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Inter 2nd Year English One Word Substitution with Answers
One Word Substitution in English Inter 2nd Year
→ One-word substition is using single words in the place of phrases conveying the same meaning.
Example : One who loves books (4 words) = bibliophile
→ One-word substitutions make English brief and precise.
→ Mastering one-word substitutions helps one
- improve language skills,
- score better in academic and competitive examinations and
- maintain time efficiency.
→ Study of roots and affixes is of great help in mastering this topic.
See the examples :
- auto = on one’s own
- graph = writing
- bio = life
- autobiography = one’s life story written by the same person
- automobile = that which moves on its own power
- biography = life story
→ Practise learning as many one-word substitutions as possible. Notice them first and use them later.
Observe the following groups with your attention on the meanings of roots and affixes.
Category 1: Different Types of Doctors
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. cardiologist | heart specialist (cardio = heart) |
| 2. dermatologist | skin specialist (derma = skin) |
| 3. neurologist | brain & nerves specialist (neuro nerves) |
| 4. paediatrician | child specialist (paidos = child) |
| 5. orthopaedist | bone specialist (ortho=straight, ped = child/foot) |
| 6. gastroenterologist | gastroenterology (digestive system) |
| 7. oncologist | cancer specialist (oncos = tumor) |
| 8. ophthalmologist | eye doctor (ophthalmos = eye) |
| 9. urologist | a specialist in urology (urinary tract and urogenital system) |
| 10. dentist | teeth doctor (dens = tooth) |
| 11. psychiatrist | mental health doctor (psyche = mind) |
| 12. veterinarian | animal doctor (veterinae = animals ) |
Category 2: Fields of Study
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. anthropology | study of humans (anthropos = man) |
| 2. archaeology | study of ancient remains (archaios = ancient) |
| 3. ornithology | study of birds (omis = bird) |
| 4. entomology | study of insects (entomon = insect) |
| 5. zoology | study of animals (zoon = animal) |
| 6. botany | study of plants (botane = plant) |
| 7. psychology | study of the human mind |
| 8. philology | study of languages (philo = love, logos = word) |
| 9. seismology | study of earthquakes (seismos = shake) |
| 10. meteorology | study of weather (meteoros = atmosphere) |
| 11. geography | study of physical properties of the earth |
| 12. oceanography | study of oceans (oceanos = ocean) |
Category 3: Types of Governments & Rules
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. monarchy | rule by a king/queen (monos = one, arche = rule) |
| 2. democracy | rule by people (demos=people) |
| 3. aristocracy | rule by nobles (aristos = best) |
| 4. plutocracy | rule by wealthy (ploutos = wealth) |
| 5. oligarchy | rule by a few (oligos = few) |
| 6. autocracy | rule by one absolute ruler (autos = self) |
| 7. mobocracy | rule by the mob |
| 8. theocracy | rule of religion / gods (theos = god) |
| 9. bureaucracy | rule by officials (bureau = office) |
| 10. technocracy | rule by technical experts (techne = skill) |
| 11. kleptocracy | rule by corrupt leaders |
| 12. anarchy | absence of govenment (an = without, arche = rule) |
Category 4: Types of Killings
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. suicide | killing oneself (sui = self) |
| 2. homicide | killing of a man (homo = man) |
| 3. regicide | killing of a king (rex = king) |
| 4. fratricide | killing of a brother (frater = brother) |
| 5. patricide | killing of father (pater = father) |
| 6. matricide | killing of mother (mater = mother) |
| 7. pesticide | that which kills pests (insects) |
| 8. infanticide | killing of infants (infans = baby) |
| 9. genocide | mass killing of a people (genos = race) |
| 10. parricide | killing of a parent / relative (parens = parent) |
| 11. sororicide | killing of a sister (soror = sister) |
| 12. weedicide | that which kills weeds (unwanted plants) |
Category 5: Lovers and Haters
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. bibliophile | lover of books (biblio = book, phile = lover) |
| 2. philatelist | stamp collector (philo = love, telos = tax) |
| 3. numismatis | coin collector (numisma = coin) |
| 4. philanthropist | one who loves humanity (philo = love, anthropos = man) |
| 5. misanthrope | one who hates mankind (mis = hate) |
| 6. misogynist | one who hates women (gyne = woman) |
| 7. misogamist | one who hates marriage (misos = hatred : gamos = marriage; ist = person) |
| 8. misandrist | one who hates men (andros = man). |
| 9. bibliophobe | one who hates books (biblio = book, phobia = fear/hate) |
| 10. philalethia | love of truth (philo = love; alethia = truth) |
