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One Word Substitutes - Page 7

 1. One who knows everything


a. Omnipresent

b. Omniscient

c. Omnipotent

d. Omnifarious


2. One who has obstinate and narrow religious views


a. Theosophist

b. Bigot

c. Philosopher

d. Theologian


3. The sound of the funeral bell


a. Knell

b. Spell

c. Dong

d. Ding-dong


4. Military waking signal sounded in the morning


a. Reveille

b. Lullaby

c. Anthern

d. Soprano


5. One who can work equally well with both hands


a. Ambivert

b. Ambivalent

c. Ambidexterous

d. Ambipotent


6. A person in his seventies


a. Sexagenarian

b. Septuagenarian

c. Centurion

d. Patriarch


7. A government by officials


a. Oligarchy

b. Aristocracy

c. Plutocracy

d. Bureaucracy


8. One who talks in sleep


a. Somniloquist

b. Egoist

c. Somnambulist

d. Altruist


9. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter


a. Pun

b. Alliteration

c. Transferred epithet

d. Oxymoron


10. A specialist who tests eyesight


a. Optician

b. Ophthalmologist

c. Ichthyologist

d. Neurologist


11. A public waiting room as in a hotel or air terminal


a. Arcade

b. Lounge

c. Enclave

d. Portico


12. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area


a. Dam

b. Mound

c. Bridge

d. Embankment


13. Motion of head, hands etc., as a mode of expression indicating attitude.


a. Gesture

b. Grin

c. Gestation

d. Grimace


14. Bitter and violent attack in words


a. Diaspora

b. Diacriticism

c. Diadem

d. Diatribe


15. The place at which a river meets the sea.


a. Estuary

b. Sanctuary

c. Apiary

d. Aviary



Answer 

 

1-b

2-b

3-a

4-a

5-c

6-b

7-d

8-a

9-b

10-b

11-c

12-d

13a-

14-d

15-a

 


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