general idea of something prim (Adj.) : formal and neat
- A person who leaves his own country in order to go and live in another.
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emigrant emigrant (N.) : a person who leaves their country to live in another refugee (N.) : a person who has been forced to leave their country/home, because there is a war/for political, religious/social reasons immigrant (N.) : a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own expatriate (N.) : living in a country that is not your own
Correct Option: A
emigrant emigrant (N.) : a person who leaves their country to live in another refugee (N.) : a person who has been forced to leave their country/home, because there is a war/for political, religious/social reasons immigrant (N.) : a person who has come to live permanently in a country that is not their own expatriate (N.) : living in a country that is not your own
- That which cannot be avoided
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inevitable inevitable (Adj.) : that you cannot avoid/prevent infallible (Adj.) : never making mistakes inestimable (Adj.) : too great to calculate indifferent (Adj.) : having/showing no interest in somebody/ something
Correct Option: D
inevitable inevitable (Adj.) : that you cannot avoid/prevent infallible (Adj.) : never making mistakes inestimable (Adj.) : too great to calculate indifferent (Adj.) : having/showing no interest in somebody/ something