| 11. technophile | one who loves technology (techne = skill) |
| 12. technophobe | one who fears technology |
Category 6: Travellers and Migrants
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. itinerary | planned route of travel (iter = journey) |
| 2. pilgrimage | religious journey (peregrinus = foreigner) |
| 3. globetrotter | one who travels around the world |
| 4. voyager | long journey traveler (esp. by sea) |
| 5. nomad | wanderer without permanent home (nomas = roaming) |
| 6. expatriate | one living outside native country (ex = out, patria = fatherland) |
| 7. tourist | one who travels for pleasure |
| 8. immigrant | one who enters a country (im = in,, migrare = move) |
| 9. emigrant | ozne who leaves a country (e = out) |
| 10. refugee | one who flees danger (refugium = shelter) |
| 11. astronaut | one who travels in a spaceship |
| 12. vagabond | homeless wanderer (vagus = wandering) |
Category 7: People’s Roles and Characters
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. stoic | one indifferent to pleasure /pain |
| 2. epicure | lover of luxury and fine food |
| 3. ascetic | one who renounces worldly life (asketikos = monk- like) |
| 4. connoisseur | expert judge in taste (cognoscere = to know) |
| 5. zealot | fanatically committed person (zelos = passion) |
| 6. fanatic | Over enthusiastic believer (fanum = temple) |
| 7. iconoclast | one who breaks traditions (eikon = image, klastes = breaker) |
| 8. introvert | one who is more thoughtful than social |
| 9. hypocrite | pretender (hypokrites = actor) |
| 10. charlatan | fraud (ciarlare = to chatter) |
| 11. optimist | one who believes in the good to come |
| 12. sycophant | flatterer (sukophantes = informer) |
Category 8: Time and Sequence Words
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. posthumous | after death (post = after, humus = ground) |
| 2. premature | happening before time (pre = before) |
| 3. contemporary | belonging to same period (con = together, tempus = time) |
| 4. synchronize | happen at same time (syn = together, chronos = time) |
| 5. anachronism | something out of time (ana = against, chronos = time) |
| 6. eternal | without end (aetemus = everlasting) |
| 7. perpetual | continuing for an indefinitely long time |
| 8. ephemeral | lasting a short time (ephemeros = short-lived) |
| 9. interim | temporary / meanwhile period (inter = between) |
| 10. provisional | temporary arrangement |
| 11. timeless | uneffected by time; ageless |
| 12. simultaneous | happening together |
Category 9: Miscellaneous Important Words
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. polyglot | knows many languages (poly = many, glotta = tongue) |
| 2. bilingual | speaks two languages (bi = two, lingua = tongue) |
| 3. trilingual | speaks three languages |
| 4. ambidextrous | can use both hands (ambi = both, dexter = right) |
| 5. amphibian | lives on land and water (amphi = both) |
| 6. omnipotent | All-powerful (omnis = all, potens = powerful) |
| 7. omniscient | All-knowing (scire = know) |
| 8. omnipresent | present everywhere |
| 9. pessimism | a belief that bad will happen |
| 10. omnicarnivore | an animal that eats many types of other animals |
| 11. euphemism | mild word replacing harsh one (eu = good, phemi = speak) |
| 12. Neologism | newly coined word (neo = new, logos = word) |
Category 10: Manias and Phobias (Fears and Disorders)
| Word | Meaning |
| 1. ethnomania | excessive love towards their own people (ethno = race; mania = psychological disorder) |
| 2. hydrophobia | a morbid fear of water (hydro = water; phobia = fear) |
| 3. egomania | obsession with oneself (ego = self; mania = madness) |
| 4. acrophobia | excessive fear of heights |
| 5. pyromania | an uncontrollable desire to set fires (pyro = fire) |
| 6. cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| 7. kleptomania | an irresistible desire to steal without economic motive (klepto = stealing) |
| 8. gamophobia | fear of marriage |
| 9. graphomania | a passionate obsession with writing (graph = writing) |
| 10. nomophobia | fear of being without a mobile phone or out of cell phone contact |
| 11. oniomania | compulsive buying; an uncontrollable desire to buy |
| 12. phobophobia | fear of fear itself; fear of having a phobia |
Practice
In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “One-word Substitution” for the given expressions:
Question 1.
A form of government ruled by a king or queen :
a) Democracy
b) Monarchy
c) Oligarchy
Answer:
b) Monarchy
Question 2.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people :
a) Suicide
b) Homicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
c) Genocide
Question 3.
The act of killing oneself:
a) Homicide
b) Suicide
c) Parricide
Answer:
b) Suicide
Question 4.
