One-Word Substitution – MBA CUET PG – Notes & Practice Questions

Total One Word Substitution – 1200+

1. One who copies from writers. – Plagiarist

2. The belief that god is in everything, including nature – Pantheism

3. The study of growing garden plants – Horticulture

4. Gradually advanced – Evolved

5. Scientific study of earthquakes – Seismology

6. The science of the functioning and growth of society – Sociology

7. A person between 90 and 100 years of age – Nonagenarian

8. Change the appearance to deceive or to hide the identity – Disguise

9. Reasoning method involving two statements from which a conclusion is reached – Syllogism

10. Those who pass gate without permission – Trespassers

11. A person who treats foot related problems – Chiropodist

12. Fear of heights – Acrophobia

13. One who hates people – Misanthrope

14. A person of great learning in several languages – Polyglot

15. A person who loves empty spaces – Kenomaniac

16. To send someone back to his or her own country – Repatriate

17. Not clear – Obscure

18. One who does or studies without seriousness – Dilettante

19. Lively or high-spirited – Vivacious

20. Make something less severe – Palliation

21. Sudden involuntary muscle contraction – Spasm

22. An indirect reference – Innuendo

23. A group of islands – Archipelago

24. Enigmatic person – Unknowable

25. A person who thinks he/she is ill all the time – Hypochondriac

26. A place where coins are made – Mint

27. The act of showing disrespect towards sacred things – Blasphemy

28. Usage of an incorrect word in place of the one which is similar in pronunciation – Malapropism

29. A labourer involved in loading and unloading the ships – Stevedore

30. An inscription written in the memory of deceased person – Epitaph

31. A place for grains – Granary

32. Something that is full and clearly expressed – Explicit

33. The study of humans, past and present – Anthropology

34. One who has an over exaggerated feeling of being important – Narcissist

35. The study of election – Psephology

36. Something that can rot – Perishable

37. Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning – Ambiguous

38. Something widely feared as a possible dangerous occurrence – Spectre

39. Average in amount, intensity, quality or degree – Moderate

40. A factory, where workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions – Sweatshop

41. Things that have been discarded as worthless – Flotsam

42. Become apparent through the appearance of symptoms – Manifest

43. Rub a part of the body to restore warmth or sensation – Chafe

44. The punishment of being kept in school for hours – Detention

45. The outer layer of the cerebrum – Cortex

46. A hot spring in which water intermittently boils, pushing a tall column of water and steam into the air – Geyser

47. Make something seem less important, significant or trifling – Trivialize

48. A gesture expressing respect, such as a bow – Obeisance

49. An event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence – Episode

50. Represent something as being less important than it really is – Underplay

51. Match or surpass a person by imitation – Emulate

52. Lack of skill, ability or competence – Ineptitude

53. A spot or a stain caused by a discoloring substance – Blot

54. A person who applies for a job is nominated for election – Candidate

55. A short, thick stick used as a weapon – Cudgel

56. A bias in favour of something – Predilection

57. To harass someone persistently to do something – Importune

58. A short statement expressing a general truth – Maxim

59. Having or displaying an overly critical point of view – Judgemental

60. Obtain something by force, threats or other unfair means – To extort

61. To shut a door, window or lid forcefully and loudly – To slam

62. Sums of money expressed in a specified monetary unit – To denominate

63. To officially register as a member of an institution – To enroll

64. To reveal the true, objectionable nature of someone – To expose

65. A hollow object used to contain something – Receptacle

66. A loud, harsh, piercing cry – Screech

67. To regard with disgust and hatred – Abhor

68. Unable to be destroyed or removed – Ineradicable

69. The lower jawbone in mammals and fishes – Mandible

70. Urge someone to act in a violent or unlawful way – Incite

71. The tendency to recur at intervals – Periodicity

72. A dramatic entertainment expressed through gestures – Pantomime

73. Work extremely hard or incessantly – Toil

74. Express a proposition or theory in clear or definite terms – Enunciate

75. To sweep over something so as to surround it completely – Engulf

76. To take someone somewhere suddenly and quickly – Whisk

77. A symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people – Totem

78. To leave a place suddenly or secretly – Decamp