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One Word Substitutes - Page 1

 1. A four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot.


a. Pram

b. Spam

c. Buggie

d. Cart


2. To cut something into two pieces.


a. severe

b. sever

c. sewer

d. sow


3. A bicycle for two or more people.


a. barrow

b. toboggan

c. tricycle

d. tandem


4. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money.


a. fraud

b. robbery

c. pickpocket

d. theft


5. A word which reads the same when read forward or backwards


a abbreviation

b. anagram

c. palindrome

d. homonym


6. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses and therefore not definite


a. amphibious

b. ambiguous

c. amorphous

d. confusing


7. A word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another


a. palindrome

b. acronym

c. anagram

d. hologram


8. Anything which is no longer in use


a. obscure

b. obsolete

c. pristine

d. lapsed


9. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.


a. immigrant

b. emigrant

c. tourist

d. settler


10. A thrown object or a weapon capable of returning to thrower.


a. missile

b. boomerang

c. harpoon

d. catapult


11. One who goes to settle in another country


a. Immigrant

b. Alien

c. Citizen

d. Emigrant


12. Strong concentrated black coffee made under steam pressure


a. Instant

b. Filter

c. Espresso

d. Coke


13. Belonging to all parts of the world -


a. Versatile

b. Universal

c. Cosmopolitan

d. Secular


14. One who walks on ropes


a. Funambulist

b. Upholsterer

c. Acrobat

d. Aviator


15. The study of the origin and history of words


a. Linguistics

b. Etymology

c. Verbose

d. Anthology

Answer 
1-a
2-b
3-d
4-a
5-c
6-b
7-c
8-b
9-a
10-b
11-d
12-c
13-c
14-a
15-c


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