The act of speaking fluently and beautifully
a) Elocution
b) Equation
c) Ventriloquism
Answer:
a) Elocution
Question 5.
A government ruled by religious leaders :
a) Bureaucracy
b) Theocracy
c) Plutocracy
Answer:
b) Theocracy
Question 6.
The killing of a king :
a) Fratricide
b) Regicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
b) Regicide
Question 7.
A government ruled by a small group of powerful people :
a) Monarchy
b) Anarchy
c) Oligarchy
Answer:
c) Oligarchy
Question 8.
Rules of established behaviour
a) Exonerate
b) Etiquette
c) Honorary
Answer:
b) Etiquette
Question 9.
The killing of one’s father:
a) Patricide
b) Matricide
c) Infanticide
Answer:
a) Patricide
Question 10.
A government with no law or order:
a) Technocracy
b) Aristocracy
c) Anarchy
Answer:
c) Anarchy
Question 11.
The killing of one’s sister:
a) Foeticide
b) Sororicide
c) Fratricide
Answer:
b) Sororicide
Question 12.
A government ruled by the people :
a) Democracy
b) Theocracy
c) Autocracy
Answer:
a) Democracy
Exercises
In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “One-word Substitution” for the given expressions:
I.
Question 1.
A government ruled by the noble class:
a) Aristocracy
b) Plutocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
a) Aristocracy
Question 2.
A person who loves books:
a) Bibliophile
b) Bibliophobe
c) Philatelist
Answer:
a) Bibliophile
Question 3.
A person who hates mankind :
a) Philanthropist
b) Misanthrope
c) Bibliophile
Answer:
b) Misanthrope
Question 4.
One who hates men :
a) Misandrist
b) Misanthrope
c) Philanthropist
Answer:
a) Misandrist
Question 5.
A believer in women’s rights:
a) Fanatic
b) Misogynist
c) Feminist
Answer:
c) Feminist
II.
Question 1.
That which cannot be heard :
a) inedible
b) Inaudible
c) Inevitable
Answer:
b) Inaudible
Question 2.
A person who moves from place to place :
a) Nomad
b) Expatriate
c) Itinerary
Answer:
a) Nomad
Question 3.
Happening too soon:
a) Contemporary
b) Eternal
c) Premature
Answer:
c) Premature
Question 4.
A person who loves technology:
a) Technophobe
b) Technophile
c) Misanthrope
Answer:
b) Technophile
Question 5.
A journey to a sacred place:
a) Pilgrimage
b) Expatriate
c) Refugee
Answer:
a) Pilgrimage
III.
Question 1.
Anything that leads to death :
a) Illegal
b) Fatal
c) Potable
Answer:
b) Fatal
Question 2.
A person who fears or hates technology :
a) Bibliophile
b) Technophile
c) Technophobe
Answer:
c) Technophobe
Question 3.
A person who leaves his country to settle elsewhere:
a) Emigrant
b) Nomad
c) Voyager
Answer:
a) Emigrant
Question 4.
One who collects coins:
a) Numismatist
b) Philanthropist
c) Technophile
Answer:
a) Numismatist
Question 5.
To cause things to happen at the same time :
a) Ephemeral
b) Interim
c) Synchronize
Answer:
c) Synchronize
IV.
Question 1.
One who is new to a trade or profession :
a) Innocent
b) Expert
c) Novice
Answer:
c) Novice
Question 2.
One who works for the welfare of others:
a) Misanthrope
b) Philanthropist
c) Misogynist
Answer:
b) Philanthropist
Question 3.
One who hates women:
a) Misandrist
b) Misogynist
c) Technophile
Answer:
b) Misogynist
Question 4.
One who dislikes books:
a) Bibliophobe
b) Bibliophile
c) Numismatist
Answer:
a) Bibliophobe
Question 5.
One who collects stamps:
a) Numismatist
b) Philatelist
c) Bibliophobe
Answer:
b) Philatelist
V.
Question 1.
A supposed cure for all diseases or problems :
a) Pantheism
b) Panorama
c) Panacea
Answer:
c) Panacea
Question 2.
A govenment ruled by one person with absolute power:
a) Democracy
b) Autocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
b) Autocracy
Question 3.
A peson who travels widely :
a) Globetrotter
b) Vagabond
c) Immigrant
Answer:
a) Globetrotter
Question 4.
A mild word used instead of a harsh one :
a) Euphemism
b) Neologism
c) Polyglot
Answer:
a) Euphemism
Question 5.
A person who goes on a long voyage:
a) Nomad
b) Voyager
c) Refugee
Answer:
b) Voyager
VI.
Question 1.
