SSC One Word Substitution Test

61. A cluster of flowers on a branch

(a) bouquet

(b) inflorescence

(c) wreath

(d) incandescence

62. A person who believes that only selfishness motivates human

actions

(a) agnostic

(b) cynic

(c) sceptic

(d) misogynist

63. A highly skilled musician

(a) artiste

(b) virtuoso

(c) performer

(d) diva

64. A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly

(a) steam

(b) bake

(c) saute

(d) parboil

65. The group, especially in the arts, regarded as being the most

experimental

(a) avant-garde

(b) iconoclast

(c) revolutionary

(d) nerd

66. One who helps people by giving them money or other aid

(a) benefactor

(b) beneficiary

(c) tycoon

(d) patriot

67. A person who believes he is always ill

(a) maverick

(b) metaphysics

(c) neophyte

(d) hypochondriac

68. One who assails traditional beliefs

(a) critic

(b) atheist

(c) anthropologist

(d) iconoclast

69. A person who chooses to live in a foreign country

(a) traveler

(b) explorer

(c) immigrant

(d) refugee

70. An official inquiry into the cause of an unnatural death

(a) inquest

(b) investigation

(c) post-mortem

(d) instigation

71. A massive moving entity

(a) miasma

(b) juggernaut

(c) jamboree

(d) typhoon

72. A happening that cannot be altered

(a) invincible

(b) fate

(c) fait-accompli

(d) congruence

73. A person with good artistic taste

(a) gourmet

(b) gourmand

(c) connoisseur

(d) judge

74. A flirting woman

(a) virago

(b) shrew

(c) martinet

(d) coquette

75. Forcefully enlisting private property for military use

(a) occupation

(b) commandeering

(c) trespass

(d) encroachment

76. A block of individual apartments

(a) flats

(b) congruence

(c) architecture

(d) condominium

77. A contraption used during French Revolution for beheading people

(a) guinea

(b) gabardine

(c) guillotine

(d) icicle

78. An imaginary but a perfect society

(a) idealism

(b) cornucopia

(c) utopia

(d) plethora

79. Genocide based on race or religion

(a) apartheid

(b) segregation

(c) animism

(d) pogrom

80. Theft of someone else’s writings

(a) facsimile

(b) plagiarism

(c) forgery

(d) parody

81. A gentle breeze

(a) south wind

(b) squall

(c) draft

(d) zephyr

82. Next month

(a) ultimo

(b) instant

(c) praximo

(d) pronto

83. Fire works display for amusement

(a) glitter

(b) crackers

(c) pyrotechnics

(d) sparklers

84. Interesting narrator of stories

(a) novelist

(b) broadcaster

(c) raconteur

(d) orator

85. Exact and methodical thinking

(a) non sequitur

(b) ratiocination

(c) rationalism

(d) psychiatry

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2. Idioms and Phrases Exercise with Answer
3. SSC Word Power Test
4. SSC One Word Substitution Test
5. Antonyms Exercises with Answers
6. Synonyms Exercises with Answers