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One Word Substitutes - Page 4

1. One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres.


a. male chauvinist

b. feminist

c. fatalist

d. futurist


2. Killing of a child


a. homicide

b. genocide

c. infanticide

d. suicide


3. The art of eating good food


a. gastronomy

b. astronomy

c. vegetarianism

d. gourmet


4. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain.


a. stoic

b. stylist

c. cynic

d. psychic


5. Lasting only for a moment


a. momentous

b. momentary

c. trivial

d. petty


6. Habit of walking in sleep


a. Ventriloquism

b. Somniloquism

c. Somnambulism

d. Fatalism


7. To decorate (prepared food or drink) with small colorful or savory items


a. Furnish

b. Cherish

c. Tarnish

d. Garnish


8. A place where government/public records are kept


a. Archive

b. Museum

c. Shelf

d. Cellar


9. One who has the ability to project his voice so that it seems to come from another source


a. Funambulist

b. Ventriloquist

c. Plagiarist

d.Soliloquist


 10. Too much official formality


a. Bureaucracy

b. Red-Tapism

c. Nepotism

d. Formalism


11. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs


a. Imagist

b. Misanthropist

c. Iconoclast

d. Masochist


12. Dry weather with no rainfall


a. Draught

b. Draft

c. Drought

d. Desert


13. A sly look that is lustful


a. Leer

b. Lore

c. Lark

d. Littoral


14. A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal for his religion.


a. Clergy

b. Heretic

c. Fanatic

d. Terrorist


15. Deep in thought


a. Meditation

b. Pensive

c. Pesky

d. Purloin


Answer 

 

1-b

2-c

3-a

4-a

5-b

6-c

7-d

8-a

9-b

10-b

11-c

12-a

13-a

14-c

15-b

 


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