One who believes in the existence of God :
a) Theist
b) Agnostic
c) Rationalist
Answer:
a) Theist
Question 2.
A person who knows two languages:
a) Polyglot
b) Bilingual
c) Amphibian
Answer:
b) Bilingual
Question 3.
A person living outside his native country:
a) Emigrant
b) Immigrant
c) Expatriate
Answer:
c) Expatriate
Question 4.
A government controlled by officials or departments:
a) Monarchy
b) Plutocracy
c) Bureaucracy
Answer:
c) Bureaucracy
Question 5.
A person who comes to live in a foreign country :
a) Emigrant
b) Immigrant
c) Refugee
Answer:
b) Immigrant
VII.
Question 1.
Fit for drinking:
a) Edible
b) Potable
c) Tasty
Answer:
b) Potable
Question 2.
A detailed plan of a journey:
a) Voyager
b) Nomad
c) Itinerary
Answer:
c) Itinerary
Question 3.
A person forced to leave his country:
a) Immigrant
b) Expatriate
c) Refugee
Answer:
c) Refugee
Question 4.
The killing of an infant:
a) Infanticide
b) Genocide
c) Parricide
Answer:
a) Infanticide
Question 5.
An expert judge of taste :
a) Sycophant
b) Charlatan
c) Connoisseur
Answer:
c) Connoisseur
VIII.
Question 1.
Incapable of making mistakes:
a) Incorrigible
b) Invincible
c) Infallible
Answer:
c) Infallible
Question 2.
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain :
a) Stoic
b) Epicure
c) Zealot
Answer:
a) Stoic
Question 3.
One who attacks established beliefs:
a) Zealot
b) Iconoclast
c) Sycophant
Answer:
b) Iconoclast
Question 4.
A person who knows many languages:
a) Polyglot
b) Bilingual
c) Trilingual
Answer:
a) Polyglot
Question 5.
A person devoted to pleasure :
a) Stoic
b) Epicure
c) Ascetic
Answer:
b) Epicure
IX.
Question 1.
Extremely desirous of money :
a) Needy
b) Ambitious
c) Avaricious
Answer:
c) Avaricious
Question 2.
A person with excessive and irrational zeal:
a) Fanatic
b) Connoisseur
c) Ascetic
Answer:
a) Fanatic
Question 3.
Knowing everything:
a) Omnipotent
b) Omniscient
c) Neologism
Answer:
b) Omniscient
Question 4.
Arranged for the present time only:
a) Provisional
b) Eternal
c) Anachronism
Answer:
a) Provisional
Question 5.
One who pretends to be virtuous :
a) Hypocrite
b) Charlatan
c) Stoic
Answer:
a) Hypocrite
X.
Question 1.
A person who is above one hundred years old :
a) Centurion
b) Centenarian
c) Century
Answer:
b) Centenarian
Question 2.
A newly coined word :
a) Euphemism
b) Neologism
c) Anachronism
Answer:
b) Neologism
Question 3.
Happening after death :
a) Posthumous
b) Interim
c) Ephemeral
Answer:
a) Posthumous
Question 4.
A person who practices strict self-discipline :
a) Ascetic
b) Fanatic
c) Connoisseur
Answer:
a) Ascetic
Question 5.
Belonging to the same period of time :
a) Contemporary
b) Provisional
c) Anachronism
Answer:
a) Contemporary
XI.
Question 1.
Lasting forever:
a) Eternal
b) Ephemeral
c) Interim
Answer:
a) Eternal
Question 2.
Happening at the same time :
a) Posthumous
b) Premature
c) Simultaneous
Answer:
c) Simultaneous
Question 3.
A government ruled by the rich :
a) Oligarchy
b) Plutocracy
c) Technocracy
Answer:
b) Plutocracy
Question 4.
Lasting for a short time :
a) Eternal
b) Ephemeral
c) Contemporary
Answer:
b) Ephemeral
Question 5.
Able to use both hands equally well:
a) Ambidextrous
b) Amphibian
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
a) Ambidextrous
XII.
Question 1.
An animal that lives both on land and in water :
a) Euphemism
b) Omnipotent
c) Amphibian
Answer:
c) Amphibian
Question 2.
The deliberate killing of a large group of people :
a) Homicide
b) Suicide
c) Genocide
Answer:
c) Genocide
Question 3.
Having unlimited power:
a) Omnipotent
b) Omniscient
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
a) Omnipotent
Question 4.
A wanderer without a home :
a) Nomad
b) Vagabond
c) Globetrotter
Answer:
b) Vagabond
Question 5.
Present everywhere:
a) Omniscient
b) Euphemism
c) Omnipresent
Answer:
c) Omnipresent